[Bug 20747] New: Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

Summary: Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.32
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

In the upper left quarter of the screen a "condensed" version of the whole
screens appears flickering. It starts with the main menu but appears within the
game also -- but it's relatively hard to capture, so I have just a pic of the
menu. Ingame it appears mostly by looking around.
Everything else with the game seems to work completely fine (Steam Version).
Without this Problem it would be playable.

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail]  2009-11-18 07:33:04 ---
Created an attachment (id=24820)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=24820)
Capture of Overlord2 Screen with double image in the upper left

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

--- Comment #2 from [e-mail]  2009-11-18 08:06:48 ---
I just want to add that this issue doesn't appear with Overlord 1 (same config)
and they seem to be very similar technically.

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

Wylda  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Wylda   2009-11-20 00:05:12 ---

I tried to test it under Overlords2 demo.

On nvidia cards Overlords2 requires PhysiX (which is installed together with
the game), but when trying to run the game, it complains about missing nvidia's
nvcuda.dll. I took that file from WinXP and put it into windows/system32. Then
the demo runs without reported problem. Maybe demo is not affected or does not
happen on nvidia8600 v190.42?

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

--- Comment #4 from Wylda   2009-11-20 00:13:51 ---

To complete my report... Demo works for me on following versions:
 * 1.1.32
 * 1.1.33
 * 1.1.33-259-g7782ebe

@klinnem> Could you try if you see reported problem also on demo?

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

--- Comment #5 from Austin English   2009-11-20 01:37:03 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> I tried to test it under Overlords2 demo.
>
> On nvidia cards Overlords2 requires PhysiX (which is installed together with
> the game), but when trying to run the game, it complains about missing nvidia's
> nvcuda.dll. I took that file from WinXP and put it into windows/system32. Then
> the demo runs without reported problem. Maybe demo is not affected or does not
> happen on nvidia8600 v190.42?

Does an empty file/stub dll work in place of nvcuda.dll? Or does it need the
full DLL?

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #6 from [e-mail]  2009-11-20 09:57:33 ---
I had not been able to install the Demo via Steam, it won't show up in the
mygames list.

Instead I did a fresh clean steam install (via playonlinux).

THIS "FIXED" THE SCREEN CORRUPTION.

So I assume that either Overlord1 Files or some winetricks-installed
codecs/features collide with Overlord2. The fact that different from Overlord1
Overlord2 has complete sounds even without wmp installed may give a hint to the
heart of the problem.

I consider this not being a general problem any more, but the consequence of a
somehow messed up wineprefix-environment.

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

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--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2009-11-20 10:09:02 ---
Nothing was fixed in wine.

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

--- Comment #8 from [e-mail]  2009-11-20 10:23:50 ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> Nothing was fixed in wine.

of course, thanks for adjusting definitions.

btw: my full-version had no trouble installing PhysX to its liking.

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

--- Comment #9 from Wylda   2009-11-20 20:21:02 ---
(In reply to comment #5)

To finish my report - hope it is allowed to post to CLOSED bug report and hope
that posting will not reopen again...
> Does an empty file/stub dll work in place of nvcuda.dll? Or does it need the
> full DLL?

No nvcuda.dll in windows/system32:

err:module:import_dll Library nvcuda.dll (which is needed by L"C:\Program
Files\AGEIA Technologies\v2.8.1\PhysXCore.dll") not found

cd windows/system32; touch nvcuda.dll

err:module:import_dll Loading library nvcuda.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\Program Files\AGEIA Technologies\v2.8.1\PhysXCore.dll") failed (error
c0000020).

So empty file does not work :-/ But works with full DLL :-)

[Bug 20747] Overlord 2 - Screen doubles/flickers

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20747

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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--- Comment #10 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-11-23 06:34:10 ---
Closing invalid.