[Bug 12492] New: Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

Summary: Farcry on steam does not start
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.58.
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

When attempting to start Farcry on steam it shows a dialog to start game or the
configuration. Configuration starts ok, but game does not start at all. Just
prints standard ALSA fixme and exits.

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

--- Comment #1 from Vitaliy Margolen   2008-04-18 22:46:19 ---
No changes with wine-0.9.60 - game still does not start.

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

--- Comment #2 from Austin English   2008-10-17 14:49:14 ---
Is this still an issue in current (1.1.6 or newer) Wine?

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen   2008-10-18 14:16:31 ---
No changes with wine-1.1.6 - game still does not start.

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

Robert M. Muncrief  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Robert M. Muncrief   2008-12-09 05:36:33 ---
Still only randomly starts with wine 1.1.10 and Ubuntu Hardy. Any mouse scroll
wheel movement also still crashes game. This is a very popular game. I'm
surprised no one has worked on getting it running yet. I've tried everything a
user can, and tried all the tricks I could find to no avail.

However, when you do get it randomly running (with OpenGL) it runs like a dream
at the highest levels (except lighting, I can only set it to high) on my old
Nvidia 7800GT.

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

--- Comment #5 from Jeff Zaroyko   2008-12-09 07:05:13 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> Still only randomly starts with wine 1.1.10 and Ubuntu Hardy. Any mouse scroll
> wheel movement also still crashes game. This is a very popular game. I'm
> surprised no one has worked on getting it running yet. I've tried everything a
> user can, and tried all the tricks I could find to no avail.
>
> However, when you do get it randomly running (with OpenGL) it runs like a dream
> at the highest levels (except lighting, I can only set it to high) on my old
> Nvidia 7800GT.

The non-steam version works for some people if securom is disabled, there's
also bug 15717 and bug 15851.    Is there an option to use OpenGL instead of
DirectX?

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

--- Comment #6 from Robert M. Muncrief   2008-12-14 04:01:42 ---
Created an attachment (id=17913)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=17913)
launch-hammer - Special launch program for FarCry under wine

There have been many complaints about FarCry not starting under wine, and many
solutions proposed. None ever really worked for me, at least not reliably
(especially when wine or distributions changed) so after a week of trying to
get it to start under wine with Steam again I discovered something amazing - I
was frustrated and just started clicking the launcher over and over again and
wallah! to my amazement it would eventually always start after less than ten
clicks.

Of course, this would leave multiple instances of FarCry sleeping in the
background so the game wouldn't run well, but it gave me the idea for the
attached launch-hammer program and it works perfectly for me.

It automatically repeatedly launches FarCry until it starts and then kills any
leftover sleeping instances and FarCry runs first time-every time I click the
launcher now, and it runs fantastic!

I set "r_Driver" to "OpenGL" in "~/.wine/drive_c/Program\
Files/Steam/steamapps/common/farcry/system.cfg" and "~/.wine/drive_c/Program\
Files/Steam/steamapps/common/farcry/Profiles/player/default_system.cfg" and it
runs much better than the default Direct3D9 setting. I also use the opengl
renderer and turn off glsl.

On my old 7800GT I get 50 to 60 FPS on average at 1280x1024, and the same on my
HDTV! Pretty cool ...

So try the program if you're having problems. If you don't want any message
output (for instance if running from a launcher) start with something like:

launch-hammer "wine 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe' -applaunch 13520"
"FarCry.exe" -la 10 -lt 12 -rt 1 -st 4 -ct "2s" -fs "SL" -km 0 -vm 0

If you want to see minimal output in a shell set "-vm 1", if you want full
debugging output to see everything set "-vm 2".

With the settings above it may take about 24 seconds before you see much
happening other than the Steam dialog box asking if you want to launch (of
course press launch) but then you should see lot's of activity and FarCry
should start within the next 20 seconds or so.

Of course, the program should also work with non-Steam FarCry also. Just change
the launch command argument. I don't know the exact path but it would be
something like this:

launch-hammer "wine 'C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\FarCry\FarCry.exe'" "FarCry.exe"
-la 10 -lt 12 -rt 1 -st 4 -ct "2s" -fs "SL" -km 0 -vm 0

The parameters are fully explained in the program, and for advanced users you
can even renice a program after launch!.

Hopefully the program will also help developers figure out why FarCry has been
so difficult to start under wine for so long. It's really very odd.

But in any case, for the first time I can finally reliably launch FarCry with
one click!

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2009-06-16 14:22:20 ---
Is this still an issue in current (1.1.23 or newer) wine?

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-06-20 20:38:28 ---
Works in wine-1.1.24

[Bug 12492] Farcry on steam does not start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12492

Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #9 from Alexandre Julliard   2009-07-03 12:13:13 ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.1.25.