[Bug 3978] D2Loader-1.11b.exe crashes on click of 'enter battlenet'.

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3978





------- Additional Comments From Speeddymon at gmail.com  2006-10-04 12:22 -------
Just a little bit of insite into how the original loader works and why it
crashes when it does, compared to the loader script.

The original loader and the script are functionally the same, in that they both
allow you to get on battle.net using a patched exe.  The differences are that
the original is a binary .exe, while the script is done in bash, and that the
original attaches itself to the diablo process, while the script does not.

What this means for you is that when you use the loader while playing single
player, the loader does absolutely nothing, but when you click enter battle net,
it picks up on that, and does some file renaming, so that when battlenet checks
the file named Game.exe, it finds the original and get the version info from it.
 The script does this file renaming automagically, regardless of single player
or battlenet, and so it does not have the same problems because it is not a part
of the diablo ii process.

My guess is that something broke in interprocess communication, since the loader
watches your clicks on the main screen, and so since the loader is attached to
diablo ii, when the loader dies due to this breakage, so does diablo ii..

Now, if anyone who watches this bug was ever able to get onto battle.net while
using the regular D2Loader.exe file under wine (doesn't matter what version of
diablo ii, nor what version of wine), please post a note saying so here, as this
is a regression, and could affect other apps.  If it does turn out to be a
regression, we need to figure out what patch caused this regression, and fix it.

Hope that info clears things up for you.

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