[Bug 6253] EQ II Patcher Fails

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6253

------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2007-18-05 04:18 -------
Hello,

I downloaded the trial from: http://www.trialoftheisle.com/

As indicated it *tries* to use Microsoft BITS.
If you dont have BITS installed or the service is stopped it uses standard HTTP
data transfers.
Sniffed with wireshark:

User-Agent: SOEPatcher/curl

Host: laeaberrpatch.everquest2.com:7010

And some official statement:

--- quote ---
"The EverQuest II launchpad provides a handy way to download optional files in
the background while your computer is idle, allowing you to jump into the action
right away. This is made possible through a technology developed by Microsoft
called BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) which allows us to send
optional downloads to your computer a little bit at a time. Since some of our
optional updates can be rather large in size, this allows you to spend less time
downloading and more time playing. Files are received transparently in the
background while your computer isn't busy doing other things." 
--- quote ---

There is no mention that BITS is actually required.
This is not a show stopper.

The launcher/patcher works fine for me.
Though it takes some time to download all the stuff.

wine-0.9.37-118-g2970076

No native overrides.

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But nevertheless - Everquest II Patcher could be the first real testbed for
running BITS on wine.

Here are some lengthy infos how far it has been going regarding BITS and what is
needed:

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6194 (installer quirks)

Regards