http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26322
Summary: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) rendering problems Product: Wine Version: 1.3.15 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: dank@kegel.com
Install and run GTA: Vice City as follows:
rm -rf ~/.wine cd /media wine GTA_Vice_City/setup.exe (uncheck Radio Station to avoid needing disc 2) # eject disc1 and mount disc2 # work around wine not creating symlink for d:, e.g. ln -s /dev/cdrom ~/.wine/dosdevices/d:: ln -s /media/Vice_City_Play /home/dank/.wine/dosdevices/d: # start the game! cd ~/".wine/drive_c/Program Files/Rockstar Games/Grand Theft Auto Vice City" wine gta-vc.exe
Happily, this even plays the intro movies and recognizes the disc.
Unhappily, the first cut scene (where the gangsters are sitting around a table discussing what to do with a guy who's just getting out of jail) has really, really low fps. The appdb suggests using OffscreenRenderMode=pbuffer, but that was removed in wine-1.1.41. OffscreenRenderMode=backbuffer gets the performance of that scene up nicely.
Either way, the next scene, where a car is driving around, doesn't show the cars. And when that finishes, you're supposed to drive around, but everything looks completely wrong, all one can see are clouds.
POL uses wine-1.1.40 for this game, fwiw.