[Bug 31203] New: Guild Wars 2 launcher no alpha on window - has large black border

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31203

Bug #: 31203
           Summary: Guild Wars 2 launcher no alpha on window - has large
                    black border
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.8
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

As stated in the summary, the Guild Wars 2 launcher window has a large black
border around it. Screenshot is attached.

[Bug 31203] Guild Wars 2 launcher no alpha on window - has large black border

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31203

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] 2012-07-12 04:31:35 CDT ---
Created attachment 40976
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Example of launcher graphics issue

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[Bug 31203] Guild Wars 2 launcher no alpha on window - has large black border

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--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] 2012-07-14 21:38:49 CDT ---
Created attachment 40998
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Guildwars2 login window/downloader transparancy bug

The most recent update has made this launcher window into a log in window, so
it has become slightly more important to users. Still the same background image
and transparency bug.

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Lockert Fredrick  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] 2012-08-15 15:53:01 CDT ---
Try the command line argument -dx9single as a workaround.

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--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] 2012-08-15 18:59:43 CDT ---
The -dx9single does fix so the window is readable, but there is still large
black boxes around it, which should be transparent. Another workaround is to
use the commandline of -useoldlauncher which skips this window so you log in,
in the game.

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--- Comment #5 from Booze Cow  2012-08-21 12:25:14 CDT ---
Just updated my client for the stress test this 21 august,

The -useoldlauncher doesn't exist anymore. So the black screen is back for me.

Tried with wine:
1.5.9-raw3
1.5.11

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--- Comment #6 from Winderly  2012-08-28 10:14:50 CDT ---
Sorry for the spam but, where must i click to confirm the bug ?

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--- Comment #7 from Juan Lang  2012-08-28 11:07:24 CDT ---
Change the status to "New". (I just did for you, since I assume you can
reproduce it, and more than one person has reported it.)

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--- Comment #8 from Winderly  2012-08-28 12:20:27 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> Change the status to "New". (I just did for you, since I assume you can
> reproduce it, and more than one person has reported it.)

thank you for doing it for me (i cannot figure how to change status)

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--- Comment #9 from Booze Cow  2012-08-28 18:42:46 CDT ---
Well, today 28 august 2012.

With the new version of Guild Wars 2 launcher, looks to be working nice for me.

We still have the large black border but at least the transparent window inside
that black window is now visible.

My understanding of the issue is:
The launcher have two layers.

A transparent background layer. 
The other layer is the dynamic window that showing up your login and password
and download progress.

The bug is that the dynamic layer window become hidden behind the background
layer window.

Now, the transparent background layer still not showing up correctly but they
fixed the dynamic window so you can now interact with it correctly in wine.

I don't know how they made the layer but it is not compatible with wine.

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--- Comment #10 from Winderly  2012-08-29 02:23:42 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> Well, today 28 august 2012.
>
> With the new version of Guild Wars 2 launcher, looks to be working nice for me.
>
> We still have the large black border but at least the transparent window inside
> that black window is now visible.
>
> My understanding of the issue is:
> The launcher have two layers.
>
> A transparent background layer. 
> The other layer is the dynamic window that showing up your login and password
> and download progress.
>
> The bug is that the dynamic layer window become hidden behind the background
> layer window.
>
> Now, the transparent background layer still not showing up correctly but they
> fixed the dynamic window so you can now interact with it correctly in wine.
>
> I don't know how they made the layer but it is not compatible with wine.

To me this bug looks very similar to the Diablo (first Diablo) game bug about
the game menu being covered with a black square.

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--- Comment #11 from Kai Blaschke  2012-08-30 06:16:52 CDT ---
This seems to be a duplicate of bug 15118. Affects all windows using the
WS_EX_LAYERED style and per-pixel alpha blending (ULW_ALPHA), which seems not
to be supported by Wine at the moment.

Fully transparent pixels (either zero alpha or color-keyed) in such a window
are not even considered part of the window, passing all mouse events to the
elements below the window.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632599%28v=vs.85%2...

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--- Comment #12 from [e-mail] 2012-08-30 07:30:19 CDT ---
Created attachment 41531
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=41531
Another exemple of the issue

Patched with http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=40848&action=diff

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--- Comment #13 from [e-mail] 2012-08-30 07:31:15 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> This seems to be a duplicate of bug 15118. Affects all windows using the
> WS_EX_LAYERED style and per-pixel alpha blending (ULW_ALPHA), which seems not
> to be supported by Wine at the moment.
>
> Fully transparent pixels (either zero alpha or color-keyed) in such a window
> are not even considered part of the window, passing all mouse events to the
> elements below the window.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632599%28v=vs.85%2...

I read this thread and tested the partial patch for the Diablo III stub.
Instead of the black border, there is a copy of what stood behind when the
window was opened; this is not updated afterwards(only by minimizing
maximizing).

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--- Comment #14 from Kai Blaschke  2012-08-30 08:17:08 CDT ---
The patch partially solves the black box problem by alpha-blending the
background, which should improve the visual quality and somewhat reduce the
flickering, but the main problems remain:

- As mentioned, the window isn't updated if anything changes below it. I'm not
sure whether this happens for color-keyed windows or not, but what I've seen in
the past is that Wine doesn't regularly or even consistently checks for changes
in any element behind a window. In a Wine desktop, this should be relatively
simple (as Wine draws everything), but if you mix Wine and native OS windows,
this could be tricky. In Windows you can even smoothly play videos behind such
a layered window.

- Currently, you can't click through transparent areas in a window. Most modern
graphical UI environments support non-rectangular window shapes, so I don't
suspect this to be a big problem.

Some developers place layered windows on top of another window, making the
central area transparent to let the UI show through. Currently, such an
application would become unusable, as you would just see a big black area in
the center. Even with the partial patch, you would see the actual UI, but
couldn't interact with it.

In Windows 8, this whole problem will probably get worse, as Microsoft allows
devs to make client windows - which is potentially anything inside another
window - layered, too. From a developer perspective this is quite nice, as it
allows you to create some really fancy UIs, but in Wine, such application would
currently be unusable.

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--- Comment #15 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-08-30 08:48:38 CDT ---
Duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 15118 ***

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--- Comment #16 from Bruno Jesus  2012-09-13 08:24:37 CDT ---
Closing.