[Bug 27118] New: Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and does not activate the game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27118

Summary: Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and
                    does not activate the game
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.19
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Created an attachment (id=34581)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=34581)
+seh +relay wine activation.exe (warning: 1Gb extracted)

Dead Space 2 was bought and downloaded via Steam, and is as such up-to-date as
of 2011-05-10. The system is running Kubuntu 11.04 64-bit, with Wine 1.3.19
from the ubuntu-wine ppa (plus winepulse patches). While probably not relevant,
the graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce 580 and running the proprietary
270.41.06 driver.

When starting the game it automatically runs activation.exe to activate the
game. However, the activator instantly crashes and only spawns a wine debugging
session that soars to 100% CPU and never exits. The attached log is 1Gb when
extracted, and that's only because I stopped the debugger there and hit Ctrl+C.
It would likely have grown in size until the disk was full.

The game does not get activated and cannot be played.

This may be a duplicate of bug 25853, but the description of that bug lists
executables that are not present in the Steam version.

[Bug 27118] Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and does not activate the game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27118

--- Comment #1 from JR  2011-05-13 18:16:02 CDT ---
A workaround seems to be to run it in Windows XP mode. This is what PlayOnLinux
does.

Since Steam itself is easier to deal with if using Windows 7 mode, I added an
application-specific setting for both deadspace2.exe and activation.exe to
exempt them and make them run in Windows XP mode. The activator now starts
(tested via terminal) and properly activates the game.

[Bug 27118] Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and does not activate the game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27118

Christopher May  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Christopher May  2011-12-07 18:13:21 CST ---
This was broken in 1.3.32 as well, didn't test with .33 but 1.3.34 it works out
the box on fresh prefix.

I'd say bug resolved.

[Bug 27118] Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and does not activate the game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27118

Wylda  changed:

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         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #3 from Wylda  2011-12-09 13:31:45 CST ---

Reported fixed. JR, feel free to reopen if the problem persist for you.

[Bug 27118] Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and does not activate the game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27118

Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Alexandre Julliard  2011-12-16 13:29:39 CST ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.3.35.

[Bug 27118] Dead Space 2 (Steam) activation.exe only crashes and does not activate the game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27118

WESTIncognito  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from WESTIncognito  2013-01-20 07:36:38 CST ---
Have wine 1.5.21, out the box activation.exe crashes. Installing msxml3.msi
solves the problem.