2009/1/6 Björn Krombholz fox.box@gmail.com:
Hi,
I started a discussion inside AppDB about the in my eyes "strange" Gold rating of Fallout 3
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The basic point is: Fallout 3 (a game) only works with a small -- but nevertheless -- patch, otherwise it will crash, no matter what dll-overrides/settings/3rd-party apps.
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From how I understand the wording in [2], an app that requires a patch to run, can't get a gold rating. In fact, if there is no way to get it working in a vanilla wine release, then there is no other option than "Garbage" IMO. The various arguments for that assumption (possible breaking of other apps run by the same wine installation, regression tracking, etc.) are in the quote below.
That's simply not true...
Gold means you're either using native dlls, have modified the program by patching it with nocd or you've modified Wine to make it work, ie there is a work around that makes the application work flawlessly. There's no reason to exclude modifying Wine, you are empowered to change it as you see fit since it's free software.
-Jeff