http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10406
--- Comment #16 from Wes Lange wes.lange@yahoo.com 2009-05-17 12:50:19 --- (In reply to comment #15)
Be careful with any NoDVD patch, because TQ itself was famous for crashing randomly every 5-15 minutes if the protection was disabled in any way, it was never fully removed by any of the patches that were released; indeed, many of the user reviews on the web are from people using a NoDVD patch and reporting it as being crashy, without realizing it was entirely based of the NoDVD patch.
However Titan Quest v1.30 supposedly removed the protection.
The Immortal Throne expansion never had the protection in the first place and is the only one I test, so it may be far more stable than Titan Quest itself.
Thanks for the info. I discarded my installation of the software for now. I had crashing issues also under Windows XP even with completely different hardware. My systems usually never crash because of tweaks and such I put in, and of course, I don't need to tweak my version of Linux except for what I want on it.
I tested both ATI and nVidia graphics hardware for Linux on different occasions with TQ, though I only put my nVidia card through the rigors. I had mixed results with the NoDVD patches. I think the ATI card was more sensitive to it, but that was over a year past before I had the Immortal Throne software. Wine has also changed since. In contrast, I am of the opinion that ATI performs better for TQ.
I agree that the NoDVD patches seem touchy on Wine, but the results usually have larger benefits than Ḿ1©ʁ0$0ƒτ products in my perspective.