[Bug 23517] New: Steam: cannot have set-ups for games that steam does not also run with

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23517

Summary: Steam: cannot have set-ups for games that steam does
                    not also run with
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.2-rc5
          Platform: x86
               URL: http://store.steampowered.com/
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P1
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

The problem is that steam will not run with certain simulating modes that are
needed to fix up the games e.g. some games may require simulation mode to be
windows 98. As the latest version of steam does support 98 and requires you to
upgrade systems you cannot run the game.

One possible way to fix it may be when/if steam is released for Linux. A wine
developer could ask valve for the integration of wine into steam. Not only
would it mean Linux users could run steam games that are windows only it means
more games are going to be bought from steam benefiting both. Of course if such
a thing is done there will need to be a good integration of the wine tab which
will show how compatible wine is with the game.

[Bug 23517] Steam: cannot have set-ups for games that steam does not also run with

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23517

Jeff Zaroyko  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Priority|P1                          |P2
              Alias|Redcomet                    |
           Severity|major                       |normal

--- Comment #1 from Jeff Zaroyko   2010-07-04 21:19:27 ---
You need to file a bug report for the application which does not run under the
default windows version which Wine sets, if such a bug report does not exist
already.  Changing the reported windows version is only a workaround.

[Bug 23517] Steam: cannot have set-ups for games that steam does not also run with

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23517

Vincent Povirk  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from Vincent Povirk   2010-07-04 23:36:57 ---
Invalid. Steam requires Windows XP or greater, so of course reporting Windows
98 will break it.

You can set the Windows version for a particular exe file (similar to the
compatibility mode on Windows), but this method is not quite as complete as the
per-prefix setting.

Since all games offered through steam presumably run correctly in Windows XP or
greater, you should file a bug if a steam game does not run correctly with Wine
configured to report Windows XP or greater.

[Bug 23517] Steam: cannot have set-ups for games that steam does not also run with

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23517

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-07-05 00:39:39 ---
Closing invalid.