[Bug 24234] New: Huge flicker problem when playing Dragon Age fullscreen with ATI card

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24234

           Summary: Huge flicker problem when playing Dragon Age
                    fullscreen with ATI card
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.2
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: rig9919hd at gmail.com


I am trying to play Dragon Age Origins using ATI Catalyst driver with Radeon HD
4870.

I will just list the combinations of settings and their results rather than try
explaining whats happening.

TEST 1
winecfg: desktop emulation on 1600x900
in-game graphics: fullscreen on, 1600x900
command used to launch: wine daorigins.exe
result: launches fine and things are ok until I alt-tab (to hide the taskbar,
because it still has focus) to give full focus to the game window and then
massive flicker occurs with weird color changes. unplayable

TEST 2
winecfg: desktop emulation on 1600x900
in-game graphics: fullscreen off, 1600x900
command used to launch: wine daorigins.exe
result: everything's fine, but not ideal because when mouse goes to bottom of
screen while playing, taskbar pops up if

TEST 3
winecfg: desktop emulation off
in-game graphics: fullscreen on, 1600x900
command used to launch: wine daorigins.exe
result: huge flicker problem, unplayable

TEST 4
winecfg: desktop emulation off
in-game graphics: fullscreen on, 1024x768
command used to launch: wine daorigins.exe
result: playable but not ideal because my screen is 1600x900

TEST 5
winecfg: desktop emulation off
in-game graphics: fullscreen on, 1600x900
command used to launch: startx `which wine` daorigins.exe -- :1
result: huge flicker, unplayable

TEST 6
winecfg: desktop emulation on, 1600x900
in-game graphics: fullscreen on, 1600x900
command used to launch: startx `which wine` daorigins.exe -- :1
result: best result so far, no flicker, good resolution, but about 20 pixels
are cut off the bottom because of desktop emulation being on

It seems like anytime the game is played at "real fullscreen" the flicker
problem occurs.

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