[Bug 57840] New: Discworld Noir - half Screen and wrong colors

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57840

Bug ID: 57840
           Summary: Discworld Noir - half Screen and wrong colors
           Product: Wine
           Version: 10.0
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 78054
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=78054
Screenshot of game with broken colors

When running Discworld Noir with an unmodified wine-10.0, the game works, but
the colors are messed up and the "resolution" is broken. (See the attached
images)

It is possible to run the game with xephyr (Xephyr -br -ac -noreset -screen
960x600x16 :4) in a lower color mode, which fixes the issues. It seems 32-bit
color causes issues with the game.

Sadly, xepyhr is not available on all platforms.

I am not sure if this is even fixable by wine itself, so feel free to close
this issue if it is not applicable.

[Bug 57840] Discworld Noir - half Screen and wrong colors

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57840

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] ---
Created attachment 78055
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=78055
Screenshot with proper colors and sizing

[Bug 57840] Discworld Noir - half Screen and wrong colors

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57840

Duane  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Duane  ---
This palette weirdness also happens on modern windows when running the game in
a window instead of full screen. In your game settings, is it set to window or
full screen?

I have been running Discworld Noir in wine by using winecfg to "Emulate a
virtual desktop", then I run the game set to full screen.

More details about this issue in this video attempting to get the game running
in Win11 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKlOCMjaGdc&t=608s
From what I gather, internally it's got hardcoded 16-bit colour going on?
If you don't want to run in an emulated virtual desktop, you can instead
attempt his fix at https://github.com/nathan-baggs/dolomite if you know how to
build it.