[Bug 58492] New: Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58492

Bug ID: 58492
           Summary: Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen
           Product: Wine
           Version: 10.11
          Hardware: x86-64
               URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B8c2Gp3NhoafUUEEQD-cP
                    co-6j7-Sgms/view?usp=drive_link
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: Mint

When playing a team match in the Smash Bros fangame Prism Cross, the background
will frequently flash colors matching the team outline when attacks are used.
Lagging the game in the process. The game was developed in Game Maker and
relies on DirectX 9 for its character graphics. A video showcasing the bug is
linked below.
https://youtu.be/FIBkb6wyDBA

[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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--- Comment #1 from Stian Low  ---
(In reply to jenngra505 from comment #0)
> When playing a team match in the Smash Bros fangame Prism Cross, the
> background will frequently flash colors matching the team outline when
> attacks are used. Lagging the game in the process

Could not reproduce flickering described and showcased by YouTube video link
for version wine-10.11-217-g3c4cc9d04b6.

Please clarify.  By team match do you mean local games like free class or
network?  I only tested local games.

Game lag was slightly noticeable at moments but not very obvious overall.

Indication of a game lag was clearest during load screen right after choosing
characters for free clash game and right before the actual free clash game
starts which caused the prism crystal animation to pause during moments that
status text would update indicating loading parts prepping for the game to
start.  I also did not test against Windows yet to determine if the loading
screen lag happens there also and not just Wine.

Network games were not tested but if a lag exists then a network game may help
make the underlying problem more obvious.

This bug report spawned a Prism Cross AppDB entry that is currently pending
approval so that these latest test results to be submitted.  Once approved
Prism Cross entry should appear in this listing:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=fa...

[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58492

--- Comment #2 from Stian Low  ---
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #1)
> (In reply to jenngra505 from comment #0)
> Please clarify.  By team match do you mean local games like free class or
> network?  I only tested local games.

Free clash* (not class)

[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #1)
> (In reply to jenngra505 from comment #0)
> > When playing a team match in the Smash Bros fangame Prism Cross, the
> > background will frequently flash colors matching the team outline when
> > attacks are used. Lagging the game in the process
>
> Could not reproduce flickering described and showcased by YouTube video link
> for version wine-10.11-217-g3c4cc9d04b6.
>
> Please clarify.  By team match do you mean local games like free class or
> network?  I only tested local games.
>
> Game lag was slightly noticeable at moments but not very obvious overall.
>
> Indication of a game lag was clearest during load screen right after
> choosing characters for free clash game and right before the actual free
> clash game starts which caused the prism crystal animation to pause during
> moments that status text would update indicating loading parts prepping for
> the game to start.  I also did not test against Windows yet to determine if
> the loading screen lag happens there also and not just Wine.
>
> Network games were not tested but if a lag exists then a network game may
> help make the underlying problem more obvious.
>
> This bug report spawned a Prism Cross AppDB entry that is currently pending
> approval so that these latest test results to be submitted.  Once approved
> Prism Cross entry should appear in this listing:
> https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.
> php?bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=application&sTitle=Browse+Applica
> tions&iItemsPerPage=25&iPage=1&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true

By Team Matches, I mean enabling Teams in the Versus match options menu which
can be found by clicking on the top middle. It can be against CPUs as displayed
by the video.

[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #2)
> (In reply to Stian Low from comment #1)
> > (In reply to jenngra505 from comment #0)
> > Please clarify.  By team match do you mean local games like free class or
> > network?  I only tested local games.
>
> Free clash* (not class)

By Versus, I did mean Free Clash. You can also test it on Gauntlet Run on the
easiest difficulty as the first match will be a 2V1.

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--- Comment #5 from [e-mail] ---
Further testing shows that any match on the "Pain Area" stage triggers this bug
in all future matches. Closing the game when it flashes causes a "Divide by
Zero" error to pop-up.

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--- Comment #6 from [e-mail] ---
Created attachment 79249
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79249
This is a Stack Dump that triggered when using triggering the Divide by Zero
error in winedbg.

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[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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--- Comment #7 from Stian Low  ---
(In reply to jenngra505 from comment #5)
> Further testing shows that any match on the "Pain Area" stage triggers this
> bug in all future matches. Closing the game when it flashes causes a "Divide
> by Zero" error to pop-up.

Thanks for these additional details which triggers the bug for easy
reproduction.

This output when launching the game may be relevant:
0198:fixme:d3d:state_linepattern_w Setting line patterns is not supported in
OpenGL core contexts.

./dlls/wined3d/ffp_gl.c:817:        FIXME("Setting line patterns is not
supported in OpenGL core contexts.\n");

Running `winetricks renderer=vulkan` or `winetricks renderer=gdi` have problems
even launching the game.

May be an opengl specific issue.

[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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--- Comment #8 from Stian Low  ---
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #7)
> (In reply to jenngra505 from comment #5)
> > Further testing shows that any match on the "Pain Area" stage triggers this
> > bug in all future matches. Closing the game when it flashes causes a "Divide
> > by Zero" error to pop-up.
>
> Thanks for these additional details which triggers the bug for easy
> reproduction.

The bug seems fixed by proton-ge-custom release 10.11 (only release I tested):
https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases

Seems there's a fix by winetricks and/or wine-staging changes

[Bug 58492] Prism Cross Team Matches Lag and Flash Screen

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--- Comment #9 from Stian Low  ---
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #8)
> The bug seems fixed by proton-ge-custom release 10.11 (only release I
> tested):
> https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases
>
> Seems there's a fix by winetricks and/or wine-staging changes

Vanilla proton also offers a convenient workaround through steam.

So GE-Proton just inherits the existing workaround from vanilla proton.

To workaround this issue for now:
1.  Click LIBRARY at the top left of Steam client
2.  Click "+ Add a Game" button at the bottom left
3.  Choose "Add a Non-Steam Game"
4.  Click Browse and add Prism Cross.exe
5.  Click "Add Selected Program"
6.  Right click Prism Cross.exe just added to the game list 
7.  Click Properties in the right-click menu
8.  Click Compatibility tab
9.  Check mark "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool"
10.  Choose "Proton Experimental" from the list

After step 10 just close the properties window the click the Play button for
Prism Cross.exe

The game should launch for you to verify that the scenario that causes lagging
and flashing has been resolved by proton.

This issue should remain open even if proton is a workround because it means
vanilla wine still has broken rendering components for opengl, etc.