This HOWTO covers how to fix two graphics problems that I experienced on 64 bit Fedora:
-Black screen on launch
-"Halo" effect
-Corrupted macro icons
FIXING: Black screen on launch
Symptoms: The updater and patcher work fine, but once the "Start Game" button is pressed, nothing appears but black screen, and the client crashes a couple minutes later.
Fix: Change winecfg for patcher.exe (Found in C:\Program Files\Perfect World Entertainment\Ether Saga Online\patcher\patcher.exe) to run in a virtual desktop. Worked for me up to resolution 1680x1050 - if the buttons go off the bottom edge of the screen, adjust the resolution of either the virtual desktop or the app itself (under "Settings" from the launcher).
FIXING: "Halo" effect
Symptoms: This is somewhat of an odd glitch. Essentially, a halo of visibility hovers around your game character - you can see objects, NPCs, monsters and other people in this halo and behind the character, but not in front. This makes the game practically unplayable.
Fix: Fix this by tuning the graphics settings: set Water to its lowest level- this for me created an issue with water appearing in odd places, so turn off Shadows to fix the second glitch.
FIXING: Corrupted icons and loading screens
Symptoms: Your icons, or most of them, look like a horrid mess. Yikes.
This involves applying a patch to Wine. You do not need to replace your current wine install, but you do need to compile Wine yourself in order to apply the patch.
If you want to use two versions of wine, be wary of the command you use to load Ether Saga under the new Wine - you must use the path you installed to, not simply 'wine'.
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.
Unplayable
by Stephen Pape on Sunday July 12th 2009, 23:37
I can't get this to work. I can log in, but I can't see my character during character creation. I created one anyway and when I enter the world, everything is black except the UI.
I've tried both 1.1.23 and 1.1.25 on OpenSUSE 11.1. The discussion on eso-forum.perfectworld.com seems to indicate 1.1.23 should work.
RE: Unplayable by Stephen Pape on
Sunday July 12th 2009, 23:41
KeyBoard input problem
by Patrick P. on Sunday May 10th 2009, 2:13
I have a weird keyboard input problem. I cannot use my asdwz and space bar to move. Only the click to move is working. Also my spacebar is working but only to jump.. on my flying mount (cloud) I cannot use it to move my char up. But all the keys are working in the chat box. I would like to know if i'm the only one with this problem.
Bug
by Phillip Sdao on Tuesday April 14th 2009, 15:17
Im running ubuntu 8.10 running with a video card xpress 200m. The moment i start patcher.exe it immediatly crashes. in the terminal i get the error code
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 53 (X_CreatePixmap)