[Bug 26835] Portal 2 exits at menu screen.

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26835

--- Comment #64 from ntan1 <arch_slayer at yahoo.com> 2011-04-20 00:50:00 CDT ---
I've gotten Portal 2 working with very slight instability on three machines,
all with the same wine version and system specifications/hardware.
Unfortunately, the issue with client.dll and server.dll is still unresolved and
related to Steam and security. There is currently a crack for the above two
files that you can find on the internet which can replace these two files and
bypass certain Steam checks (please own a copy of Portal 2 and don't pirate).
While Portal 2 will normally crash when executed from Steam directly, I'm
finding that with the dlls replaced, Portal 2 runs well.

In particular, the things that I've done to get the game working:

Install corefonts, vcrun2005, vcrun2008, vcrun2010, d3dx9 (really, any recent
version of winetricks will do, as the above packages haven't had major updates
in a bit)
Install the game fully from Steam
Find a replacement for server.dll and client.dll
Disable GameOverlayRenderer in libraries
Under winecfg, use a fixed window size/virtual desktop instead of fullscreen
With the cracks for server and client, it is possible to run the game directly
without steam. Without the cracks, the game crashes on menu unless run from
steam.

According to a friend, Portal 2 appears the most stable when the wine OS is set
to Windows 7; otherwise, a greater number of crashes may occur.

At least on the machines tested (they are mostly the same specifications and
synchronized close to the same), single player has been at least half
completed. Of course, multiplayer does not work. In particular, changing
display settings does not have a significant effect on the number of crashes
(and crashes related to display settings are probably specific to video card
and video card drivers).

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