[Bug 12846] New: Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Summary: Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg
                    but not with wine
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.60
          Platform: PC-x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Well, the summary says it all really.

The game hangs after the splash screen when run with the wine executable (I
found I couldn't even ctrl-c out in the terminal window) but when run with
winedbg I found I could just wait for the wine-dbg prompt to appear and type
'quit' and the game would run normally (except for the cursor)

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Austin English   2008-04-28 04:43:17 ---
Does the demo have the same problem:
http://www.ea.com/official/cc/generals/us/demos.jsp

Not major.

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #2 from Dan Jones   2008-04-28 19:55:14 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Does the demo have the same problem:
> http://www.ea.com/official/cc/generals/us/demos.jsp

No it doesn't have the problem.  (the demo isn't available from the link you
posted, BTW)

I've found it also doesn't happen if you download the cracked version of the
.exe either.  The copy protection would appear to be where the error lies (as
I'm sure you suspected).

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Austin English   2008-04-29 00:15:32 ---
What protection does it use?

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #4 from Dan Jones   2008-04-29 03:10:25 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> What protection does it use?

According to gamecopyworld, it uses safedisc v2.

This makes sense since Battlefield 1942 (which came in the same gamespack as
C&CG) uses the same protection (BF1942 works without any need for cracking)

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Keith  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Keith   2008-06-02 13:48:01 ---
I have just installed this and have exactly the same response.
Start with winedbg and quit out and the game works (but with no cursor).
I can't get it to run any other way.

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #6 from Dan Jones   2008-06-05 03:39:21 ---
It suspect this to be hardware-specific.  I've installed the game on my older
single-core AMD64 machine and it doesn't work at all, either with Wine or
Winedbg.

I may try later with an AthlonXP machine I have, and do a backtrace on all
three to try and see what on Earth is going on.  Maybe the errorcodes given by
CD/DVD drives are non-standard (I believe non-readable parts of the disk are
what safedisc relies on)

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2008-12-03 16:35:32 ---
Is this still an issue in current (1.1.9 or newer) wine?

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Dan Jones  changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Dan Jones   2008-12-07 03:31:20 ---
Yep, I'm afraid it does.

Also, I'm noticing that on the first China mission (and the training mission),
plus the GLA mission #3 I'm getting the game quitting out with:

fixme:d3d:state_zfunc D3DCMP_NOTEQUAL and D3DCMP_EQUAL do not work correctly
yet

What's been done with the cursors is cool though :)

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Jeff Zaroyko  changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Jeff Zaroyko   2008-12-07 03:33:06 ---
please don't change the original reported version

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #10 from Dan Jones   2008-12-07 04:01:23 ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> please don't change the original reported version

What the hell am I supposed to do then?  The question (within this bug) was
about whether this bug is still relevant with the current version of wine, and
it is.

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #11 from Jeff Zaroyko   2008-12-07 04:38:21 ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #9)
> > please don't change the original reported version
>
> What the hell am I supposed to do then?  The question (within this bug) was
> about whether this bug is still relevant with the current version of wine, and
> it is.

You add a comment, saying "yes, I have tested it with x and it is still
present".

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #12 from Austin English   2009-06-08 11:52:34 ---
Is this still an issue in current (1.1.23 or newer) wine?

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #13 from William   2010-01-11 10:58:42 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> Is this still an issue in current (1.1.23 or newer) wine?

Running Generals off "Command and Conquer: The First Decade" under 1.1.35
crashes at the splash screen, while running and quitting winedbg crashes at a
second splash screen. So whatever is causing the difference in behaviour seems
to still be there.

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals works when run with winedbg but not with wine

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

--- Comment #14 from Austin English  2011-03-29 19:30:40 CDT ---
This is your friendly reminder that there has been no bug activity for 6
months. Is this still an issue in current (1.3.16 or newer) wine?

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals needs to be run with winedbg

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Anastasius Focht  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
         Resolution|                            |ABANDONED
            Summary|Command & Conquer: Generals |Command & Conquer: Generals
                   |works when run with winedbg |needs to be run with
                   |but not with wine           |winedbg

--- Comment #15 from Anastasius Focht  2011-06-17 13:00:30 CDT ---
Hello,

long time now answer, marking abandoned.
The copy protection should work.
Reopen if still a problem with recent Wine version.

Regards

[Bug 12846] Command & Conquer: Generals needs to be run with winedbg

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12846

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #16 from Austin English  2011-07-07 16:15:53 CDT ---
Closing.