http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10787
--- Comment #32 from L. Rahyen mail@science.su 2008-02-22 03:12:33 --- Sorry for a delay with reply. Was too busy...
What happens if you run the app like this: (copy and paste this line):
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="comctl32,dxdiagn=n;d3d9,d3d8=""" wine 3dsmax.exe
Maybe it has problems initializing directX. When i run it like that, it offers me a screen to revert to opengl (careful: all messageboxes are behind the splash screen so you have to bring them up by clicking on them in the taskbar)
Better way to bring up menu that allows to switch the driver that 3ds max uses is this short command:
wine 3dsmax.exe -h
I tried to use OpenGL driver. Unfortunately, same result as with DirectX. I ran above command again, and switched to software driver. And now 3ds max starts! So this is what prevent it from starting up - some kind of problem initializing DirectX/OpenGL.
Louis, was you able to start up 3ds max with OpenGL? And if yes, what video hardware and driver do you have; do you see something in viewports with OpenGL driver?
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BTW, software driver is horrible - even in VMWare I prefer to use OpenGL driver because it doesn't have glitches of 3ds max' software driver (of course, in VMWare OpenGL use software rendering so it's SLOW), but at least it can start in WINE and most of functionality in the program works perfectly! It is really sad that at least OpenGL doesn't work for some reason...
I guess I need to file separate bug report for the problem with starting up with OpenGL/DirectX driver (I think that they are related)... As well as for other bugs (I found 5 bugs in WINE during my quick testing of 3ds max with software driver); I will create separate bug reports for them (in next few days when I will have more free time than now).
Thanks for your support!