[Bug 59311] New: Adobe Character Animator 2026 crashes on startup, exception "!m_devices.empty()" in dvacore.InitializerStateMgr

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59311

            Bug ID: 59311
           Summary: Adobe Character Animator 2026 crashes on startup,
                    exception "!m_devices.empty()" in
                    dvacore.InitializerStateMgr
           Product: Wine
           Version: 11.1
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Reproduction steps (requires Wine Staging 11.1, as Staging 11.1 includes some
Adobe-focused msxml3 and mshtml patches):

1. Download this modified version of Winetricks:
https://gist.github.com/qwertychouskie/79a6c2bd9a50e637911817ca90fb0a4d
2. `WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe-fresh-test
/path/to/downloaded/winetricks -q adobe_cc`
3. Install and run Adobe Character Animator 2026 (does not require a
subscription)

Crash info:
```
$ cat
"/home/qwerty/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe-fresh-test/drive_c/users/qwerty/AppData/Local/Temp/Adobe/Character
Animator/26.0/SentryIO-db/1324cf85-3eba-49be-95de-6e2c2d29eaa0.run/__sentry-breadcrumb1"
| strings
timestamp
2026-01-25T23:22:44.243000Z
type
debug
message
begin
category
main
data
threadID
timestamp
2026-01-25T23:22:46.920000Z
type
debug
message
message unspecified
category
SystemMemoryAvailability
data
threadID
threadName
main
CurrentAvailability
normal
TotalPhysicalMemory
15.03 GB
CurrentProcessMemory
824.66 MB
timestamp
2026-01-25T23:22:47.610000Z
type
error
message
Caught exception!
category
exception
data
description
!m_devices.empty()
context
dvacore.InitializerStateMgr
type
adobe::manta::MantaException
threadID
threadName
main
xStack
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x000000000016CE3D)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x000000000016CD83)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x0000000000029FBF)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x0000000000023A96)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x00000000003188A1)
+??? (VCRUNTIME140_1.dll+0x00000000000010A4)
Jcall_catch_block4 (Z:\usr\src\packages\BUILD\dlls\msvcrt\handler4.c @ 440)
"??? (ntdll.dll+0x0000000000010B8D)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x0000000000022BB9)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x000000000032D906)
+??? (VCRUNTIME140_1.dll+0x00000000000010A4)
Jcall_catch_block4 (Z:\usr\src\packages\BUILD\dlls\msvcrt\handler4.c @ 440)
"??? (ntdll.dll+0x0000000000010B8D)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x00000000000EA8A0)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x00000000000EA52C)
$??? (dvacore.dll+0x00000000000ECCF8)
/??? (Character Animator.exe+0x00000000004A9775)
 ??? (exo.dll+0x000000000000A7AE)
/??? (Character Animator.exe+0x00000000004AE07E)
/??? (Character Animator.exe+0x000000000088DCFA)
/??? (Character Animator.exe+0x000000000268B32E)
%??? (kernel32.dll+0x0000000000011509)
"??? (ntdll.dll+0x0000000000010D3B)
```

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