[Bug 58927] New: Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine at the loading of a mission

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58927

Bug ID: 58927
           Summary: Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine at the loading of a
                    mission
           Product: Wine
           Version: 10.18
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 79615
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Battlefield 2 Crash

Despite the report here:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=3438, which
marked Battlefield 2 as platinum, Battlefield 2 crashes before the mission
starts.

I am running Linux Mint 22.2 with native drivers. My computer is an AMD Phenom
II X3 B75 with 4GB DDR3 RAM. The Wine version is 10.18 Development.

This happened both in Battlefield 2 original and Battlefield 2 Special Forces,
where the loading is complete and the mission starts.

I would add that the Wine version tested by the tester in the provided link was
using 10.16 Staging, and that the test was recent.

I have included the log, and I apologise beforehand if it doesn't meet with
criteria. If you can tell me how to test, I would be grateful.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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Scott Kidman  changed:

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            Summary|Battlefield 2 crashes on    |Battlefield 2 crashes on
                   |Wine at the loading of a    |Wine after the loading and
                   |mission                     |start of a mission

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #1 from joaopa  ---
Does the bug occur with the demo
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1108-battlefield-2-updated-dem...

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #2 from Scott Kidman  ---
Created attachment 79631
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Battlefield 2 Demo Log

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #3 from Scott Kidman  ---
(In reply to joaopa from comment #1)
> Does the bug occur with the demo
> https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1108-battlefield-2-updated-
> demo/

Yes.

Log attached.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #4 from joaopa  ---
For me the demo crashes too. But if I install a native d3dx9 dll then the game
works well.

Can you try that for both demo and retail game ?(easy way: install winetricks
and then winetricks d3dx9 should do the trick)

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #5 from Scott Kidman  ---
I did that, but the problem is still there.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #6 from Scott Kidman  ---
(In reply to Scott Kidman from comment #5)
> I did that, but the problem is still there.

Here's what I have installed on the prefix for testing using Winetricks:

- d3dx9
- directshow
- quicktime76
- vcrun2005
- wmp9

It's a 32-bit prefix.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #7 from Scott Kidman  ---
I should add that they were not installed for testing Battlefield 2. There were
used for something else, other games for example.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #8 from Scott Kidman  ---
(In reply to joaopa from comment #4)
> For me the demo crashes too. But if I install a native d3dx9 dll then the
> game works well.
>
> Can you try that for both demo and retail game ?(easy way: install
> winetricks and then winetricks d3dx9 should do the trick)

Should I rewipe my Linux Mint installation and start anew?

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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LingM  changed:

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--- Comment #9 from LingM  ---
Gods no. Everything winetricks installs is installed into a prefix. You can
just create a new, clean prefix to test stuff. If you haven't specified which
prefix to use, yours should be in ~/.wine. Rename that folder and it will
automatically create a clean one.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #10 from Scott Kidman  ---
(In reply to LingM from comment #9)
> Gods no. Everything winetricks installs is installed into a prefix. You can
> just create a new, clean prefix to test stuff. If you haven't specified
> which prefix to use, yours should be in ~/.wine. Rename that folder and it
> will automatically create a clean one.

Well, the problem is there. Not complaining as it's just a game, and I have
many.

OK, I'll watch this thread for more.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #11 from joaopa  ---
in a terminal, you have to do the following only :
be sure that you are in your home directory, then:
mv .wine .wine.bak (to avoid to lose all you already installed  programs)
then reinstall battlefield with the latest vanilla wine (currently it is wine
10.18). without dll overrides you will get a crash. After installing d3dx9
(with winetricks) crash will disappear.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #12 from Scott Kidman  ---
I just made another prefix, and this time, it had nothing but d3dx9.

I called it .bf2.

Is this the same effect?

Then I installed BF2 Full and the same happens.

I kid you not.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #13 from joaopa  ---
did you use the latest vanilla wine?

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--- Comment #14 from Scott Kidman  ---
If you're talking about 10.18, yes.

I only use the latest Wine.

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--- Comment #15 from joaopa  ---
I meant the devel verson of wine, not staging.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #16 from Scott Kidman  ---
I know, I use that all the time, Devel, not Staging, and not Stable.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #17 from Scott Kidman  ---
Listen, I'm going to wipe the drive.

Why don't we wait until then and then I'll report back to you after I do it
when I reinstall my games and retest Battlefield 2?

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #18 from Zeb Figura  ---
(In reply to Scott Kidman from comment #17)
> Listen, I'm going to wipe the drive.
>
> Why don't we wait until then and then I'll report back to you after I do it
> when I reinstall my games and retest Battlefield 2?

There's really nothing that's going to solve.

The problem is probably not due to d3dx, but rather:
> 0158:err:d3d:resource_init Out of adapter memory.

That's probably VA exhaustion.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #19 from LingM  ---
Dusted off my retail DVD. It installed Battlefield 2 v1.1.2551.0. Didn't
install any further patches. Clean prefix without anything from winetricks.
Game loads fine into single player mode.

I'm on an Arch-derivative which enables the new wow64 mode though. If it's
really VA exhaustion, the wow64 might be what's helping me.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #20 from Scott Kidman  ---
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #18)
> (In reply to Scott Kidman from comment #17)
> > Listen, I'm going to wipe the drive.
> >
> > Why don't we wait until then and then I'll report back to you after I do it
> > when I reinstall my games and retest Battlefield 2?
>
> There's really nothing that's going to solve.
>
> The problem is probably not due to d3dx, but rather:
> > 0158:err:d3d:resource_init Out of adapter memory.
>
> That's probably VA exhaustion.

What's VA exhaustion?

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #21 from Rafał Mużyło  ---
(In reply to Scott Kidman from comment #20)
> What's VA exhaustion?

Virtual address space.

If you were to open something like top, you'd a 'Virt' field besides the
process.

For 32bit apps, there's 4GB limit for that value, once the app reaches that
limit, new memory allocations fail, leading to various odd failures, sometimes
even crashes.

In /proc you'll see that value for a process in the status file under VmSize.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #22 from Scott Kidman  ---
So the problem's on my end?

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #23 from Rafał Mużyło  ---
(In reply to Scott Kidman from comment #22)
> So the problem's on my end?

Well, yes and no.

If all the RAM you have is 4GB, that's a bit low, yet it depends.

Some games in wine have excessively high VM consumption and (next to) nothing
can be done about it (there is - for example - a case where winegstreamer can
kill a game with vm exhaustion despite the game using very little memory (well,
I haven't rechecked that bug (or two) in a couple years, but I don't recall any
changes there since, major enough to make a difference)). In other cases though
the excessive consumption is a genuine bug and can be fixed.

Which case we're dealing with here is still uncertain.

[Bug 58927] Battlefield 2 crashes on Wine after the loading and start of a mission

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--- Comment #24 from Scott Kidman  ---
Created attachment 79664
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Exception Report

I was able to save this. I can't believe I didn't think to do this!

Sorry.