[Bug 12787] New: Magic Online III crashes at startup in .net 2. 0 with System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly ' System, Version=2.0.0.0

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12787

Summary: Magic Online III crashes at startup in .net 2.0 with
                    System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or
                    assembly 'System, Version=2.0.0.0
           Product: Wine
           Version: CVS/GIT
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/moliii2/downl
                    oad
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

With yesterday's git, Magic III installs fine in an empty .wine directory, 
but the game itself (renamer.exe) crashes early in .net 2 initialization
with bug 10467:

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer
for 'System.Globalization.TextInfo' threw an exception.
   at System.Globalization.TextInfo.GetNativeTextInfo(Int32 cultureID)
   at System.Globalization.TextInfo.get_InvariantNativeTextInfo()
...
Work around that by copying http://kegel.com/wine/l_intl.nls to 
drive_c/windows/system32/

The next problem is a crash with

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or
assembly 'System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. Exception from
HRESULT: 0x80070002^M
File name: 'System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'^M
   at Renamer.Renamer.Rename()^M
   at Renamer.Renamer.Main(String[] args)

[Bug 12787] Magic Online III crashes at startup in .net 2.0 with System.IO. FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System, Version=2.0 .0.0

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12787

Anastasius Focht  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Anastasius Focht   2008-05-01 04:59:30 ---
Hello,

duplicate of bug 12401.

This game is .NET based and ships with .NET Framework 2.0 Redistributable
(along with managed DirectX assembly installer).

Keep in mind that .NET 2 assembly installation/registration and wine's default
Windows XP config don't play well together due to missing junction point
support.
See http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12401 or
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10601#c15 for details.

Set wine to "Windows 2000" config before installing.

There is another potential problem here.
When the game installer probes for installed .NET frameworks on clean .wine
(there exist several methods), CorBindToRuntimeHost is called several times,
spitting out "wine: Install the Windows version of Mono to run .NET
executables" console messages.

This will give users the false impression that they have to install Mono.
In this case it's misleading because the game installs the .NET framework by
itself.
I don't see the point of asking users to install Mono for .NET support, while
having the native .NET from our monopolist overlords in place, which
unfortunately works better for several apps/games.

Change the message to say something like ".NET runtime <version string>
requested but not found. If you experience problems, try installing <choices
here>" (M$ .NET Framework <version string> or Mono).

Regards

[Bug 12787] Magic Online III crashes at startup in .net 2.0 with System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System, Version=2.0.0.0

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12787

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #2 from Austin English   2009-01-03 13:17:44 ---
Dupe, per Anastasius.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 12401 ***

[Bug 12787] Magic Online III crashes at startup in .net 2.0 with System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System, Version=2.0.0.0

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12787

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Austin English   2009-01-03 13:18:00 ---
Closing.

[Bug 12787] Magic Online III crashes at startup in .net 2.0 with System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System, Version=2.0.0.0

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12787

Austin English  changed:

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            Version|CVS/GIT                     |unspecified