http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15789
--- Comment #7 from Zdeněk Kopřivík zdenek.koprivik@post.cz 2009-01-10 04:44:14 --- If it helps this is what I get with Worms World Party:
In Wine-1.1.2 (last not affected version) I experience this: DDrawRenderer not set (default): game renders OK and fast DDrawRenderer set to "gdi": game renders OK and fast - in this setting and with patch for blank screen menus bug and one more patch the game could get gold rating as it is working nice DDrawRenderer set to "opengl": game does not render but is fast (judging by the sound)
In newer versions of Wine (tested on 1.1.12): DDrawRenderer not set (default): game renders OK but very slow (1-2 fps) DDrawRenderer set to "gdi": game renders OK but very slow (1-2 fps) DDrawRenderer set to "opengl": game renders OK and a bit faster (5-8 fps) but still not much playable
I'm talking about setting the DirectDrawRenderer via registry in HKCU\Software\Wine\AppDefaults\wwp.exe\Direct3D.
It would be nice to get the game working fast with gdi as in Wine-1.1.2, because there's a patch to fix black screen bug in menus which works only for gdi.