http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16759
Summary: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (CD retail 1.2 w/ community patches) doesn't start (d3d/winex11 errors) Product: Wine Version: 1.1.12 Platform: PC-x86-64 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: directx-d3d AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: maxfnoel@gmail.com
Created an attachment (id=18426) --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=18426) Traceback for the crash
Although the game is part of the Wine Gold list, it fails to start with a traceback (see attached file) that shows an attempt to switch the display's resolution to a refresh rate of several megahertz (which of course no graphics hardware is capable of).
The screen switches resolutions to 800x600, shows a "Loading..." text on a grey background and just hangs until I kill it (which is where the traceback ends).
I'm using an official Wine 1.1.12 release (from http://winehq.org/download/deb), but the problem was present in 1.1.11 as well.
I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid (64-bit). My graphics card is a GeForce 8400M GS running into the builtin LCD of my Dell XPS M1330 laptop. The problem occurs with both versions 173 and 177 of the nVidia drivers.
The tested version of the game is the retail CD version (both with and without nocd cracks), patched to 1.2 then to the community patch at http://www.planetvampire.com/bloodlines/files/patches/
As discussed at http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4949 , at least one other user (running ArchLinux with an nVidia FX 5200) has the same problem.