http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33868
Bug #: 33868 Summary: Sims Medieval (and probably many other games) fullscreen isn't fullscreen on Ubuntu 13.04 Product: Wine Version: 1.6-rc3 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: dank@kegel.com Classification: Unclassified
Ah, Unity.
I just tested Sims Medieval, which defaults to fullscreen... but Ubuntu (13.04, but probably also earlier versions)'s Unity launcher bar on the left is still shown, as is the global menu bar... so the game is shortchanged in both X and Y, and is therefore cut off slightly. Makes it hard to play.
I've seen this on several games in the past, too.
This is probably a Unity bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/734908 but I think it deserves mention here, too.