[Bug 4066] Online Play Doesn't Work (DirectPlay)

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4066

--- Comment #45 from Nick  ---
(In reply to theAntiBob from comment #44)
> (In reply to Austin English from comment #41)
> > (In reply to comment #40)
> > > First submitted this bug nearly years ago and it is still an issue.
> >
> > It's not implemented, and no one has stepped up to write it. It's only used
> > by older games, and there's an easy workaround.
> >
> > That said, volunteers are welcome.
>
> Doesn't seem like an easy workaround to me... The list of affected apps for
> this bug is fairly large (and ovbiously incomplete)
>
> Homeworld 2 network issues are in no way resolved by using "winetricks
> directplay" and/or modifying any registry values
>
> Where would one contribute to any effort to improve the issue?
>
> Status: Still NEW?
> Importance: Meh?

Surely it couldn't be hard for someone to at least write a universal shell
script to properly implement the workaround?
Now I'm waiting for the inevitable "Well, why don't you do it?".