March 25, 2015
3:21 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:35:40PM +0100, Stefan Dösinger wrote: > I think making this visible on some way is a good idea. I have > wondered about this myself, and so have many other users. > I also like the idea, but I'm not sure the text is the right way to do it. > > Context behind this: To run Simcity 2000 I change my Wine prefix > > settings to mimic NT 3.5 so that it uses a different file chooser > > dialog which doesn't crash the game (for whatever reason). This > > last time installing things I was confused about why I didn't see > > the option for NT 3.5 until slackner reminded me on IRC that I need > > a 32 bit prefix to have that option. > Somewhat offtopic to your patch: Is this a known bug in the game? Does > it crash in Windows XP or newer unless you set Win9x or Win NT > compatibility? It may be a good idea to investigate the actual crash. > It's a very old bug that as far as I know hasn't been diagnosed. I don't know if it's been tested on Windows. https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12714 > > So, I thought it might be useful if the dialog could have a note > > explaining why those options aren't there if you're running from a > > 64 bit prefix -- and thus this patch. To make room for the text I > > made the applications Listbox 20 pixels shorter. > - From a user interface point of view, what do you think about adding > those old Windows versions in the listbox, maybe with a different text > like "Windows 98 not available in 64 bit", and programming the code to > set the dropdown field back to the last setting if the user decides to > choose one of those settings? Or instead of having the modified text, > pop up an error box and set the setting back. > Something like this seems good. Maybe "Windows 98 (32-bit only)", along with an error popup explaining that the current prefix is 64-bit and including instructions for how to create a 32-bit prefix. Andrew