http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24684
Summary: SMP problems with Source games Product: Wine Version: 1.3.4 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: pitlicek@gmail.com
Some games with latest Source engine (Alien Swarm, Left for Dead 2) has sometimes grayed out "Enable multicore rendering" in options menu. But when It's not grayed out, and I enable it, it works like it's supposed to, giving me notable fps boost and using both my CPU cores.
But I'm using virtual desktop, to still be able to communicate with my friend using IM. But sometimes, when I leave virtual desktop and want to return back, the VD is not redrawing. I can still hear music, game sounds, even blindly open in-game console nad write quit to exit the game properly. This is not happening if multicore is disabled in game.