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Play Dota 2 on Intel HD 3000 or above on Linux
If you use Linux and wanted to play Dota 2 but have been discouraged by the limited graphics performance of integrated Intel HD graphics card, this post is for you. Intel HD 3000 is an integrated g...
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Cool! Always nice seeing the potential options for playing the game expanded!
I ended up wondering what all of these do though:
Do, so here's a list (parenthesis are my comments, the rest sourced from Dota 2 wiki:
-console: Enables the console in-game and opens the console at start up. (Not directly performance related, still useful)
-novid Automatically skip the introduction video. (Apparently bugged in a possibly performance positive way: "The -novid launch option causes the minimap and loading screens to be drawn at a lower resolution."
-noaafonts: Not in the wiki, presumably disables Anti-Aliasing on fonts
-high: Gives Dota 2 priority CPU usage.
-noforcemaccel: Use the Windows mouse acceleration settings. Only works if -useforcedmparms is set.
-noforcemspd: Use the Windows mouse speed settings. Only works if -useforcedmparms is set.
-useforcedmparms: Allows the use of -noforcemspd and -noforcemaccel.
-hideconsole: Not in the wiki, presumably hides the console at launch
So most of those options don't at first glance seem to affect performance too much, the one's that do seem to be: high, noaafonts & novid due to the bug. Admittedly I haven't tested this & they're useful parameters regardless. :)
Nice work! I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates this.
Good find. Something to look at for those without a dedicated GPU.
My Laptop (3 years old) actually has a HD 3000 video card and I can say it runs Dota at 20-30 fps pretty decently, when I choose to use it over the dedicated video card (like when I want my laptop to use less battery).
Is Linux supposed to be more resource intensive?
Don't happen to remember what resolution you're running at? That's something that probably has a quite drastic effect on performance and laptop resolution varies greatly by price range (though it's started going up rather quickly in recentish times).
Probably shouldn't be more resource intensive, no. I'm not familiar with how optimised the Linux client for Dota 2 is however, that's something that may play a part. Last time I tried it (probably over a year ago) I think the Linux client was still in alpha and didn't run as well as the Windows one for me. On the other hand, that may be due to my using Crossfire on Windows which may not be as well supported on Linux.
By no means an expert on these matters, so if a more experienced Linux gamer feels the need to correct anything, please do! :)
My laptop is connected to my TV through HDMI, and I ran it at 1600x900 when I checked this.
Its native resolution is 1360x768.
Are you just asking out of curiosity, or did you feel the need to make me give more information in order to make this more accurate?
Out of curiosity. :)
It's interesting that you found my post right after I made it, given how the thread is quite a few hours old :p
Was looking at my tribe feed through my profile, shows comments from the tribes I'm subscribed to. :)
That's cool. Are you an active Dota 2 player? Because I invited several people and unfortunately they were automatically subscribed to /t/dota2, some of them probably not having any interest in the game. (if you're reading this, sorry guys!)
Currently not actively playing (usually play 3-5 stacks with friends, and we haven't gotten a game going for a while) but was quite active about a year ago maybe? Still like following the game & esport as opportunity allows, though! :)
Oh and yes, I did get in through your invite, so thank you for that!