http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19269
Summary: Distant impostors does not work in Lord of the Rings Online Product: Wine Version: 1.1.25 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: directx-d3d AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: eric.ladner@gmail.com
The "distant impostors" setting has no effect. The way it implements distant impostors, I believe, is substituting a flat 2d texture for 3d objects that are very far from the camera, giving more detail to the landscape without having to render 20 million polys for the trees.
See http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/group/?app_parent=4029;forum... (second post from the top) for screen shots comparing LotRO running on Wine and Windows and the difference "distant impostors" makes.
I've verified that it doesn't work on 1.1.24 and 1.1.25 (although 1.1.25 crashed a lot for me on LotRO for some reason and I had to revert back to 1.1.24).
I'd be happy to provide any extra debugging info if any would be helpful.