[Bug 41305] New: Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

Bug ID: 41305
           Summary: Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video
                    (making it unplayable) [regression]
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.9.18
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 55633
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Console output with Wine 1.6.2 (no bug)

The GOG version of Might and Magic VI hangs with Wine 1.9.18 before the story
intro video for the game begins (after the second "ad video"). This makes it
impossible to reach the main menu and actually start playing.

Interestingly, the issue does not occur with Wine 1.6.2.

I am attaching the console output for a run with both Wine 1.6.2 and Wine
1.9.18.

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Some additional info about my system (just in case):

Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 (64 bit)
Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic
Graphics: Proprietary NVIDIA 367.35

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

--- Comment #1 from Josh  ---
Created attachment 55634
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=55634
Console output with Wine 1.9.18 (bugged)

Yes, this is the full log (two lines)

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

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--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] ---
I hope you are familiar with building software from source.

https://wiki.winehq.org/Regression_Testing

Without regression testing this bug doesnt have much value. We now know that
this specific game doesnt work, but we have no clue what commit broke the game.

With regression test done and possible bug fix patch tested, ( I cant make
qurantee) this bug could be fixed in next wine version. I mean it would speed a
lot fixing this issue.

Without your regression testing your best bet is try wine-staging version of
wine and try if it solves the issue or test this specific game from time to
time with more up to date wine.

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

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--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Josh from comment #1)
> Created attachment 55634 [details]
> Console output with Wine 1.9.18 (bugged)
>
> Yes, this is the full log (two lines)

I also have the GOG version of Might and Magic VI and I can get into the main
menu just fine after the video in Wine 1.9.18.

Are you doing this on a clean 32-bit prefix?

If the problem persists on your setup you will need to run a regression test.

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to fjfrackiewicz from comment #3)
> (In reply to Josh from comment #1)
> > Created attachment 55634 [details]
> > Console output with Wine 1.9.18 (bugged)
> >
> > Yes, this is the full log (two lines)
>
> I also have the GOG version of Might and Magic VI and I can get into the
> main menu just fine after the video in Wine 1.9.18.
>
> Are you doing this on a clean 32-bit prefix?
>
> If the problem persists on your setup you will need to run a regression test.

Also, I installed the game from this GOG installer:

a3bec74a1e093b8cc738f73b30bfbb09  setup_mm6_2.1.0.42.exe

Do you have the same one?

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

--- Comment #5 from Josh  ---
- clean prefix: yes
- same installer: yes
- can reproduce with 32bit prefix: no

... Interesting. So I only get this with 64bit Wine.

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

--- Comment #6 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Josh from comment #5)
> - clean prefix: yes
> - same installer: yes
> - can reproduce with 32bit prefix: no
>
> ... Interesting. So I only get this with 64bit Wine.

That is normal since a pure 64-bit prefix will not have WoW64 support for
32-bit applications.

So for M&M 6 you will need a pure 32-bit prefix unless you have built Wine with
WoW64 support.

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

--- Comment #7 from Josh  ---
I didn't build it myself though. I'm simply using the binary releases grabbed
via PlayOnLinux (which I only use for downloading Wine, I do everything else by
hand). Don't they come with WoW64 support?

I'm quite surprised because I run a lot of old games in 64bit prefixes and have
never encountered an issue that didn't occur in the 32bit counterpart. Also,
note that I got it working with a 64bit prefix on Wine 1.6.2.

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video ( making it unplayable) [regression]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41305

--- Comment #8 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Josh from comment #7)
> I didn't build it myself though. I'm simply using the binary releases
> grabbed via PlayOnLinux (which I only use for downloading Wine, I do
> everything else by hand). Don't they come with WoW64 support?
>
> I'm quite surprised because I run a lot of old games in 64bit prefixes and
> have never encountered an issue that didn't occur in the 32bit counterpart.
> Also, note that I got it working with a 64bit prefix on Wine 1.6.2.

I wouldn't know how PlayOnLinux compiles their binaries, to be honest.

All I know is that in order to run a 32-bit application in a 64-bit prefix you
must have WoW64 support (it's how Windows does this with 32-bit Windows
applications). If your version of Wine 1.6.2 was built with WoW64 support and
when you created a prefix with that version of Wine like so:

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine winecfg wineboot

you basically created a 64-bit prefix that can run 32-bit applications because,
again, it has WoW64 support. I have Wine 1.9.18 built with WoW64 support and I
have tested this with running No Man's Sky, a purely 64-bit Windows
application, and GOG Galaxy, an application that can only run in 32-bit mode as
of right now, in the same prefix and at the same time.

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--- Comment #9 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Josh from comment #7)
> I didn't build it myself though. I'm simply using the binary releases
> grabbed via PlayOnLinux (which I only use for downloading Wine, I do
> everything else by hand). Don't they come with WoW64 support?
>
> I'm quite surprised because I run a lot of old games in 64bit prefixes and
> have never encountered an issue that didn't occur in the 32bit counterpart.
> Also, note that I got it working with a 64bit prefix on Wine 1.6.2.

This bug tracker doesn't really support POL builds. The problem is that you
don't know how the wine is build. Has this game ever worked 64bit prefix? If
you haven't tested you should remove the regression tag from title. Even if the
64bit build suddenly starts to work we can't mark this bug fixed since you are
using different build.

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video (making it unplayable) [regression]

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--- Comment #10 from Josh  ---
I re-tested this with wine-5.4 and it works fine now. Thanks devs!

[Bug 41305] Might and Magic VI: Game hangs before intro video (making it unplayable) [regression]

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
Closing bugs fixed in 5.5.