When your graphics card is too old, but its not.

[Zedrackis]

I dual boot my pc between ubuntu 12.04(linux) and windows vista. I have been playing starmade on ubuntu for 2 days with only a few problems. Some lag on planets and generated stations. So I decide to switch to windows boot with better graphics drivers and see if that helps. Only when I load up starmade it says, 'Your card does not have shader 1.2 opengl' ????? I been playing fine on linux and I can't play the same game on windows, what estranged mirror universe have I fallen into? Let me phone Lucy and see if it just hit absolute zero in hell! lol.

 

[DracoNB]

Did you update your drivers? What is your card? Also you should have posted in the \"Help\" area not General

 

[Zedrackis]

Theres nothing to help, I just have a really old graphics card running on really old laptop! I just wiki\'ed the answer to why this is myself. It seems Linux drivers tend to support a slightly higher opengl version than their windows counter parts. Im using an mobile Intel 960 graphics card.

 

[Zedrackis]

Correction, im running an Intel Graphics i915

 

[DracoNB]

I dont even see a Vista approved driver for that gpu on intel\'s site... are you using just regular windows drivers?

 

[TheSovereign]

My card requires 2.1 one but it cant have it also,why does this game require it when ksp does not.

Intel(R) 82915g/gv/910gl

 

[Trafalgar]

Intel doesn\'t much care about supporting OpenGL for their graphics cards chipsets.

 

[Dire Badger]

Intel is firmly in bed with microsoft. All microsoft games use Directx. I am certain that Micro$haft has let them know, in no uncertain terms, that if they support a competing standard (OpenGL) they are truly up the proverbial stream of fecal matter without a propulsive method.



I never buy anything proprietary. competition made america great (until we forgot how, we are a joke now) So I support competitive products. Hasn\'t steered me wrong yet.

 

[VariousArtist]

*snickers* Ass-old 2004 gfx card.