[Bug 23532] Provide offline implementation of Games For Windows Live (GFWL ) 'xlive.dll' -> 'XLiveless' (Fallout 3, Batman, GTA IV)

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23532

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|INVALID                     |---
                URL|http://www.microsoft.com/ga |https://support.xbox.com/en
                   |mes/en-us/live/Pages/livela |-US/games/game-setup/games-
                   |unch.aspx                   |for-windows-live-info
            Summary|Multiple games need         |Provide offline
                   |xlive.dll implementation    |implementation of Games For
                   |(Fallout 3, Batman, GTA IV) |Windows Live (GFWL)
                   |                            |'xlive.dll' -> 'XLiveless'
                   |                            |(Fallout 3, Batman, GTA IV)
             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED

--- Comment #23 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

it's definitely an external project, highly borderline so to say.
The original reason was that XLive didn't work in Wine and was kinda on the
verge of abandonment by Microsoft. Afaik XLive should work, so the original
reason is kinda moot.

The official pages are now hosted at Xbox Live support portal:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/game-setup/games-for-windows-live-info

Download:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201134

-> Patches the games so that the old Games For Windows Live (GFWL) login is
upgraded so it now connects to the XBOX server which replaced it)

http://download.gfwl.xboxlive.com/content/gfwl-public/redists/production/xli...

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Coming back to the scope. There are also various other tickets in Wine Bugzilla
which have rather questionable scope:

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19816 (implement Visual Basic virtual
machine, P-Code support)

https://bugs.winehq.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=mfc&list_id=634476 (implement
all MFC versions)

...

These will likely stay forever until there is no more work left in important
areas of Wine ^^. So why not XLive(less).

There will be definitely no official integration in Wine the way XLiveless is
intended to be implemented -> offline integration/mode (IMHO TOS violation). So
this ticket could be used for status updates to external project (github etc.).

I've refined the ticket summary to reflect that.

Regards