Re: Patch for WineD3D to set Driver an Description

[Roderick Colenbrander]

Perhaps the patch should enter Wine. I will do the full restructuring later. One thing which you should do is to set the strings to NULL in the wined3d_settings structure at the start of the file (line 37). Also put the new options right after the video memory one or even before for clarity.

Roderick
> Hi, but this patch shouldn't brake anything, because it will use wine 
> default driver name and description and if user want to change it then 
> he can in registry, same like amount of video memory.
>
> In the future we will not be able to exactly match driver name and 
> description in every situation, so I think this can be solution for some 
> bugs now, and later we can improve it with better driver detection, but 
> registry settings should be there even then.
>
> Mirek
>
> Roderick Colenbrander napsal(a):
> > > 2008/11/7 Mirek Slugeň <thunder.m(a)email.cz>:
> > > > Hi, Fallout 3 and maybe other games or D3D apps need such special
> > > > settings,
> > > > this patch should be ok, it is well tested.
> > > >
> > > > This patch is not hack!
> > > >
> > > > New wine registry settings:
> > > > VideoDriver
> > > > VideoDescription
> > > >
> > > > Patch is for current (07.11.2008) git.
> > > >
> > > > PS: For Fallout 3 those registry settings should be (or similar):
> > > > "VideoDescription"="NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT"
> > > > "VideoDriver"="nv4_disp.dll"
> > > >
> > > > Mirek Slugen
> > >
> > > I think you should integrate this with the card detection in
> > > IWineD3DImpl_FillGLCaps(), directx.c lines 1029-1330. Roderick might
> > > be able to give some help wrt driver and description strings for
> > > specific cards.
> >
> > I would recommend you to hardcode values specific for your card at this
> > point in your own wined3d version. Right now we estimate all info at Wine
> > startup based on GL information. In case of cards which we don't know even
> > from other vendors we also report Nvidia.
> >
> > The physx/cuda libraries require proper nvidia information in wined3d
> > but this can't be solved properly at this point. We also need the proper pci
> > ids and amount of video memory among other things. I'm working on a
> > solution but this needs some changes in wine's display driver to return this info
> > from extensions like Nvidia's NV-CONTROL. In case of NV-CONTROL I have
> > requested some additional functionality and once that is there I will fix this
> > once and for all. Until then I would recommend using your private wined3d
> > patch as it can do more bad than good for most users.
> >
> > Roderick

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