https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55061
Bug ID: 55061 Summary: Starcraft Remastered: blurry graphics / low resolution Product: Wine-staging Version: 8.10 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: zculek@gmail.com CC: leslie_alistair@hotmail.com, z.figura12@gmail.com Distribution: ---
Graphics in Stacraft Remastered is blurry (like it's running in low resolution or something like that) when running on Wine versions >5.6 - I'm attaching screenshots so it's better understandable and visible. This is true for both wine-staging and wine.
In the screenshots, you can see how e.g. the main menu and it's fonts, user ID in the uper right corner, etc. look blurry when compared to Windows or running on Wine versions prior this bug was introduced (e.g wine-staging 5.6 and lower). Also, the in game graphics is also blurry when compared to Windows or running on Wine versions prior this bug was introduced - everything looks much sharper and nicer when running on wine-staging 5.6 or Windows.
I haven't reported this earlier, because everything was running fine for me on 5.6 and whenever I would try some newer version and saw this is still happening, I would just return to using 5.6. But, after a recent Battle.net update, Battle.net app won't start any more, just crashes due to some dll libraries issues, on any 5.x version (both staging and upstream).
So, the last properly working Wine version for me was 5.6. I've tried with multiple other versions over time in 5.x, 6.x, 7.x and 8.x branches and this issue was always present. I've also tested 8.9 and 8.10 recently, and the issue is still there.
Also, not sure if it's related, but 5.6 was also the last version on which Real Time Lighting option in Starcraft Remastered worked for me (which is also one of the reasons I was sticking to that version for years).
The same thing is happening on Debian with Cinnamon and Mint with Cinnamon (doubt it's OS related, but mentioning it any way). With version 5.6 I had it properly working on both Debian and Mint, one with nVidia GPU, the other with AMD GPU.
I know a lot of other people from SC community that have this same problem and are/were thus using wine-staging 5.6.
In my search of solution, I stumbled upon this user report, which I don't see how it could be related, but perhaps someone here might get the idea of what the actuall issue is (or maybe it's totally unrelated): https://www.reddit.com/r/wine_gaming/comments/t5hmmi/starcraft_remastered_lo...
"I switched the DE to use Wayland instead of X11 and now the game is running in the correct resolution. Hope this helps someone."
Unfortunatelly, using Wayland on Cinnamon is pretty complicated and I'm unable to test that.
Steps to reproduce are: 1. Install wine-staging version >5.6 (e.g. 5.19, 7.8, 8.9, 8.10) 2. Install Battle.net desktop app - https://www.blizzard.com/download/confirmation?product=bnetdesk 4. Start Battle.net desktop app, login. 5. Install Starcraft Remastered through Battle.net desktop app. 6. Run the game.
Screenshots: https://ibb.co/Mk0f6yt https://ibb.co/VDppGTn https://ibb.co/1sLjHm7 https://ibb.co/GC69DLx https://ibb.co/N72LXkk https://ibb.co/hWvHN10 https://ibb.co/n6VjZD1 https://ibb.co/cNyBBNp