[Bug 28114] New: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28114

Summary: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be
                    played on fullscreen
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.26
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: directx-d3d
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

This seems to be an ancient unreported bug (circa 2007), but it didn't changed.
Star Wars Kotor II still can't go into fullscreen, although it can be played on
virtual desktop, fullscreen or creating a new X DISPLAY, but not in the default
X session for some reason. This leads to the unpleasant situation of having to 
workaround in some nasty way. Also, there are issues changing resolutions.
Aside of this, game is perfectly playable.

Tested with the following:
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direct rendering: Yes
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 9300M GS/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06
OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
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[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28114

--- Comment #1 from Athrun  2011-08-17 14:01:41 CDT ---
Created an attachment (id=36020)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=36020)
Log trying to launch in fullscreen mode

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #2 from Athrun  2011-08-17 14:03:38 CDT ---
The previous log show the crash when trying to launch in fullscreen, but if the
game is launched whith any of the workarounds commented previously runs fine.

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #3 from joaopa  2012-11-03 15:40:07 CDT ---
still a bug in current wine?

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--- Comment #4 from Ben Shadwick  2012-11-08 19:31:00 CST ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> still a bug in current wine?

Yes, just tried with 1.5.16 via PlayOnLinux in Linux Mint 13/Maya (GPU is
nVidia 8700M GT with proprietary drivers) because I thought that Wine may
handle KOTOR2 better than Vista (it uses OpenGL after all).

The game seems to run in a window no matter what.

Also, you can't choose higher resolutions in the KOTOR2 config utility unless
you emulate a virtual desktop. If you try to run the game this way, however, it
tends to crash. Unfortunately, the widescreen mod requires running at
1600x1200, so it seems that's not really an option for me.

If you run with or without emulating a virtual desktop and at anything higher
than the lowest resolutions, the window tends to severely cut off the right
and/or bottom sides of the game display.

The net effect is that I'm stuck playing in a very small window.

Also, the game seems to randomly not respond to keyboard input. I was not able
to enter a custom name for my character.

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28114

--- Comment #5 from joaopa  2012-11-08 20:27:54 CST ---
POL is not supported. Please, use the latest plain wine (1-5.16)

And attach a console output with +wgl and +opengl debug channels anabled.

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28114

--- Comment #6 from Ben Shadwick  2012-11-08 22:39:37 CST ---
Created attachment 42455
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=42455
Backtrace for crash resulting from running at 1600x1200

wine-1.5.16 on Linux Mint 13/Maya

Set to emulate a virtual desktop at 1600x1200, X11 running at 1920x1200.

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #7 from Ben Shadwick  2012-11-08 22:40:41 CST ---
Created attachment 42456
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=42456
Debug logging for crash resulting from running at 1600x1200

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #8 from joaopa  2012-11-08 23:02:37 CST ---
If you have a Windows license, you could try with a native a3dapi.dll
Dont't forget to register it

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #9 from Bruno Jesus  2012-11-09 05:30:52 CST ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> wine-1.5.16 on Linux Mint 13/Maya
> 00000008 (D) H:.PlayOnLinux\wineprefix\SWKotor2\drive_c\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\swkotor2.exe

It looks like you're still using PoL or at least it's prefix. Please try in
plain wine in a clean prefix.

Also be sure that H:\ is a native linux partition and not FAT/NTFS. This causes
problems with some applications.

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28114

--- Comment #10 from Ben Shadwick  2012-11-09 12:08:20 CST ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> If you have a Windows license, you could try with a native a3dapi.dll
> Dont't forget to register it

That's a red herring, as the game does not require A3D.

I tried installing the 3.12 driver (
http://members.optusnet.com.au/kirben/drivers.html ) which adds software A3D
support, and it makes things worse by causing Wine to lock up with the
following debug log:

fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 94
(SPI_GETMOUSETRAILS)
err:ole:COMPOBJ_DllList_Add couldn't load in-process dll L""
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {d8f1eee0-f634-11cf-8700-00a0245d918b}
could be created for context 0x1

Note that the SPI_GETMOUSETRAILS log was happening before, too, but I missed it
because it was logged on the same line as a shell prompt.

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #11 from Ben Shadwick  2012-11-09 12:32:21 CST ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > wine-1.5.16 on Linux Mint 13/Maya
> > 00000008 (D) H:.PlayOnLinux\wineprefix\SWKotor2\drive_c\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\swkotor2.exe
>
> It looks like you're still using PoL or at least it's prefix. Please try in
> plain wine in a clean prefix.
>
> Also be sure that H:\ is a native linux partition and not FAT/NTFS. This causes
> problems with some applications.

I just tried that, and the results are exactly the same: config util only
allows 1600x1200 if I emulate virtual desktop, and then game runs in a window
and crashes on startup after showing the splash screens/videos.

H: is mapped to my Linux home directory, which is I think ext4. It's on the
same partition as the OS.

I think I've figured something out, though: The crash doesn't happen if I
disable movies, and the game runs in pseudo-fullscreen if I use a virtual
desktop. All of this seems to be related to the fact that the game tries to
change the (virtual) display to a lower resolution while showing movies, which
apparently wine is not handling very well.

I seem to remember that either the HQ movie pack or the widescreen mod may
patch the movies to run at higher resolution, which may make things work
better.

Neither disabling movies nor installing hacks should be a required workaround
for a good out-of-the-box experience with Wine, however, and people are
therefore being too generous with their platinum ratings.

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--- Comment #12 from Andrew Millington  2012-11-18 23:09:37 CST ---
Wizardry 8 looks like to have the same problem but cannot be played in virtual
desktop at all and trying all the configurations that 3DSetup supplies.

Can you still play Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II in a Virtual
Desktop?

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #13 from Ben Shadwick  2012-11-18 23:29:21 CST ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> Wizardry 8 looks like to have the same problem but cannot be played in virtual
> desktop at all and trying all the configurations that 3DSetup supplies.
>
> Can you still play Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II in a Virtual
> Desktop?

I believe I was finally able to get it to do so by disabling movies, which
isn't really a sufficiently viable outcome.

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--- Comment #14 from Ken Sharp  ---
Is this still an issue in Wine 1.7.10 or later?

[Bug 28114] Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II can't be played on fullscreen

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--- Comment #15 from Ben Shadwick  ---
I'll try to replicate in Kubuntu 13.10 when I get a chance.

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--- Comment #16 from Ben Shadwick  ---
Update: It seems to be better in wine-1.7.9 but still has some problems.

The game now launches in fullscreen, but the only available resolution is the
default of 800x600x32 (my native LCD resolution is 1920x1200x32). I tried
changing the resolution via editing swkotor2.ini, but it made no difference
because wine is telling the game that 800x600x32 is the only available
resolution supported by the GPU. I also tried enabling the "emulate a virtual
desktop" settign in winecfg, but that also made no difference.

The mouse cursor was missing as well, so I had to follow the advice of others
who said to set EnableHardwareMouse=0 in swkotor2.ini.

I additionally noticed that the game likes to pop in and out of fullscreen
and/or temporarily disappear a lot, especially if you try to alt+tab or
interrupt movies. This is rather annoying.

Also, for reference, I'm running the Steam version now and was previously
trying the disc version. Not sure if it makes a difference.

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--- Comment #17 from Ben Shadwick  ---
Addendum: Same results in wine-1.7.10.

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--- Comment #18 from [e-mail] ---
seems as if this and bug 24495 is pretty much the same issue (same engine and
same workarounds)

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--- Comment #19 from Ken Sharp  ---
Duplicate

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 24995 ***

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--- Comment #20 from Ken Sharp  ---

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 24495 ***

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--- Comment #21 from Austin English  ---
Closing.