https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44357
Bug ID: 44357 Summary: Support for emulated 8bit/256 color index mode Product: Wine Version: unspecified Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: cork@reconmail.com Distribution: ---
Currently wine relies xserver color depth setting to handle color depth requirements that games have. The problem is modern nvidia drivers don't provide 256 color depth as an option.
Nor does any of the workaround the wiki[1] lists work as most of these games requires directx and gpu acceleration isn't available in Xephyr or Xnest.
I would there for be nice if there was support in wine for emulating the 8bit index graphic mode in the virtual desktop so these games could still be played on modern linux hardware.
[1] https://wiki.winehq.org/256_Color_Mode