[Bug 9685] Punkbuster removes me from game for UNKNOWN WINDOWS API FUNCTION [131124]

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9685





--- Comment #90 from EA Durbin <ead1234 at hotmail.com>  2007-10-31 18:24:29 ---
(In reply to comment #89)
> Hello,
>
> In my opinion this stuff is just a big waste of time because even if I gather a
> more or less complete list of checked entries, the patches probably won't make
> it into official wine tree ... and EB could add expand that list every time to
> disrupt this effort. 

This and copy protection are the two biggest obstacles to adopting gaming in
linux, and hence linux adoption in general. If it is absolutely impossible to
come up with a wine acceptable solution for this,  just maintaining a pb patch 
or unofficial third-party wine tree may be the only solution. Cedega currently
doesn't support pb either, it's a huge need that's just waiting to be filled.

> Just bugger EB to drop/loosen 131xxx signature checks.
> All other stuff just works fine - as long as EB doesn't add other braindamaged
> methods, requiring windows interna mimicked.
> Hell, they could easily implement non OS/patchlevel specific analyzer to verify
> if an API entry has been hooked (using some heuristics) - so even wine could be
> officially supported.

EB absolutely refuses to bend their code to conform with wine or cedega, nor
will they support users of these api compatibility layers as Stuart Dunsmore
has been quoted as stating before.

so bugger EB = render the checks useless and persuade them to drop them


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