[Bug 14500] New: Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the CD key

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14500

Summary: Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the
                    CD key
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.1
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Hi,

I cannot enter the CD key to "Supreme Commander" fully as the input fields are
too narrow for some sections. In particular "UMW2" does not fit into field 4 as
shown below.

XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-4444-XXXX

This is similar to bug# 9924, which is closed.
Applying the winetricks or dpi workaround described there does not work for me.

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 (2.6.24-19-generic) @ 1680x1050.

This is the first time I use wine. Please let me know if you need more infos.

Regards,
HC

[Bug 14500] Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the CD key

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14500

Tomasz Sałaciński  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Tomasz Sałaciński   2008-07-16 00:25:01 ---
I can confirm this bug. Indeed, in some games, entering CD-Key is not possible
(the fields are too narrow).

Some games are not limiting the number of characters in each field, they are
just checking if the character won't get out of the text box (so, the wider
box, the longer text you can type into).

I think changing the font to a smaller one can help you with that (not playing
with DPI)

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Lei Zhang  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Lei Zhang   2008-07-17 16:03:14 ---
I don't remember this happening before, with Wine 0.9.5x/6x. Can someone try an
older version of Wine and figure out if this is a regression? I have the game,
but it's at home...

[Bug 14500] Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the CD key

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--- Comment #3 from Lei Zhang   2008-07-19 02:45:48 ---
Works fine for me with a clean .wine directory.

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Luke L  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Luke L   2008-08-23 14:26:24 ---
This has affected me typing "NMWW" into the box; I have to use a fake key to
play with friends on my Ubuntu Hardy install. This has affected me in Wine 1.0
and 1.1.x

[Bug 14500] Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the CD key

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reso  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from reso   2008-08-31 01:17:42 ---
i encountered this bug also, while installing Supreme Commander and have a
possible workaround.

i noted that my key was entirely in caps, i assumed because that way there can
be no confusion between similar characters such as lowercase L and uppercase I
and attempted to substitute lowercase characters in my problem key field, B,
like so: AAAA-bbbb-CCCC-DDDD-EEE. this allowed me to procede.

i think that the user who stated that the problem is more than there is
insufficient room to type the key characters and SHOW them, as opposed to the
key being invalid. it's purely a gui issue i guess.

noteworthy thought: using lowercase letters in this situation worked since they
took up less room. using a smaller font when faced with this problem would
probably have the same effect, especially if your application is case
sensitive.

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Andras Kovacs  changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Andras Kovacs   2008-08-31 19:28:54 ---
this bug present with the installer of FEAR Combat (free game) too

[Bug 14500] Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the CD key

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--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2008-09-01 18:45:17 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> this bug present with the installer of FEAR Combat (free game) too

A download link would be nice.

[Bug 14500] Supreme Commander: Input field too narrow to enter the CD key

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--- Comment #8 from Andras Kovacs   2008-09-02 03:04:17 ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > this bug present with the installer of FEAR Combat (free game) too
>
> A download link would be nice.

Here you can register for free installation code: http://www.joinfear.com/
Download (1,7 GB): http://www.gamershell.com/download_15038.shtml

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Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Austin English   2008-09-09 01:08:39 ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > (In reply to comment #6)
> > > this bug present with the installer of FEAR Combat (free game) too
> >
> > A download link would be nice.
>
> Here you can register for free installation code: http://www.joinfear.com/
> Download (1,7 GB): http://www.gamershell.com/download_15038.shtml

Works fine for me in git.

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roy  changed:

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--- Comment #10 from roy   2008-11-14 08:54:12 ---
Hi, I too have this problem with FEAR Combat in wine 1.1.8

the combinations giving me gip are WAM8 and GUM2

if you could reduce the font by one pixel or widen the text box by 1 maybe it
would go

here is a better link (the official site) for downloading that game as
gamershell doesnt always give good speed and doesnt mind cancelling your
download after 99% sometimes. I have played it on windows, great graphics.

http://projectorigin.warnerbros.com/fearcombat/main

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Scott Ritchie  changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Scott Ritchie   2009-07-15 23:34:11 ---
The FEAR download installer worked fine, seems to be fixed.

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Alexandre Julliard   2009-07-17 12:19:51 ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.1.26.