https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52730
Bug ID: 52730 Summary: Reading Rabbit Playtime Baby shows black screen Product: Wine Version: 7.4 Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: bashninja@801labs.org Distribution: ---
Created attachment 72091 --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=72091 256 Color Mode
The install of this game fails when you install inside a 64bit wine bottle. It shows an error about disk space. This is resolved by installing with a 32bit wine bottle and using winecfg to switch the windows version to "Windows 98". If you do this, it allows you to install the game successfully.
After the game is installed and launched, it loads to a black screen. You can hear audio and click things, but there is nothing to see.
You can get it working a tiny bit in 256 color mode, but it doesn't look right at all. I attached a screenshot of that.
Instructions to Reproduce:
Set up a 32bit wine bottle and, with winecfg, set the windows version to "Windows 98".
This game needs to have the disk mounted in linux as a CD-ROM. To do this, I installed and used cdemu. You can find details about this application here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CDemu . The way I used this tool was by installing cdemu-daemon & I used kde-cdemu-manager as the gui interface to that daemon. I then mounted the downloaded .cue file.
After mounting the .cue file, you should see something similar to this in your mounts:
$ mount | grep sr0 /dev/sr0 on /run/media/bashninja/RRBaby type iso9660
Now you should be able to run the Setup.exe and get through the install without any issues.
$ WINEARCH="win32" WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32_RRB wine D:\Setup.exe (D:\ should match the path to your mounted CD-ROM)
After the install, you can launch Setup.exe again and you'll be able to launch the game. You'll hear the music and be able to click, but the screen will be black. You'll also get a wonderful new desktop icon.
To test 256 color mode, you can follow these instructions after the game has been installed: https://wiki.winehq.org/256_Color_Mode