[Bug 17815] New: Red Alert 3 won't start because of missing directx 9.0 (which works for others).

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17815

Summary: Red Alert 3 won't start because of missing directx 9.0
                    (which works for others).
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.17
          Platform: PC-x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Trying to play Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3.

"Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0 or higher installed. Also verify that
your video card meets the minimum requirements, and that you do not have
hardware acceleration disabled in the Display control panel."

I have a ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 with 256 Mb memory. Which is the recommended
minimum. I have tried both radeon and radeonhd driver but I won't get any more
information about the error than what is stated in the attached log.

[Bug 17815] Red Alert 3 won't start because of missing directx 9.0 (which works for others).

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17815

--- Comment #1 from Tim Kornhammar   2009-03-22 05:35:42 ---
Created an attachment (id=20059)
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Console output from running wine.

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Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-03-22 10:47:55 ---
http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_severity

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Ken Sharp  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Ken Sharp   2009-03-29 17:43:38 ---
I get this error with the demo only if GLSL is disabled.

http://www.redalert3.com/portal/site/cnc/article/detail?contentId=985adb4bad...

Do you have GLSL enabled?

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--- Comment #4 from Martin Pavelek   2009-04-27 19:34:56 ---
I've had the same problem but it seems to be fixed in wine 1.1.20 (though the
game doesn't start due to some other bug); Recently I tried to install native
DirectX but it didn't solve anything (until upgrade) - can anybody confirm it's
really fixed "by default"?

[Bug 17815] Red Alert 3 won't start because of missing directx 9.0 (which works for others).

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--- Comment #5 from Martin Pavelek   2009-04-27 19:55:53 ---
..false alarm, it seems that this new error occured just before tha game
checked for DirectX, because after getting rid of it, "missing DirectX" error
is back again.
So, I confirm this bug..

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--- Comment #6 from Fletch Hasues   2009-05-19 12:40:43 ---
I get this error if I have the checkbox for shaders disabled in winecfg, or set
the key for it to disabled in the registry for WINE.

Haz

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--- Comment #7 from Schmaker   2009-06-01 01:27:05 ---
I can confirm same problem for Earth 2160. It's ATi-related bug, i dont know if
problem is in drivers or wine, but i think it's wine problem.
Maybe it is related also to #7411, there are lot of bugs around ATi cards.

[Bug 17815] Red Alert 3 won't start because of missing directx 9.0 (which works for others).

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--- Comment #8 from Schmaker   2009-06-01 01:28:26 ---
Created an attachment (id=21472)
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Earth 2160 error.

There can you see error appearing in Earth 2160 using fglrx drivers.

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--- Comment #9 from berend   2009-08-10 04:09:47 ---
i have the same problem with RA3,

my video card isn't the problem neither are any other minimum requirements.
because I got it working on the same PC before i had linux,
so it has to be a problem of wine linking with my video card and/or directX

i used the directX installer provided with RA3 but with no success.
neither did any other guide/directX version

any solutions?

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--- Comment #10 from Manuel Soukup   2010-02-06 07:56:05 ---
When i try to install Earth 2160 i get an error that my video card would not
support shader 3.0 and install does not start.

I have HD3400 and the card has shader support up to 4.1 but wine does not
recognise.

This is a but between fglrx and wine to deliver the right data i think.

PS: older wine ver did not work as well

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--- Comment #11 from Nicolas Krzywinski   2010-05-22 15:24:34 ---
Any news here?

It is the same for me with wine 1.1.43 on Ubuntu 10.04, kernel 2.6.32-22.
Tried everything I found here...

These are the last few lines from my startup attempt:
fixme:d3d:swapchain_init The application requested more than one back buffer,
this is not properly supported.
Please configure the application to use double buffering (1 back buffer) if
possible.
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found
1024x768x32 @0! (XRandR)
err:d3d9:device_parent_CreateSwapChain (0x18499bf4) CreateAdditionalSwapChain
failed, returning 0x8876086a
fixme:d3d:swapchain_init The application requested more than one back buffer,
this is not properly supported.
Please configure the application to use double buffering (1 back buffer) if
possible.
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found
800x600x32 @0! (XRandR)
err:d3d9:device_parent_CreateSwapChain (0x18499bf4) CreateAdditionalSwapChain
failed, returning 0x8876086a

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What are those XRandR messages about?

Just in case it matters: I have a TwinView dual monitoring layout with two
1600x1200 screens but tried to help RA3 with setting virtual desktop in
wineconfig (this helped for other apps)

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--- Comment #12 from Vitaliy Margolen   2010-05-22 20:24:33 ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> What are those XRandR messages about?

Your Xorg's configuration is broken. Game asks for particular screen
resolutions that are not available on your system. It has nothing to do with
Wine.

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--- Comment #13 from Nicolas Krzywinski   2010-05-23 08:58:37 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> (In reply to comment #11)
> > What are those XRandR messages about?
>
> Your Xorg's configuration is broken. Game asks for particular screen
> resolutions that are not available on your system. It has nothing to do with
> Wine.

Ah thank you for that hint, I will try that!

But "broken" seems to be weird since standard installation comes with _no_
xorg.conf at all.

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--- Comment #14 from Xavier Vachon  2010-10-27 23:35:37 CDT ---
In current git (1.3.5), I just need winetricks d3dx9_36 for the game to work,
with NVIDIA hardware. Unless this is an issue with ATI drivers, I think that
the original issue is fixed. I intend to file a new bug report for the lacking
functions in d3dx9_36.

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--- Comment #15 from Xavier Vachon  2011-05-15 13:58:15 CDT ---
Created an attachment (id=34720)
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d3dx log

Red alert 3 still requires d3dx9_36 to start. I have attached a log of all the
stubs being called.

There is another bug for lacking d3dx9 functions which Red Alert 3 is tagged to
: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23919 . Which one should we keep open?

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--- Comment #16 from joaopa  2011-07-09 09:02:57 CDT ---
Original bug is reported FIXED.
For d3dx9 bug, please open a new bug(take care of duplicate bugs)

This bug can be closed as FIXED.

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--- Comment #17 from Austin English  2011-07-10 14:05:03 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #16)
> Original bug is reported FIXED.
> For d3dx9 bug, please open a new bug(take care of duplicate bugs)
>
> This bug can be closed as FIXED.

Fixed.

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #18 from Alexandre Julliard  2011-07-22 12:45:41 CDT ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.3.25.

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--- Comment #19 from MatDivaret  2011-07-22 17:46:54 CDT ---
> > Original bug is reported FIXED.
> > For d3dx9 bug, please open a new bug(take care of duplicate bugs)
> >
> > This bug can be closed as FIXED.
>
> Fixed.

Huh? Use winetricks doesn't make the bug disappear, it seems to still be
present.

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--- Comment #20 from Jerome Leclanche  2011-07-22 18:40:09 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #19)
File a new bug for the missing functions - unless Xavier has already done so.