[Bug 17589] New: Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to internet

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17589

Summary: Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to
                    internet
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.16
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

I haven't played the game Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People in a few
months, but last time I tried playing it the game worked (after getting a
native d3dx9_36.dll). Since then this specific DLL has been implemented into
Wine itself, apparently.
In 1.1.16 I tried rerunning the game and now two new problems (regressions)
appeared (I'm making two bug entries).

This is the second bug I have encountered: the launcher does not seem to be
able to connect to the internet. This is a serious thing, because the launcher
is there to make sure that you can log into your online account and have it
check if you bought the game so you can play the full version.

I have tried two test occasions:
- One where I installed Internet Explorer 6 through Winetricks. The result was
that I saw most of the launch screen now, but it simply wouldn't log in or
register anything so I could only play the demo.

- One where I used a clean wineprefix. The result was that I saw a simple white
page asking me to enter the serial code (normal, was like this in older Wine).
I entered my code. The result was that it just asked me the exact same after I
entered it and clicked the button - nothing changed and I think this is because
it can't connect to the server for some reason.

Neither problem existed a few versions back, I could just register and play the
game no problem.

For testing purposes: if you don't have a serial number you can choose to play
the demo, but only if the launcher screen shows up a bit more correctly (no
white page). This can only be done if you have IE6 installed, however (crashed
when I installed IE7).

[Bug 17589] Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to internet

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17589

Vincent Beers  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Vincent Beers   2009-03-02 10:24:28 ---
This problem also exists for all other Telltale Games: I have tried and
experienced the exact same problem in Sam & Max season 1 and Telltale Texas
Hold'em.

[Bug 17589] Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to internet

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17589

--- Comment #2 from Austin English   2009-03-02 15:57:46 ---
Does native wininet help?

Please attach terminal output.

[Bug 17589] Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to internet

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--- Comment #3 from Vincent Beers   2009-03-03 07:58:41 ---
Created an attachment (id=19766)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=19766)
Strong Bad's Cool Game log from clean wineprefix

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--- Comment #4 from Vincent Beers   2009-03-03 08:05:13 ---
Created an attachment (id=19767)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=19767)
And again, with wininet.

I haven't tested with winetricks IE6 AND native wininet yet, but if they are
interrelated it might just work...

[Bug 17589] Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to internet

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--- Comment #5 from Juan Lang   2009-08-20 20:00:53 ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Neither problem existed a few versions back, I could just register and play the
> game no problem.

Could you perform a regression test?
http://wiki.winehq.org/RegressionTesting

Also, does native shdocvw help?

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Tibault Damman  changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Tibault Damman   2009-08-21 07:08:59 ---
This is a regression in wine-gecko, as discovered in 
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17883

The gist is that the launcher contains this line:
<form method="get">
the new wine-gecko only works if you edit that to:
<form method="get" action="index.html">

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Vincent Beers  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WORKSFORME

--- Comment #7 from Vincent Beers   2009-09-06 07:11:10 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> This is a regression in wine-gecko, as discovered in 
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17883
>
> The gist is that the launcher contains this line:
>
> <form method="get">
> the new wine-gecko only works if you edit that to:
> <form method="get" action="index.html">

Thank you. 1.1.29 fixes the bug and I can finally enter my registration code
and play the game again.

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Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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         Resolution|WORKSFORME                  |FIXED

--- Comment #8 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-09-06 07:21:43 ---
Fixed then.

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Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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              Alias|StrongBadCantConnect        |

[Bug 17589] Strong Bad's Cool Game: launcher cannot connect to internet

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--- Comment #9 from Austin English   2009-09-06 11:40:55 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> This is a regression in wine-gecko, as discovered in 
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17883
>
> The gist is that the launcher contains this line:
>
> <form method="get">
> the new wine-gecko only works if you edit that to:
> <form method="get" action="index.html">

Does that work on windows? If so, still a valid bug..

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Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #10 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-09-06 13:41:56 ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> > <form method="get">
>
> Does that work on windows? If so, still a valid bug..

This can't work anywhere, it's invalid. Action property is mandatory in all
HTML & XHTML versions.

Closing