[Wine] Half-Life 1 Issues - Starting Friday

Sun Feb 10 00:40:32 CST 2008

Confirmed bug.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11324

On Sat, Feb 9, 2008 at 10:01 PM, A. Tres Finocchiaro <
tres.finocchiaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Note, I'm getting closer...
>
> I've found some consistencies... it almost appears that the "space
> character" is crashing OpenGL.  By destroying the language file, the spaces
> are not loaded on the main menu.  I'll have to do some more testing to prove
> this though.
>
> It appears this only occurs for certain fonts though, as speaking 'hello
> world' does not crash the game, but typing it in console does.
> *
> Please see attached video. *
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2008 at 8:08 PM, A. Tres Finocchiaro <
> tres.finocchiaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Although I still can't manage to obtain any verbose logs (even winedbg
> > doesn't offer much)... I have managed to get further.
> >
> > Get this... If I make a blank file:
> >
> > > *ProgramFiles/Steam/steamapps/*
> >
> > *STEAMACCOUNT/half-life/valve/*
> >
> > *resource/gameui_english.txt*
> > >
> >
> > I can see the half-life menus.  Screenshot attached for reference.
> >
> > The format of the file is binary, despite the ".txt" extension.  In some
> > cases, the game will load, but it crashes switching to certain weapons
> > (which may pull from other language files).  Is there a library specific to
> > OpenGL that does language or font rendering that could cause this?  Any help
> > is appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 6:09 PM, A. Tres Finocchiaro <
> > tres.finocchiaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Here's my info:
> > >
> > > wine-0.9.54
> > > OS: Ubuntu 7.10
> > > Arch: Linux-x86_64
> > > nVidia Driver: 169.09
> > > Card: GeForce FX 5600
> > >
> > > One of the many error logs that haven't particularly helped me:
> > > (attached)
> > >
> > > DarkGUY, I appreciate any help.  I didn't come here to ask for help,
> > > but I will take any advice that is given.  My original intentions were to
> > > canvas the wine mailing list for similar issues related to this date,
> > > anticipating some change with steam or the half-life game engine.
> > >
> > > *Details:*
> > >
> > > One day before the issues, I did update the graphics drivers with Envy
> > > (to help with an unrelated issue).  The game ran fine after a reboot.
> > >
> > > In lieu, I have tried reverting to the synaptic drivers with little
> > > luck.  I had a hard time getting X to load with the nvidia driver probably
> > > due to improper cleanup with Envy.  In effect, my most recent driver is
> > > built from the NVIDIA shell installer.
> > >
> > > *What works:*
> > >
> > > Quake3 native, and Quake3 wine work well.  Quake2 wine works well.
> > > Direct3D works well in Half-Life (not desirable, and not as fast as OpenGL
> > > of course).
> > >
> > > Compiz works well and was working prior to the Envy driver update.  I
> > > generally replace compiz with kwin before launching for performance reasons,
> > > but it worked with and without before, and it's broken with and without
> > > after.
> > >
> > > *Logs:*
> > >
> > > Error log is tough to obtain in half-life.  As you know, hl.exe is
> > > executed by Steam.exe, so errors are usually pointing to steam related
> > > issues.
> > >
> > > I'm accustomed with the very verbose wine output, but the verbosity
> > > can make parsing difficult.
> > >
> > > I've managed to get some errors, but I'm not sure how accurate they
> > > are, nor what they really mean.
> > >
> > > I can launch hl.exe from within the directory if steam is already
> > > running by doing a "wine hl.exe", but the output is vague:
> > >
> > > tfino at crap:half-life$ wine hl.exe -gl
> > > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf",
> > > line 17: invalid constant used : legacy
> > > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf",
> > > line 17: invalid constant used : legacy
> > >
> > > And the game crashes out with "Options" and "Quit" at the lower left.
> > > The framerate shows in the bottom right implying opengl is running.
> > >
> > > The font issues are self-inflicted, and were not there prior to my
> > > troubleshooting.
> > >
> > > -Tres
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Austin English <
> > > austinenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What else did you change? Any x11/gl package upgrades?
> > > >
> > > > -Austin
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 3, 2008 2:24 PM, DARKGuy . <dark.guy.2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > It wouldn't be a bad idea if you post some of the errors you're
> > > > getting,
> > > > > your WINE version, linux distro and computer specs, you know, the
> > > > standard
> > > > > stuff. It's really hard to help when all the info you have is just
> > > > a "it
> > > > > doesn't work" ;).
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, CS 1.6 works fine and dandy for me, so it looks like a
> > > > problem on your
> > > > > end.
> > > > >
> > > > > Good luck.
> > > > >
> > > > > - DARKGuy
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Feb 4, 2008 2:28 PM, A. Tres Finocchiaro <
> > > > tres.finocchiaro at gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyone having issues with the old 1.6 Half-Life engine?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > OpenGL mode stopped working for me friday, but its still working
> > > > in other
> > > > > windows applications.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Counterstrike 1.6, Half-Life 1, etc won't work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My brother has same Linux distro and it didn't break for him, so
> > > > I'm going
> > > > > out on a whim.  I've reinstalled vid card drivers, wine, deleted
> > > > drive_c,
> > > > > made a new user account in linux, etc.  Everything asside from
> > > > reformat the
> > > > > machine, which runs OpenGL great in every other program!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Tres
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > - Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com
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