https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44766
Bug ID: 44766 Summary: American McGee's Alice - Doesn't start (Probably due to Copy-Protection) Product: Wine Version: 3.4 Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: NEW Keywords: obfuscation Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: dark.shadow4@web.de Depends on: 44765 Distribution: ---
The game can be installed (working around bug 44765), but it can't be started. When running "alice.exe" nothing happens and the process just terminates.
When copying the installed game's contents into a Win7 VM, and then running it there, it complains about a missing CD (as expected). Bu under wine, this check doesn't seem to happen, the program just closes. I guess it can't load the copy protection properly. When using a no-CD patch, the game starts up fine and can be played. But that's hardly a solution.
ProtectionID says the game uses Safedisc v2.05.030. Debugger won't work properly due to the nature of the games copy protection.