<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi,</div><pre>> Also please attach a full +ddraw log to the bug report. If it is too big
> compress it. bzip2 should do a pretty decent job, if all fails try lrzip.<br><br>OK, done!<br><br>> If the testing doesn't reveal anything, look out for IDirectDraw::GetCaps
> calls in the logs or IDirect3Dx::EnumZBufferFormats. IDirectDraw::GetCaps <br>> returns a DDCAPS structure which has dwZBufferBitDepths containing some flags
> for z buffer bit depths. EnumZBufferFormats calls a callback multiple times
> with available DDPIXELFORMAT structures. The application may not like some
> flags we set there.<br><br>The Sims calls EnumDevices and I presume calls EnumZBufferFormats within the callback for each device:<br><br>trace:ddraw:d3d3_EnumDevices Enumerating WineD3D D3DDevice interface.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d3_EnumZBufferFormats iface 0x13d04c, device_iid {a4665c60-2673-11cf-a31a-00aa00b93356}, callback 0x586a7d, context 0xabc198.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats iface 0x13d048, device_iid {a4665c60-2673-11cf-a31a-00aa00b93356}, callback 0x586a7d, context 0xabc198.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats Asked for SW device.<br>trace:ddraw:PixelFormat_WineD3DtoDD Converting wined3d format 0x52 to DDRAW.<br>trace:ddraw:PixelFormat_WineD3DtoDD Returning: ( DDPF_ZBUFFER , Z bits : 16)<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats Enumerating wined3d format 0x52.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats Format enumeration cancelled by application.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d3_EnumDevices Enumerating HAL Direct3D
device.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d3_EnumZBufferFormats iface 0x13d04c, device_iid {84e63de0-46aa-11cf-816f-0000c020156e}, callback 0x586a7d, context 0xabc198.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats iface 0x13d048, device_iid {84e63de0-46aa-11cf-816f-0000c020156e}, callback 0x586a7d, context 0xabc198.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats Asked for HAL device.<br>trace:ddraw:PixelFormat_WineD3DtoDD Converting wined3d format 0x52 to DDRAW.<br>trace:ddraw:PixelFormat_WineD3DtoDD Returning: ( DDPF_ZBUFFER , Z bits : 16)<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats Enumerating wined3d format 0x52.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats Format enumeration cancelled by application.<br>trace:ddraw:d3d3_EnumDevices End of enumeration.<br><br>I don't know if this looks sensible, though.<br>I see from the code that there are a lot of "gotchas" (both in d3d7_EnumZBufferFormats and d3d3_EnumDevices) for a number of games expecting things to happen in specific sequences and
containing specific responses.<br>I wonder if the Sims is going to turn out to be another.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ralph<br></pre></div></body></html>