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Title: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 07:05:17 am

Hi All,

my System is Debian Lenny 32bit, kernel 2.6.30, Nvidia 8600GT, fs2_open_3_6_10_RC3, Yal 0.1.3.

My Problem is that the Game is paused every X seconds, i estimate every 30 seconds or so. I read another Thread about this Problem, but the only help was to reinstall the Game or to update the Game. So has somebody a good advice for me ?

regards Markus

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: The E on August 05, 2009, 07:45:19 am

Does it happen with 3.6.10 Final (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,64520.0.html) or the latest nightly (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,64890.0.html)?

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 08:15:46 am

Neither, but i cant find the link it was the fs2_open_3_6_10_RC3 version.

Where is the differnce between http://swc.fs2downloads.com/builds/LINUX/fs2_open_3_6_10_INF.tar.bz2 (http://swc.fs2downloads.com/builds/LINUX/fs2_open_3_6_10_INF.tar.bz2) and http://swc.fs2downloads.com/builds/LINUX/fs2_open_3_6_10.tar.bz2 (http://swc.fs2downloads.com/builds/LINUX/fs2_open_3_6_10.tar.bz2) ?

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: The E on August 05, 2009, 08:37:07 am

One's an Inferno build, which you have to use for Inferno and TBP, the other one's a regular build, which you use for anything else.

And if the error doesn't happen with the 3.6.10 Final build, then just use that :)

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 09:08:00 am

I am trying the final version http://swc.fs2downloads.com/builds/LINUX/fs2_open_3_6_10.tar.bz2 (http://swc.fs2downloads.com/builds/LINUX/fs2_open_3_6_10.tar.bz2) but i get the same problem. I will try the debug version.

I forgot to wrote, that if the game is paused, the game is minimized and i see my Desktop.

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: The E on August 05, 2009, 10:22:31 am

If you've run the debug version, could you post the fs2_open.log here? It should be in ~/.fs2_open/data/

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: castor on August 05, 2009, 12:12:17 pm

Quote from: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 07:05:17 am

My Problem is that the Game is paused every X seconds, i estimate every 30 seconds or so.

By "paused", do you mean the game goes into the pause mode, or that it just hangs for a while?
This happens with fixed periods, regardless of what is happening on the screen?
Happens even if you run it without the media VPs?

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 01:27:05 pm

First of all i post the log, http://pastebin.com/m1654250e (http://pastebin.com/m1654250e), ther you can see in line 518 an event occurs.

@castor:
the game goes in Pause mode and the Game will be minimized into my system tray. So i can maximize it and break the pause mode by pressing the Pause button on my keyboard. :-)

I tried to run the mediavps, but i am not sure whether this really works. I am going on the mod register card and select mediavps and then click on run. The selected entry do not change the color as i suppose it would do, but the game runs.

Further on the Game will only minimized and not paused if a video is running. This occurs not all the time a video is started but sometimes i think, i did not check this.

thanks and regards Markus

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 02:45:59 pm

Here is another log http://pastebin.com/m58a06f0c (http://pastebin.com/m58a06f0c).

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: The E on August 05, 2009, 03:34:40 pm

Well, your log tells me that you're running the mediavps, so that works.

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Initializing OpenGL graphics device at 640x480 with 16-bit color...
  Initializing SDL...
  Requested SDL Video values = R: 5, G: 6, B: 5, depth: 16, double-buffer: 1
  Actual SDL Video values    = R: 8, G: 8, B: 8, depth: 24, double-buffer: 1
  OpenGL Vendor     : NVIDIA Corporation
  OpenGL Renderer   : GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
  OpenGL Version    : 3.0.0 NVIDIA 185.18.14

I can't believe I missed that.
FSOpen reacts strangely to 16 bit color depth.
Open ~/.fs2_open/fs2_open.ini and edit the VideocardFs2Open entry to use the desired resolution.

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VideocardFs2open=OGL -(1024x768)x32 bitWould tell the game to use 1024*768 @ 32 bits. You may want to adjust that to your monitor's native resolution.

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 03:56:43 pm

I tried (10280x1024) with 32bit and (1024x768) with 32bit. Both result in the same error. Except 24bit, this results in a not starting game. For the case of the non starting game i made a log http://pastebin.com/m355070b0 (http://pastebin.com/m355070b0).

My Nvidia driver knows 8bit, 15bit, 16bit and 24bit(default on my system) color depth. My normal resolution is 1280x1024.

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: The E on August 05, 2009, 04:05:01 pm

Are there any other programs or jobs running on your system? Screensavers, gadgets, something like that?

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 04:10:03 pm

Quote from: The E on August 05, 2009, 04:05:01 pm

Are there any other programs or jobs running on your system? Screensavers, gadgets, something like that?

Many. Screensaver ... nice idea... could be a problem. I will try to notice the time of the appearance.

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: feldmaus on August 05, 2009, 05:39:01 pm

The screensaver was the Problem. :-) But my screensaver is set up to only activate on no action.

Thanks and regards Markus

Title: Re: the Game is paused every X seconds
Post by: The E on August 05, 2009, 05:50:56 pm

Well, for some reason, linux screensavers and FSO do not like each other.