Wine[X] and Grand Prix 3 (Microprose)

[Rene Rebe]

Hi all.

I just turned my last 10 hours into configuring Wine to run Formula
One Grand Prix 3 from Microprose.

After several tries using the latest Wine and WineX (making many
mistakes with the registry files ...) I got it to run using the
last-night WineX cvs soruce ;-)

I only have trhee graphic problems: a) the menus (where you configure
several game options/details) do not appear in the right colors. Like
a 8bit image displayed with the wrong color-pallete.  b) in the race
with very perfect weather (0% rain risk) - where the sky should be
completely blue - the sky doesn't get painted at all -> resulting in
"tearing" textures, because this area doesn't get refresh. (when some
clouds show up the graphic is perfect) and c) Direct3D is not
recognized at all -> resulting that the game runs in software-rendered
mode.

For a) I guess it migth be a wrong 16bit mode (or even an 8 bit mode)
- my XFree-4.2.0 is running in 16bit mode normally. 24bit XFree
results in the same mess and 8bit X results in a slighty worser
images.

About b) I guess some bitblt or clear function is nor working
properly. I also tested the PerferctGraphics and DoubleBuffer option
of Wine yielding the same results ...

For c) OpenGL on my Matrox G450 is configured and runs fine - I have
no clue whatever Wine[X] needs to provide Direct3D ... ?

I can provide whatever trace output is needed - and would also offer
to write some code if someone points me to the place in the souce
where something is missing (I know C and C++ ...).

I could also provide trace output to get (generic) Wine run the
game. (It seems to be a problem that more DirectDraw is missing?).

The rest of the game runs just fine, including Sound and Joystick
support.

Configuration:
- Linux 2.4.19-pre7
- glibc-2.2.6
- gcc-2.95.3
- XFree-4.2.0
- AMD Athlon 1700XP; Matrox MGA 450 (OpenSouce driver)
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  René

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