New winetricks-alpha 20110306: new game Crysis 2 Demo and seven others, new dll dinput, lots of bug fixes; ie8 now works
Another fortnight, another Winetricks.
Version 20110306-alpha has a slightly cleaned up gui, a handful of bugfixes and sha1sum updates, eight new games (crysis2_demo_mp, diablo2, dragonage, masseffect2_demo, penpenxmas, rayman2_demo, sammax301_demo, and secondlife), one new dll (dinput), and one new setting (vd=640x480). It removes ie68, which is no longer needed, now that ie8 works.
It isolates all apps in their own wineprefix by default now, not just games. The option --isolate-games is gone, and a new option --no-isolate was added. And finally, it's not quite as slow at putting up menus.
Also, there's some real doc at http://winetricks.org for end users as well as for developers.
Download url: http://winetricks.org/winetricks-alpha
svn repository / bug tracker: http://winetricks.org
Changes since 20110222:
Update disk space & time install requirements diablo2: waiting for updater window isn't enough, you have to wait for it to say it's finished! Cope with empty USERNAME, which happens when using startx. hegemony_gold: updated sha1sum Added 'folder' verb to open current wineprefix with xdg-open Show title of installed app rather than absolute path in comment at top, give example of how to install all prereqs firefox: update to 3.6.15, fix system menu. corefonts: Trebuc filenames have mixed case. Fixes bug winezeug-203. Install apps and benchmarks into their own prefixes, too. Show prefix name uniformly in window title. Move ie to dlls, call dlls 'Windows dlls or components'. Add option --no-isolate-games, make --isolate-games the default annihilate: actually ask permission before annihilating the wineprefix. gta_vc: ported, updated. Better fix for bug winezeug-25, should fix new bug winezeug-229 w_download: fix progress indicator gui for locales that use , as a decimal separator. Pointed out by kmiksi. Fixes bug winezeug-232. Add a paragraph at the top about what tools this script uses. Cleaned up comments at top. Moved version ID to very top. vc2005trial: update workarounds for wine-1.3.15 Last changeset was missing wildcards on two patterns Speed up common case of w_pathconv -u 3x by writing it in shell. Suggestion by Christian Storgaard. rayman2_demo: new verb. Based on a patch by Shannon. Make --optout take effect earlier. winetricks_stats_init: always quote W_CACHE dinput: new verb by Shannon, for winehq bug 21159 vd=640x480: new verb, by Shannon diablo2: ported and updated. (Next up: diablo2bc, battle chest version.) crysis2_demo_mp: fix non-q mode, use SetWinDelay to simplify. Patch by Phil. W_CACHE_WIN should just be a drive letter and colon in wine penpenxmas: new verb (based on a patch by Manpreet Sangha) crysis2_demo_mp: new verb by Austin sammax301_demo: new verb by Phil secondlife: ported and updated w_download: autohotkey's download server doesn't like curl's user agent, so use a more common one masseffect2_demo: partly fix windows install. (Clicks still not working.) w_mount: Port support for windows mounts of iso volumes. winetricks_read_volume_name: hexdump is not portable, use od instead w_read_key: create directory before storing key sims3: update to latest version, mention drm problem as showstopper masseffect2: mark as broken drm. masseffect2, masseffect2_demo: move workaround descriptions into w_workaround arg. masseffect2_demo: port verb firefox4: updated to beta12 dragonage: ported verb. Flickers terribly in movies for me :-( osmos_demo: bug 24416 fixed in 1.3.8 w_warn: in -q mode, time out after 5 seconds. Get rid of debug print. sims3: if we want menus to work, we have to install dotnet20. Move sudo detect after gui detect; fixes running winetricks-alpha from system menu ie68: no longer needed, now that ie8 works w_warn: text passed to zenity must be escaped ie8: make -q not fail install test. Fix --gui option, which was ignored because variable was reset after option was processed winetricks_set_wineprefix: Comment out debug print annihilate: only delete .desktop files. Use localized name for Desktop directory. Move silent option to top level menu ie8: set TabProcGrowth=0 to avoid hang. Fixes winezeug bug 159. Thanks to MatthiasLichter. Fix running on cygwin (W_DRIVE_C was wrong)
On 03/06/2011 09:58 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
dinput: new verb by Shannon, for winehq bug 21159
You realize that most games that don't have bug 6971 (and don't warp mouse themselves) will have it with native dinput?
Vitaliy.
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Vitaliy Margolen wine-devel@kievinfo.com wrote:
On 03/06/2011 09:58 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
dinput: new verb by Shannon, for winehq bug 21159
You realize that most games that don't have bug 6971 (and don't warp mouse themselves) will have it with native dinput?
I don't expect that verb to get used much, but it was needed for Rayman 2, http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21159 (That game doesn't use the mouse.)
Why, do you think adding it was a mistake? - Dan
On 03/06/2011 10:36 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
Why, do you think adding it was a mistake?
Because native dinput can only fix 1-2 open bugs, but break lots more: - No mouse warping (as already mentioned) - No joystick support
Vitaliy.
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Vitaliy Margolen wine-devel@kievinfo.com wrote:
On 03/06/2011 10:36 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
Why, do you think adding it was a mistake?
Because native dinput can only fix 1-2 open bugs, but break lots more:
- No mouse warping (as already mentioned)
- No joystick support
It'll only break things if people use it, and I don't expect them to use it unless they're playing the one or two games that need it.
Do you think people just load dlls at random, and then complain when they break things? You may have a point there, but increasingly, users don't play around with individual DLLs, they expect canned recipes for whole games, so maybe fewer people will try it than you think.
Would it help if I put a warning on the verb?
Or do you think that having it at all is a bad idea? If so, you probably think that about a lot of winetricks verbs. Are there others in particular that you have seen cause grief? - Dan
On 03/06/2011 10:53 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
Do you think people just load dlls at random, and then complain when they break things?
Reading forum indicates lots do. Most people still think that if they use more native dlls Wine will work better.
You may have a point there, but increasingly, users don't play around with individual DLLs, they expect canned recipes for whole games, so maybe fewer people will try it than you think.
That's why users use windows. They still think it can do everything as-is...
Would it help if I put a warning on the verb?
I think it's a good idea to warn them about consequences of using native dinput.
Or do you think that having it at all is a bad idea? If so, you probably think that about a lot of winetricks verbs.
Not really. If users want to experiment with stuff - it's up to them. Wine is OSS after all. If some one wants to shoot themselves in a foot we can show 100 different ways to do it. But they still have to pull the trigger.
Are there others in particular that you have seen cause grief?
Mostly complete DX. Users install that and expect Wine to have flawless d3d, including Intel/ATI GPUs.
Vitaliy
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Vitaliy Margolen wine-devel@kievinfo.com wrote:
I think it's a good idea to warn them about consequences of using native dinput.
I'll add a warning.
Are there others in particular that you have seen cause grief?
Mostly complete DX. Users install that and expect Wine to have flawless d3d, including Intel/ATI GPUs.
I already have a warning there, but maybe it's not visible enough, I'll make it more obvious.
Thanks, Dan
On 03/07/2011 08:06 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Vitaliy Margolen wine-devel@kievinfo.com wrote:
I think it's a good idea to warn them about consequences of using native dinput.
I'll add a warning.
Are there others in particular that you have seen cause grief?
Mostly complete DX. Users install that and expect Wine to have flawless d3d, including Intel/ATI GPUs.
I already have a warning there, but maybe it's not visible enough, I'll make it more obvious.
Thanks, that should do it.
Vitaliy.
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