[Bug 20504] Left 4 Dead 2 crashes after intro movie

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20504


CShadowRun <signup+winehq at cshadowrun.com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from CShadowRun <signup+winehq at cshadowrun.com>  2009-10-30 22:03:12 ---
Created an attachment (id=24461)
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Crash log after 31st October fix

(In reply to comment #4)
> Confirming I have the same problem, tested with the latest Git.
> 
> The following might be useful:
> 
> Windows (Vista and 7) users seem to be having the same problem, as per:
> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1002950
> 
> The problem there seems to be fixed by making sure the Steam service is the
> latest version, and is running.
> 
> By default the Steam service isn't used in Wine, as it isn't required in Win XP
> (Wine's default reported OS).
> 
> The game and/or Steam seem(s) to detect the OS as Vista (as reported by the
> warning about graphics driver versions that Steam gives when starting the
> game).
> 
> To try to get around this, I set Wine's reported Windows version to Vista,
> which makes Steam install the Steam service.  The service now definitely starts
> automatically when Steam starts, however the game still fails with the same
> error.

Valve released a fix for this today,
http://www.steamfriends.com/news/4657/steam-client-update-released

However, the same problem still persists. The only difference seems to be that
the game crashes when the menu background appears, instead of as the movie
ends. It seems to crash in the same way, but i'll add another stack trace
anyway.

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