[Bug 44357] New: Support for emulated 8bit/256 color index mode

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44357

Bug ID: 44357
           Summary: Support for emulated 8bit/256 color index mode
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Currently wine relies xserver color depth setting to handle color depth
requirements that games have. The problem is modern nvidia drivers don't
provide 256 color depth as an option.

Nor does any of the workaround the wiki[1] lists work as most of these games
requires directx and gpu acceleration isn't available in Xephyr or Xnest.

I would there for be nice if there was support in wine for emulating the 8bit
index graphic mode in the virtual desktop so these games could still be played
on modern linux hardware.

[1] https://wiki.winehq.org/256_Color_Mode

[Bug 44357] Support for emulated 8bit/256 color index mode

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44357

Fabian Maurer  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Fabian Maurer  ---
Well, while it's only another workaround, you can run DirectX applications in
Xephyr. Just use VirtualGL to make OpenGL work.
> Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 800x600x24 &
> DISPLAY=:1 vglrun wine *.exe

This allows me to run a DX11 game in Xephyr without problems.

[Bug 44357] Support for emulated 8bit/256 color index mode

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44357

Reuben  changed:

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