[Bug 28119] New: Games with UPlay won't start due to ReadFileEx failture

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Summary: Games with UPlay won't start due to ReadFileEx
                    failture
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.26
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Created an attachment (id=36026)
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Ubisoft Launcher console output

Any game which is working via UPlay (From Dust, HoMM VI beta, probably any
other recent Ubisoft title) won't start on wine.

Laucher says, that there is "some problems" with game start and it's internal
logging system will output (among other things) this line:
[ERROR ] NamedPipeReceiveLoop.cpp (74) : ReadFileEx failed, error = 997.

Full log of From Dust internal debug attached.

This is kernel-2.6.39, gentoo linux, but should be irrelevant.

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--- Comment #1 from Night Nord  2011-08-17 17:57:25 CDT ---
Created an attachment (id=36027)
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WINEDEBUG=+file,+relay,+debugstr trimmed log

Trimmed around this ReadFileEx message output, if it makes any sense.

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--- Comment #2 from Kevin Turner  2011-09-07 22:44:04 CDT ---
error 997 is ERROR_IO_PENDING.  MSDN comments "The GetLastError code
ERROR_IO_PENDING is not a failure; it designates the read operation is pending
completion asynchronously. For more information, see Remarks."

which suggests to me that maybe this is a red herring, or maybe UPlay is
terribly written.  But that's just wild conjecture on my part since I don't
really know these APIs.

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--- Comment #3 from Marco D  2011-12-17 03:57:49 CST ---
With wine 1.3.35 we have a real error now (error 109) which is not very
surprising, since pipes are not fully implemented in wine.

fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 110004 (device=11 access=0
func=1 method=0)
2011-12-17 10:53:54 [  42] [INFO  ] OrbitGameFacade.cpp (265) : A game
connected to the pipe.
2011-12-17 10:53:54 [  90] [ERROR ] NamedPipeReceiveLoop.cpp (74) : ReadFileEx
failed, error = 109.
2011-12-17 10:53:54 [  42] [ERROR ] OrbitGameFacade.cpp (294) : Game connection
closed due to corrupt message.
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--- Comment #4 from David  2011-12-21 15:12:38 CST ---
I can confirm the error of Marco D. when trying to start a Ubisoft game
(Assassins Creed Revelations)

2011-12-21 22:04:31 [  64] [INFO  ] OrbitGameFacade.cpp (215) : Starting game
with product id 40 in offline mode.
fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 110004 (device=11 access=0
func=1 method=0)
2011-12-21 22:04:31 [  97] [ERROR ] NamedPipeReceiveLoop.cpp (74) : ReadFileEx
failed, error = 997.
2011-12-21 22:04:31 [  58] [INFO  ] OrbitGameFacade.cpp (265) : A game
connected to the pipe.
2011-12-21 22:04:31 [  58] [ERROR ] OrbitGameFacade.cpp (294) : Game connection
closed due to corrupt message.

I got pretty much the same error a long time ago when trying to start Assassins
Creed Brotherhood. In the end I had to use a no-dvd crack, altough I do own a
legal copy of the game, and also registered my copy online. The same counts for
Assassins Creed Revelations, altough I didn't use a crack for that yet, since I
hope a well working implemantation of named pipes will soon be there :)

This because I've seen some development in the following post:
 http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17195

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--- Comment #5 from David  2011-12-21 15:13:33 CST ---
And another tiny note, I forgot to report the used wine version:
wine-1.3.35

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--- Comment #6 from [e-mail] 2012-03-06 16:24:20 CST ---
even if i try the wine debug=+file, +relay, +debugstr it still wont let me play

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--- Comment #7 from Alessandro Pezzoni  2012-04-14 12:01:06 CDT ---
I can confirm this bug is present for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, with wine
1.5.2.

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--- Comment #8 from Bruno Jesus  2012-04-14 12:37:02 CDT ---
Multiple user confirmation.

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--- Comment #9 from Berillions  2012-04-22 05:16:21 CDT ---
Yes, this error message appear for all Ubisoft's games, excepted "Heroes VI"
and "Rayman : Origins"

Adam Martinson create 4 patch to implement improvements for the NamedPipe in
Wine but these patch don't resolve this bug.

He's taking a break with wine but it's possible to try to resolv the problem
with her patch.

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--- Comment #10 from Ernst  2012-04-26 01:02:10 CDT ---
Have been testing it for a few months now and still this problem exists, I was
hoping the new version 1.3 of HMM6 would resolve the problem, however it still
exists.

I hope someone at wine will be able to fix this.

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--- Comment #11 from Berillions  2012-04-26 11:52:44 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> I hope someone at wine will be able to fix this.

You made a dream :p
Since the creation of this bug in the bugzilla, nobody tried to resolv this
problem, excepted Adam who create a patch for the NamedPipe but these patch
don't resolv our problem.

For me, i think that these will be never resolved, because it's maybe difficult
to implement in Wine, i don't know.

For new Ubisoft's Games (like Assassin's Creed III), kept a Windows partition.

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--- Comment #12 from Berillions  2012-05-05 16:53:01 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> Multiple user confirmation.

Hi Bruno,

It's nice to say "Multiple user confirmation" but we don't know if this bug
will be resolved in the future.

Since this bug is open (August 2011), nobody Wine's dev came here to ask a
WINEDEBUG's log create by us with our games to try, in the first time, to find
where come from the problem exactly and in a second time, to try to resolv it.

And even if this bug is impossible to fix in wine, the Wine's dev can come here
to say to us : "Sorry guys, this bug is impossible to resolve, have no false
hopes."

Thanks,
Max

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--- Comment #13 from Bruno Jesus  2012-05-05 17:16:13 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #12)

Hi, Max. That was a standard triaging action. Is it possible to reproduce this
problem with a demo of any of the affected games?

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--- Comment #14 from Berillions  2012-05-05 17:40:44 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> (In reply to comment #12)
>
> Hi, Max. That was a standard triaging action. Is it possible to reproduce this
> problem with a demo of any of the affected games?

Hi,

Unfortunately, it's not possible to reproduce this bug with a demo because
there aren't demo for Ubisoft's games. Excepted "Might and Magic Heroes VI",
this game has a demo but don't use Ubisoft Game Launcher so there isn't bug...
:s

There are 3 solutions, one bad and two good (i must to trust you or other wine
dev) :

1- Download illegaly "Assassin's Creed : Revelations" and use Skidrow crack
because there is the same bug when i launch the game.

2- Buy Assassin's Creed 2 in your country. The game released in 2009, he costs
10-15€/$ and it's the first game which use Ubisoft Game Launcher (Ubi DRM)

3- I have always Assassin's Creed II/Brotherhood/Revelations installed on my
PC, you can ask me a WINEDEBUG log, i can make test for with your explanations

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--- Comment #15 from Bruno Jesus  2012-05-05 23:33:00 CDT ---
Unfortunately I have an onboard intel graphics, possibly none of these games
will ever run here.

As there are no demos available we need to find a simpler way to reproduce this
issue. It can be a smaller application or a test case.

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--- Comment #16 from Berillions  2012-05-07 16:11:45 CDT ---
Created attachment 40085
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Hack for ubisoft games - will break other programs!

Hack for ubisoft games - will break other programs!

Thanks to this hack, the error 997 is resolved and you can launch your Ubisoft
games in Online/Offline mode without crack.

For me, the hack works with the 3 Assassin's Creed games (AC2, Brotherhood and
Révélations)

Please, try this hack and post your test.

For the persons who will try Assassin's Creed 2/Revelations or other games,
there is probably a bug because of the hack. In fact, the savegame does not
work in the Online/Offline mode. I would like to know if you are this problem
too.

Assassin's Creed : Brotherhood is not affected by this problem.

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--- Comment #17 from Alessandro Pezzoni  2012-05-08 07:20:58 CDT ---
So far Berillions' hack seems to be working fine here with Assassin's Creed:
Brotherhood. After a short playing I hadn't experienced any issues.

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--- Comment #18 from Berillions  2012-05-09 16:03:52 CDT ---
Created attachment 40106
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New hack for Ubisoft Game Launcher

This new version of patch resolv the save bug for 2 Ubisoft's games, Assassin's
Creed 2 and Revelations.

Thanks to try this patch with others games.

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--- Comment #19 from Ernst  2012-05-10 08:22:26 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #18)
> Created attachment 40106 [details]
> New hack for Ubisoft Game Launcher
>
> This new version of patch resolv the save bug for 2 Ubisoft's games, Assassin's
> Creed 2 and Revelations.
>
> Thanks to try this patch with others games.

Tested the Patch with Heroes of Might and Magic VI and game launches in online
mode... However I get

OrbitSavegameSynchronizer.cpp (487) : Failed to download savegamelist

When trying to sync savegames.

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--- Comment #20 from Ernst  2012-05-10 08:24:12 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> (In reply to comment #18)
> > Created attachment 40106 [details]
> > New hack for Ubisoft Game Launcher
> >
> > This new version of patch resolv the save bug for 2 Ubisoft's games, Assassin's
> > Creed 2 and Revelations.
> >
> > Thanks to try this patch with others games.
>
> Tested the Patch with Heroes of Might and Magic VI and game launches in online
> mode... However I get
>
> OrbitSavegameSynchronizer.cpp (487) : Failed to download savegamelist
>
> When trying to sync savegames.

More Info after the second try I got.

fixme:win:FlashWindowEx 0x14dce60
fixme:secur32:schan_imp_create_session Using hardcoded "NORMAL" priority
fixme:secur32:schan_imp_create_session Using hardcoded "NORMAL" priority
2012-05-10 15:22:54 [  40] [ERROR ] XmlParser.cpp (49) : Failed to parse XML.
Error string="no element found". Line 1. Column 0. Byte index 4294967295.
2012-05-10 15:22:54 [  40] [ERROR ] OrbitSavegameSynchronizer.cpp (769) :
failed to parse savegamelist: ""
2012-05-10 15:22:54 [  40] [ERROR ] OrbitSavegameSynchronizer.cpp (487) :
Failed to download savegamelist

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--- Comment #21 from Berillions  2012-05-10 10:07:16 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> Tested the Patch with Heroes of Might and Magic VI and game launches in online
> mode... However I get
>
> OrbitSavegameSynchronizer.cpp (487) : Failed to download savegamelist
>
> When trying to sync savegames.

I have the same error with Assassin's Creed games but even if you launch your
game in Online or Offline mode, the savegame are in your HDD.

Can you see in ~/Your_Prefix/drive_c/users/Your_Users/Local
Settings/Application Data/ if you have a folder named "Ubisoft Game Launcher" ?

The savegame for AC2 and Revelations are in this folder.

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--- Comment #22 from Berillions  2012-05-13 03:39:09 CDT ---
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--- Comment #23 from [e-mail] 2012-05-26 01:42:32 CDT ---
None of these patches work for me =(

But before them i had glitched text in Revelations launcher, now i can use play
button, but i still get readFileEx error. Tried this patch with wine versions
1.5.0, 1.4-rc2, 1.3.34. By the way, with this patch all my other programs work
well, although it says that it will "will break other programs".

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--- Comment #24 from Berillions  2012-05-26 04:25:40 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #23)
> None of these patches work for me =(
>
> But before them i had glitched text in Revelations launcher, now i can use play
> button, but i still get readFileEx error. Tried this patch with wine versions
> 1.5.0, 1.4-rc2, 1.3.34. By the way, with this patch all my other programs work
> well, although it says that it will "will break other programs".

Try the hack with the latest wine version 1.5.5 please

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--- Comment #25 from [e-mail] 2012-05-26 15:37:37 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #24)
> (In reply to comment #23)
> > None of these patches work for me =(
> >
> > But before them i had glitched text in Revelations launcher, now i can use play
> > button, but i still get readFileEx error. Tried this patch with wine versions
> > 1.5.0, 1.4-rc2, 1.3.34. By the way, with this patch all my other programs work
> > well, although it says that it will "will break other programs".
>
> Try the hack with the latest wine version 1.5.5 please

im never patched a wineskin engine on mac os 10.6.8 before. would you mind
giving me instructions or sending me the patched engine please. if you can send
it, send it to [e-mail]

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--- Comment #26 from [e-mail] 2012-05-28 01:44:22 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #24)
> (In reply to comment #23)
> > None of these patches work for me =(
> >
> > But before them i had glitched text in Revelations launcher, now i can use play
> > button, but i still get readFileEx error. Tried this patch with wine versions
> > 1.5.0, 1.4-rc2, 1.3.34. By the way, with this patch all my other programs work
> > well, although it says that it will "will break other programs".
>
> Try the hack with the latest wine version 1.5.5 please

Yeah, already got it, saw Bronze status for Ravelations with wine 1.5.5. Every
Ubisoft game works now, my other applications work as intended too even after
the patch. Good job, thank you!

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--- Comment #27 from Ernst  2012-05-28 05:20:05 CDT ---
Hi there.

Wine seems to work just fine with this patch.

Will this be incorporated into future Wine versions?

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--- Comment #28 from Kolignon  2012-06-09 04:38:08 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #18)
> Created attachment 40106 [details]
> New hack for Ubisoft Game Launcher
>
> This new version of patch resolv the save bug for 2 Ubisoft's games, Assassin's
> Creed 2 and Revelations.
>
> Thanks to try this patch with others games.

Hi Gentlemen !

I would like to try your patch, but I have simply no experience in hacking
softwares. Is there a tutorial or a simple explanation which you could provide
me ?

COnfiguration: Mac OS 10.7.4, crossover 10.2

thank you in advance for your answer

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--- Comment #29 from Bruno Jesus  2012-06-18 15:15:12 CDT ---
Patch commited:
http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commit/14404713de18cc04e2f9b91603c4c68...

Can you retry in git and check if it's fixed?

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--- Comment #30 from Berillions  2012-06-18 15:17:27 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #29)
> Patch commited:
> http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commit/14404713de18cc04e2f9b91603c4c68...
>
> Can you retry in git and check if it's fixed?

Works for with these games :
Assassin's Creed II / Brotherhood / Revelations
Prince of Persia : Forgotten Sand
Driver : San Francisco

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--- Comment #31 from Bruno Jesus  2012-06-18 16:26:00 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #30)
> Works for with these games :
> Assassin's Creed II / Brotherhood / Revelations
> Prince of Persia : Forgotten Sand
> Driver : San Francisco

Thanks, resolving fixed then.

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Closing bugs fixed in 1.5.7.

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