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So it means that playonlinux will always use Intel rather than NVIDIA chipset?
When I install this drivers after starting game I got:

[POL_SetupWindow_Init] Message: Creating new window for pid 10786
[POL_Call] Message: Calling POL_Install_VideoDriver
[POL_Call] Message: ----- Starting function POL_Install_VideoDriver -----
[POL_GPG_auth_script] Message: Checking signature of POL_Install_VideoDriver
[POL_GPG_install_key] Message: Importing PlayOnLinux public key
[POL_Source] Message: POL GPG : Good signature
[POL_Wine_SetVideoDriver] Message: Set wine video driver
[POL_LoadVar_Device] Message: Gettings GPU informations
[POL_SetupWindow_menu] Message: menu answer: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] (rev a1)
[POL_LoadVar_Device] Message: VendorID : 10de
[POL_LoadVar_Device] Message: DeviceID : 0df4
[POL_Wine_SetVideoDriver] Message: Detected video driver: nv4_disp.dll
[POL_Wine] Message: Running wine-1.5.24 regedit /home/didymos/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/VGA_ID_fix.reg (Working directory : /home/didymos/.PlayOnLinux/tmp)
[POL_Wine] Message: Notice: PlayOnLinux deliberately disables winemenubuilder. See http://www.playonmac.com/fr/page-26-Winemenubuilder.html
fixme:ntdll:NtConnectPort (0x5b0c1170,L"\\\\ThemeApiPort",0x33eefc,(nil),(nil),(nil),0x33ef0c,0x33ef08),stub!
fixme:ntdll:NtConnectPort (0x5b0c1170,L"\\\\ThemeApiPort",0x33e64c,(nil),(nil),(nil),0x33e65c,0x33e658),stub!
[POL_Wine] Message: Wine return: 0
[POL_Call] Message: ----- Ending function POL_Install_VideoDriver -----
[POL_SetupWindow_Close] Message: Closing window for pid 10786

It shouldnt. Installing this should tell it to use the nvidia card, but I believe Petch mentioned something that he had to fix in order to get this working.

The point of this component is just to set a hint in the registry about what videocard is "installed". In the end, it's up to Wine and/or to the applications to take into account this hint and adjust what features they use from DirectX or OpenGL;
And in the case of DirectX, they'll always be Wine translating it to OpenGL in the middle, so how those changes based on a hint translate into modifications of the OpenGL calls received by the video driver are... complex, if not random.
So there's no guarantee that it has any positive effect.

Edited by petch

Ah. Is this specifically because of the AMD card and the integrated graphics being on the same system, right? I know bumblebee or whatever is supposed to do that nvidia cards, but isnt there some solution for AMD cards?

[POL_LoadVar_Device] Message: Gettings GPU informations
[POL_SetupWindow_menu] Message: menu answer: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] (rev a1)
[POL_LoadVar_Device] Message: VendorID : 10de
[POL_LoadVar_Device] Message: DeviceID : 0df4
[POL_Wine_SetVideoDriver] Message: Detected video driver: nv4_disp.dll

From what I can read, when called in an interactive context, my change worked as intended.

I looked it up, and it looks like you can use the optirun command to make it choose the better card.

Its worth trying, I think, but Im unsure of how to use optirun before launching a POL installed app.

Simply as
$ optirun playonlinux

There was a failed attempt at adding an optirun/primusrun/... integration into PoL, which failed, so there's nothing more specific at present time.

http://www.playonmac.com/en/topic-8888-DIABLO_III_Using_Optirunbumblebee_in_3_steps.html

Yeah. That was about the simplest thing that I can find for it.

Hopefully if he tries that, it will work.

From what I read (Sunday 28 July 2013 at 20:37 message) he already did.

Ah. Sorry. Im a little scatterbrained right now. Got some bad news at work and my headset is dead, so I cannot even work. Its got me in a mood, so to speak. Sorry. lol

thanks guys for discussion.
Yes, I was using optirun as well as primus without any progress...

I dont know what to tell ya, then.

There's a patched Wine 1.5.9-WorldOfTanks, does it work any better than the plain 1.5.24 used by the script?

With 1.5.9-WorldofTanks Wine, I am unable to connect to the server. I type in my password, fails to connect to network, clients auto closes. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise. If anyone is able to help.

Edited by geertt2

If you can connect with 1.5.24, maybe it's time for a build of this patch on top of a newer version of Wine than 1.5.9?

If you can connect with 1.5.24, maybe it's time for a build of this patch on top of a newer version of Wine than 1.5.9?

Edited by geertt2

hi.. how did you install World of tanks on linux(Playonlinux).. uppon patching i always got this critical error: an unhandled exception is occurd the application will be restarded. can anyone help me.newbie here. thanks in advance

BTW im using ubuntu12.04LTS

and my pc specs:
AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor × 4
ATI HD5570 Sapphire
12GB of Ram

get a wine 1.7.1 with d3d command stream patches and it will run super good.
arch users can grab from here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wine-d3dstream/

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUO1ohc_PCM

Edited by xpander

Is that the same as 1.7.1-CSMT Wine build in PoL?

Is that the same as 1.7.1-CSMT Wine build in PoL?

i think so.

CSMT is the registry key needed also (Content Stream Multi Threading)