[Bug 6502] New: World of Warcraft - NVidia flicker & display bug.

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6502

Summary: World of Warcraft - NVidia flicker & display bug.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.23.
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-directx
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Wine 0.9.23 from Ubuntu repository.
    * No manual registry entries.
    * No custom patches applied.
    * No original version of Windows.
Ubuntu 6.06LTS
    * NVidia GEForce 6600GT AGP 128MB
    * AMD Athlon 64 2800 Socket 754
    * ABit KV8 Pro
    * 1.5GB PC-3200 DDR RAM

World of Warcraft 1.12.1 (5875) (Release)
    * Launched using: "wine 'C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe '-opengl"

Problem:
When WoW is run using OpenGL mode, a problem with flickering graphics presents
itself.  On my machine, I have also noticed that there is no 3D graphics
anywhere at all.  The only thing rendered on the screen are UI controls, menus
and other 2D visuals.

Steps:
Run WoW using the command line above.  Issue is right away noticeable.

Notes:
o A workaround patch was created by someone who seemed to understand the
problem.  The following link will offer a copy of it, however the WoW appdb page
contains a posted copy of it as well:
http://rapidshare.de/files/36686174/wow_patch_nvidia_flicker_fix_0.9.23.diff...
o I have included a screenshot which obviously won't depict the flickering
issue, but does exhibit the missing 3D visuals.
o Obviously it is desirable to be able to run WoW in OpenGL mode as opposed to
DirectX as it offers an opportunity to greatly improve performance.