[MatthTheGeek]

Don't. Diaspora is standalone, and the FS2 and Diaspora installs must remain in their respective, separate folders.

You can, however, paste your FS2 data from a windows install into its own folder, copy-paste the Diaspora executables in there and play FS2 from there.

[whitearrow]

Yes, this is what I meant actually.

[jr2]

(little OT: maybe it's a stupid question but can I simply copy/paste retail FS2 windows installation data into my Diaspora-linux installation folder?)

NO.  Diaspora is a Total Conversion (TC) / Stand-Alone game in its own right.  Don't mix FS2 files in there.  Instead, put the retail FS2 files in their own folder, put the FSOpen Linux executable with them, and extract the Media VP enhancements, and/or FreeSpace Port (FSPort) and other FS2 mod files to their appropriate directories in the FS2 folder.  Check the installation instructions for the specific mods to see which folders they go in.

EDIT:

:headdesk:

OK, totally didn't see that there was a second page when I quick-replied to that.  Sorry, MatthTheGeek

[karajorma]

Bear in mind that you don't need the Diaspora executables to play with the Diaspora default settings. They're just a set of launcher settings after all.

[ShivanSpS]

A dedicated card will always outperform an integrated chip, especially if said integrated chip was made by Intel. For fluid play at highest settings, dedicated cards are a must-have.

Do not, repeat, do not understimate Intel IGPs, right now the Intel Iris Pro 5200 is the best integrate video for notebooks, so much it can outperform desktop based A10-5800 and 6800K.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6993/intel-iris-pro-5200-graphics-review-core-i74950hq-tested

Intel really improved their IGP starting from Sandy Bridge, the Intel HD3000 overcloked can outperform a GT520/610 overcloked
This is a test a did myselft


The HD4600 is a way improved version of the Ivy Bridge HD4000, ive seem playing Battlefield 3 720P on medium at +30fps

Off course if you live in EEUU you can buy a better video card for next to nothing, but its not the same if a HD7770 equals a month of minimum salary pay on your country.

On FS2 i did have loots of problems with the HD3000, right now it just crash with malloc errors, its probably because i do not assign it more than 32mb of fixed memory, because no program ever uses it, the driver just send everything to DVT memory, and fixed memory stays at 16mb of use, so if i assign, say 512 or 1gb is just wasted ram.