http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19822
--- Comment #6 from Rob Earl rob.earl@gmail.com 2009-08-26 18:47:41 --- Perfect World wasn't actually crashing, it was going off screen as in bug 10142.
After reversing those two patches DDO (didn't try PW yet) behaves as it did before:
Without virtual desktop: Game minimizes to bottom left when mouse leaves screen/focus is lost and can be restored by double clicking (normal windows behaviour?).
Without virtual desktop with "Allow the window manager to control the windows": Game minimizes to top left leaving a "dead" game screen (screenshot here: http://img241.imageshack.us/i/ddocrashkb9.png/ ). Game can be restored by double clicking top left, mousing off and back on then double clicking top left again. Simply double clicking results in an unresponsive but active game screen.
With virtual desktop: Game acts as if it never loses focus, stays full screen, doesn't lose interactivity (ideal for dual screen setup).
I'm curious though, should "Allow the window manager to control the windows" block this sort of undesirable behaviour? Using a virtual desktop does/did work but always seemed more like a workaround than a fix to me.