[Bug 26273] New: Sims 3 can't detect disc

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26273

Summary: Sims 3 can't detect disc
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.14
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Even though I have D: and D:: symlinked to /media/Sims3 and /dev/sr0,
and verified that InstallSource was set to d:\ in the app's registry,
it still won't recognize the disc.

According to
http://www.snootysims.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=30012 
Sims 3 uses a snippet of Securom code to check for the disc.

[Bug 26273] Sims 3 can't detect disc

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26273

Austin English  changed:

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Matteo Bruni  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Matteo Bruni  2011-03-02 05:27:44 CST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Even though I have D: and D:: symlinked to /media/Sims3 and /dev/sr0,
> and verified that InstallSource was set to d:\ in the app's registry,
> it still won't recognize the disc.

I did have a look at this a while back. IIRC, the disc is in UDF format and the
game calls GetVolumeInformation, which is not implemented for UDF filesystems.
The issue is, among the data returned by GetVolumeInformation there is a serial
number which is not stored in the original disc; the serial is instead
generated from the volume data by GetVolumeInformation itself by means of an
undisclosed algorithm...

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Dan Kegel  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Dan Kegel  2011-05-04 21:06:13 CDT ---
Steven Wallace wrote me and said that it works after
applying the attached patch and working around
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/777528

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--- Comment #3 from Dan Kegel  2011-05-04 21:07:04 CDT ---
Created an attachment (id=34483)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=34483)
Steven's patch to add udf support

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--- Comment #4 from Dan Kegel  2011-05-04 22:50:01 CDT ---
Incidentally, he mentioned that he used winetricks_read_udf_volume_name()
from winetricks as a guide for how to get the udf volume name.

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Alex  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Alex  2011-06-13 03:53:56 CDT ---
I read the bug you created on launchpad and the attached patch.
Is it a kernel bug ? a wine bug ? both ?
Did someone sent the patch to wine-patches ?

As a side note, this bug is not Sims3 specific and would be another victory
with the defeat of SecuROM in the last Wine release.

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--- Comment #6 from Dan Kegel  2011-06-13 09:13:48 CDT ---
Both the kernel and wine need fixing.

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Hendrik Knackstedt  changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Hendrik Knackstedt  2011-08-15 14:01:36 CDT ---
How's the status on this? The kernel patch seems to 've been applied but what
about the patch for wine? Is somebody working on this?

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Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Austin English  2011-08-15 14:59:04 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> How's the status on this? The kernel patch seems to 've been applied but what
> about the patch for wine? Is somebody working on this?

It was never submitted to wine-patches.

Dan, would you or Steven please submit it?

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--- Comment #9 from Alex  2011-08-15 23:40:31 CDT ---
Created an attachment (id=35979)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=35979)
Add UDF support to wine

I've worked on it and my patch is ready, you can test it if you want.
As AJ is on vacation, there are tons of waiting patches so I just wanted so
wait a bit before sending my patche(s) for review.

Concerning the kernel side, the patch is still not committed in linus tree (see
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39062#c4).
I think the patch is in a "subtree" and will be merged into master
soon-or-later.

If you have any comment on my patch, I'd be glad to improve it.

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--- Comment #10 from Alex  2011-08-20 03:05:26 CDT ---
On the kernel side, the patch had been committed, see [1].
On the wine side however, you'll have probably to wait a couple of weeks.

It doesn't really matter because you'll need a 3.1 kernel which hasn't been
released yet.

If you're impatient, you can go compiling the kernel and wine with my path ;)

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[1]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=...

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--- Comment #11 from Alex  2011-09-06 11:58:16 CDT ---
It should be fixed by
http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commitdiff/73f4e23938142225efdc233f9db...

Will try the latest wine+linux and will post here the result.

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--- Comment #12 from Alex  2011-09-08 08:38:21 CDT ---
I confirm the game does not ask to insert the disc any more.

What you need is :
- linux kernel >= 3.1-rc3 (kernel.org is down, linux is hosted at github
temporarily)
- wine 1.3.28 (will be released in a couple of hours)
- defining a drive, that is to say having two symbolic links d: -> mount point
of the ISO/disc and d:: -> /path/to/Sims3.iso or /dev/cdrom with 'd' a free
letter in $WINEPREFIX/dosdevices

I know it may be unclear for some people but if you need a
detailed/step-by-step guide, it should be written in AppDB not Bugzilla.

Again, thanks to everyone : gamers,coders,testers .. and others !

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Dan Kegel  changed:

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--- Comment #13 from Dan Kegel  2011-09-08 09:45:39 CDT ---
Awesome.  Thanks, everybody!  And especially thanks to Steven Wallace,
who pointed the way.  He gets an honorary A.F. medal of the day :-)

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #14 from Alexandre Julliard  2011-09-09 12:54:42 CDT ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.3.28.

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Anastasius Focht  changed:

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