http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17288
Summary: Keyboard stops working in Halo Demo Product: Wine Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: stealthseeker@gmail.com
In the demo for Halo 1, after selecting campaign from the main menu with a fresh install, you are prompted to enter a profile name. However, on this screen the keyboard stops responding, and you can't back out of the screen either forcing you to kill the game with Alt+F4.
The mouse works throughout and the keyboard works fine when on the main menu.
This works properly on 1.1.14 but breaks with the current git version. I ran a regression test and it looks like
3743a1a7ca170c765cd779c61b9e362c5b1c5203 Author: Vitaliy Margolen wine-patches@kievinfo.com Date: Sun Feb 1 13:11:46 2009 -0700
dinput: Consume mouse & keyboard events in exclusive mode.
is where it breaks.
FYI, the link on AppDB to download the demo seems to be broken. (Guess Microsoft took it down?) I found the trial with a quick search on download.com
Could someone CC the patch author?