[Bug 9685] Punkbuster removes me from game for UNKNOWN WINDOWS API FUNCTION [131124]

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9685





--- Comment #166 from Fernando Otero <granamachine-wa at yahoo.com.ar>  2009-06-11 10:34:43 ---
(In reply to comment #161)
> It's most likely illegal under the DMCA and futile. The traffic is encrypted,
> and PunkBuster can change any time without warning.
The DMCA is a criminalization and abbusive law that only applyes to USA. Most
countries do not have such a limitation, and it's unlikely someday will. This
being said, if a definitive fix appears, it may be hosted in another country.

In reply to comment #164)
> One could use Virtualbox to run games with Punkbuster since that way you could
> have the real windows dlls. This isn't a fix for this Wine bug, but it could
> help lot of people having this bug by providing an extra method. 
> I haven't tested this, but in theory it could work perfectly.
You can't use Virtualbox to run most games that uses Punkbuster, because of the
lack of Direct3D acceleration. Yes, you can use Swiftshader, but it's painfully
slow. Yes, latest version of Virtualbox supports OpenGL (never tested), maybe
some OpenGL games will run.

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