[Bug 17681] New: mcm2 Help immediately exists (Motocross Madness 2)

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17681

           Summary: mcm2 Help immediately exists (Motocross Madness 2)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.16
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://www.microsoft.com/games/motocross2/default.htm
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: programs
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: hoehle at users.sourceforge.net


Created an attachment (id=19882)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=19882)
part of backtrace and winedbg local variables output

This affects both demo and retail versions of Motocross Madness 2, although
there's a huge difference in .hlp file size.

Invoking the help shortly opens a window that immediately closes.
ps shows that it's calling c:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
Surprisingly, there's no trace output at all in the console!

However, with WINEDEBUG=+all,-syslevel,-..., there appears an exception and
invocation of the debugger, cf. attachment. (Actually, I suspect the exception
is not the cause of the bug but appears much later).

The .hlp file makes reference to at least one .dll supplied by the game. That
is not needed to test for the bug (MS-Windows' winhlp32 will display file
contents without them).
Maybe this file is a chm disguised as .hlp as it looks very different from
typical help files? (The menu is embedded in text instead of the usual buttons
and the top-left icon is not the help one, rather a question mark.)

IIRC, I've tried this file in a Gecko-enabled wine as well, it made no
difference.

Should I attach the 1MB mcm2help.hlp from the demo version, or are interested
persons expected to go to the demo download site (several more megabytes for
the whole game)?

This bug is rather annoying, as there's no printed manual, no .pdf and no
in-game help beside this file for this application.


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