[Bug 56118] New: Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56118

Bug ID: 56118
           Summary: Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements
           Product: Wine
           Version: 9.0-rc2
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 75784
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=75784
SWAT 2 on Wine 9.0 RC2 (notice the black bar below main window)

SWAT 2 creates a big "parent" window and many "children" windows inside it,
where components of the game's GUI are rendered. Because of an incomplete
implementation of the SHAppBarMessage function (from the shellapi.h header)
certain child windows can appear completely black.

This can be seen in a 2008 AppDB report for the game:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=15352&...
I experienced the exact same bug as reported here (the action and gear panels
become black and you can't actually play the game), but it only happened the
first time I ran the game and I can't get it to happen again. On the other
hand, the bottom panel, where dialogue and tips are displayed, does not show up
at all for me (see attached picture).

[Bug 56118] Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements

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--- Comment #1 from Matheus  ---
Created attachment 75785
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=75785
How the game should look like, for reference

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--- Comment #2 from Matheus  ---
Created attachment 75786
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=75786
Output generated by Wine 9.0 RC2 on a fresh prefix

[Bug 56118] Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements

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Matheus  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |download
                URL|                            |https://archive.org/details
                   |                            |/PoliceQuestSwat2Demo

[Bug 56118] Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements

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--- Comment #3 from Matheus  ---
How to reproduce:

1. Download the demo from the link in the URL section
2. Install the demo, any error warnings can be ignored
3. Go to the installation directory and run SWAT.EXE
4. Click "new solo game", arrow pointing right ( > ), "play scenario", "add
->", "OK"

[Bug 56118] Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements

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--- Comment #4 from Rafał Mużyło  ---
Well, yes, but also no.

That is SHAppBarMessage is unlikely to matter here.

It seems to be some redraw order problem. Clicking in that black area sometimes
makes the content of that subwindow to be shown, but not permanently so.

[Bug 56118] Police Quest: SWAT 2 - missing UI elements

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--- Comment #5 from Matheus  ---
Oh, interesting. I did find it strange that somehow the shell API could be
causing GUI bugs...

Indeed, trying to click on UI elements makes the pop up for a split second and
then go away, but you can't interact with any buttons in that black area.
Fortunately, it's only for dialogue and tips, so the game can be played just
fine (although, I'm forced to look up some gameplay on Youtube so I can get my
bearings...)

Thank you for the interest in this bug, and have a happy new year!