[Wine] Re: Windows DirectDraw?

[Doug Laidlaw]

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> Daniel Skorka wrote:
> 
>> Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at dougshost.invalid> wrote:
>>> I just tried to install an ancient detective-type RPG ( I am not up with
>>> the classifications.)
>> 
>> What's it called? Did you have a look at the appdb?
>> 
>>> (a) It offered to install DirectX.  Since Wine has its own DirectX, I
>>> ignored that.
>> 
>> Correct.
>> 
>>> (b) The game failed to run because (according to the message box) it
>>> couldn't find DirectDraw.  This showed as a Fixme in the terminal, while
>>> the error message was to do with the display settings - there was no
>>> mode matching what the game required.
>>> 
>>> Where do I find DirectDraw?
>> 
>> It comes with wine alright. The message box is misleading. Can you post
>> the messages when you start the game?
>> 
>> Daniel
> 
> The game is called "The Last Express", by Broderbund.  It is a multiple
> ending "Choose Your Own Adventure" style game set on the Orient Express
> shortly before World War I.  The player has to contact a passenger on the
> train.  I couldn't see it in either Wine's or Fred's appdb.  I bought it
> as a runout special at a local supermarket.
> 
> On a reinstall, I get the following in a terminal:
> 
> fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel
> (0x7eaf9b00)->(0x10028,00000008)
> fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel
> (0x7eaf9b00)->(0x10028,00000013)
> err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found!
> (XF86VidMode)
> err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found!
> (XF86VidMode)
> 
> I tried changing my monitor resolution from 24 bit to 16 bit, but it
> apparently wasn't recognized.
> 
> Doug.

Sorry - using Wine 0.9.14.  Anything newer causes other problems I will post
about separately.

Doug.
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