[Bug 3260] StarForce 3.x: games crash or fail to start due to missing kernel driver infrastructure [metabug]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3260

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Get Starforce copy          |StarForce 3.x: games crash
                   |protection working          |or fail to start due to
                   |perfectly [metabug].        |missing kernel driver
                   |                            |infrastructure [metabug]

--- Comment #50 from Anastasius Focht  2011-06-09 15:14:58 CDT ---
Hello,

many of the games mentioned here are StarForce 3.x hence targeting v3 of the
protection scheme - even if it's a bit too late now as the bug kept growing and
growing.

The chances are slim to get this working in foreseeable future but version
splitting might be useful (consistent with other copy protection schemes where
different major versions work with Wine).

I copied a list of SF v3 games for convenience:

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7 sins 1.0 StarForce 3.4.71.19
Adrenalin Extreme Show Starforce 3.4.77.3
Age of Pirates Starforce 3.7.16.04
Area 51 Starforce 3.4.76.00
Bandits: Phoenix Rising StarForce 3.03.036.001
Bet on Soldier 1.0 StarForce 3.5.10.01
Beyond Divinity 1.45 StarForce 3.3.36.01
Blitzkrieg 2 StarForce 3.4.77.02
Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder StarForce 3.4.50.01
Brain Lara International Cricket 2005 StarForce 3.06.10.6
Breed StarForce 3.3.33.08
Breed 1.0 StarForce 3.3.33.06
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon US - Version StarForce
Brothers In Arms Earned in Blood Starforce 3.6.10.03
Chaos League StarForce 3.3.37.02
City Life Starforce 3.7.13.01
Codename Panzers: Phase 2 1.05 StarForce 3.5.10.01
Codename: Panzers - Phase One StarForce 3.3.38.01
Codename: Panzers - Phase One 1.09 StarForce 3.3.38.02
Codename: Panzers - Phase Two Starforce 3.4.77.00
Cold War n/a StarForce 3.6.10.03
Colin McRae Rally 2005 1.0 DVD StarForce 3.04.049.001
Cossacks II 1.0 StarForce 3.4.65.11
Crashday 1.0 (Ita) StarForce 3.7.13.01
Cross Racing Championship 2005 1.2 StarForce 3.4.76.00
Cross Racing Championship 2005 StarForce 3.4.76.00
Curse: The Eye of Isis StarForce 3
Cycling Manager 3 StarForce 3
D-Day StarForce 3.04.040.003
Dead to Rights StarForce 3
Demonic Speedway StarForce 3
Dreamfall - The Longest Journey Starforce 3.7.16.04
DTM Race Driver 2 StarForce 3.3.35.02
DTM Race Driver 3 StarForce 3.7.13
Emergency Fire Response StarForce 3
Enigma: Rising Tide StarForce 3
Etherlords II StarForce 3.03.031.021
Fire Department StarForce 3
Gangland StarForce 3.03.031.021
Garfield Starforce 3.4.53.0
Gene Troopers StarForce 3.5.10.06
Gooka - The Mystery of Janatris StarForce 3.4.37.01
GT Legends 1.0 StarForce 3.6.10.03
GTR StarForce 3.04.050.001
Heroes of Might & Magic IV: The Gathering Storm StarForce 1
Horse Race Manager StarForce 3
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter StarForce 3
Kicker Manager 2004 StarForce 3.03.036.001
Kill Switch 1.0 StarForce 3.3.33.08
King Kong StarForce 3.6.10.06
Korea: Forgotten Conflict StarForce 3
LMA Manager 2005 1.0 DVD StarForce 3.4.50.01
Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Gold (Flaming Cliff expansion) 1.1 US StarForce
3.4.77
Medievil Lords StarForce 3.04.043.001
Micro Machines V4 Starforce 3.7.16.04
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Starforce 3.5
Neuro Hunter StarForce 3.6.10.06
Obscure StarForce 3.3.36.01
Obscure DVD StarForce 3.3.36.01
Parkan II Starforce 3.5.10.06
Pax Romana StarForce 3
Postal 2 Apocalypse Weekend StarForce 3.4.72.03
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones 1.0 StarForce 3.6.10.06
Pro Cycling Manager - Saison 2006 Starforce V3.7.16.04
Pro Rugby Manager StarForce 3.3.33.08
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy StarForce 3.4.70.2
Radsport Manager Pro 2006 Starforce 3.7.16.4
Rainbow Six IV: Lockdown 1.0 StarForce 3.6.10.07
Rhem 2 n/a StarForce 3.4.76
Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War 1.0 EU StarForce 3.7.16.04
Runaway: A Road Adventure StarForce 3
Rush for Berlin Starforce 3.7.16.04
Scrapland US StarForce 3.4.50.01
Second Sight Starforce 3.4.62.00
Silent Hunter III 1.4 US DVD StarForce 3.4.76.00
Silent Storm StarForce 3
Silkolene Honda Motocross GP StarForce 3
Singles StarForce 3.3.33.06
Singles 2: Triple Trouble 1.0 StarForce 3.4.76.00
Sniper Eilte Starforce v3.5.10.01
Soldiers - Heroes of World War II Starforce 3.3
Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars Starforce 3.7.13.00
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 1.0 StarForce 3.4.71.19
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 1.04 StarForce 3.4.76.00
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 1.05 StarForce 3.4.77.02
Star Wolves Starforce 3.4.76.00
Steel Saviour StarForce 3.03.06.001
Street Racing Syndicate Starforce 3.4.63.2
Syberia II StarForce 3.03.033.008
The Black Mirror StarForce 3.3.27.35
The Fall - Last Days of Gaia Starforce 3.50.01
The Fall: Last Days of Gaia 1.0 StarForce 3.04.062.000
The Suffering Ties That Bind n/a StarForce 3.5.10.01
The Westerner StarForce 3.3.31.21
TOCA Race Driver 2 1.0 StarForce 3.3.35.02
TOCA Race Driver 2 1.1 StarForce 3.3.36.01
TOCA Race Driver 2 1.2 StarForce 3.3.36.01
TOCA Race Driver 3 1.0 StarForce 3.7.13.00
Trackmania StarForce 3.03.035.004
Trackmania Sunrise StarForce 3.4.71.19
Ubersoldier StarForce 3.7.12.50
UFO: Aftershock 1.0 StarForce 3.6.10.06
UFO: Aftershock 1.1-1.2 StarForce 3.6.10.07
V8 Supercars 2 StarForce 3.3.35.02
Vivisector: Beast Within Starforce 3.5.10.06
War on Terror Starforce 3.7.14.2
Wildlife Park 2 Starforce 3.7.16.01
Wintersport Pro 2006 1.0 StarForce 3.7.13.00
World Racing 2 Starforce 3.6.10.3
World War II: Frontline Command StarForce 3
Worms 4 Mayhem 1.0 StarForce 3.5.05.03
X2: The Threat 1.0 StarForce 3.3.31.19
X3: Reunion 1.0 StarForce 3.5.10.6
Xpand Rally 1.0 StarForce 3.04.049.001 
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If you find new duplicates in other bugs, please try to find out exact major
version of the copy protection and merge it with corresponding major ver bug.

Regards