[Bug 41358] New: Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

Bug ID: 41358
           Summary: Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to
                    launch the game via terminal
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.9.19
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

In Wine 1.9.19, any attempts to run the 32-bit version of Dynahack with a
32-bit prefix end with the game not launching.

Unfortunately, I can't get any terminal output when launching the game with
"wine dynahack.exe".

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

[e-mail] changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Keywords|                            |download
                URL|                            |https://github.com/tung/Dyn
                   |                            |aHack/releases/download/v0.
                   |                            |6.0/dynahack-0.6.0-1-win-x8
                   |                            |6.zip

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

Bruno Jesus  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
           Keywords|                            |source

--- Comment #1 from Bruno Jesus  ---
The game is in a loop:

002b:Call KERNEL32.GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents(00000013,006c0edc)
ret=00605309
002b:Ret  KERNEL32.GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents() retval=00000001 ret=00605309
002b:Call KERNEL32.Sleep(00000032) ret=00606d10
002b:Ret  KERNEL32.Sleep() retval=00000000 ret=00606d10
002b:Call KERNEL32.GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents(00000013,006c0edc)
ret=00605309
002b:Ret  KERNEL32.GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents() retval=00000001 ret=00605309
002b:Call KERNEL32.Sleep(00000032) ret=00606d10
002b:Ret  KERNEL32.Sleep() retval=00000000 ret=00606d10
...

Don't know what it is expecting.

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

--- Comment #2 from Bruno Jesus  ---
I'm not sure this can work in a linux console.

If you make wine open its own cmd window it will at least paint the initial
screen. The game is using WriteConsoleOutput to draw characters at coordinates
in the screen.

So use:
wine start cmd

And then run the game from inside cmd.

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Bruno Jesus from comment #2)
> I'm not sure this can work in a linux console.
>
> If you make wine open its own cmd window it will at least paint the initial
> screen. The game is using WriteConsoleOutput to draw characters at
> coordinates in the screen.
>
> So use:
> wine start cmd
>
> And then run the game from inside cmd.

Confirming that this works. Not sure if to close this bug or what. Anyways,
thanks for the help :)

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

--- Comment #4 from Bruno Jesus  ---
For me this is a bug, I would like to hear other dev opinions.

The game changes the console size and uses coordinates to print its GUI and
then use a specific function to read console input.

Is CMD aware that its being resized by API? It could produce a warning in the
console that this is impossible and that user should run CMD in its own window.

Also why positioned printing does not work? Isn't there a place we can
translate the XY to escapes?

I tried interpreting programs/cmd code, then kernel32/console.c and then
server/console.c but I can't really find what I'm looking for.

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

--- Comment #5 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
If you want to run inside the Unix console you have to run with wineconsole
--backend=curses. This is not the default because switching to curses mode is
not a nice experience for the vast majority of apps.

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

--- Comment #6 from Bruno Jesus  ---
(In reply to Alexandre Julliard from comment #5)
> If you want to run inside the Unix console you have to run with wineconsole
> --backend=curses. This is not the default because switching to curses mode
> is not a nice experience for the vast majority of apps.

Thanks for the reply. Using curses makes the game work with 2 conditions:
- The window is not resized when the game launches;
- Uppercase keys are not recognized inside the game (either using caps lock or
shift+key).

Do you think we can repurpose the bug for one of this or it would be waste of
efforts since the game works in standard wineconsole?

[Bug 41358] Dynahack 0.6.0 (32-bit) hangs when attempting to launch the game via terminal

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41358

--- Comment #7 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
(In reply to Bruno Jesus from comment #6)
> Do you think we can repurpose the bug for one of this or it would be waste
> of efforts since the game works in standard wineconsole?

curses support is not high priority, but there's no harm in having a bug for
it, in case someone feels like looking into it.