[Bug 26835] Portal 2 exits at menu screen.

[wine-bugs at winehq.org]

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

--- Comment #89 from J. H. <laserized at hotmail.com> 2011-04-23 14:02:58 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #78)
> (In reply to comment #77)
> > (In reply to comment #76)
> > 
> > Hi, whats "crack #2" ? I tried skidrow patch and the winetricks stuff and your
> > command line, but it still crashes before menu. I guess I am missing "crack
> > #2".
> > 
> 
> OK guys, I've been following this bug report for some time now.  I would like
> to remind everyone that the world is watching us Linux users, that this is NOT
> A PIRACY FORUM, and that openly discussing "cracks" like this is going to give
> Linux users a very bad (and generally undeserved) reputation as lawbreakers,
> cheats, and thieves.  It was fine once or twice purely in the context of "Hey
> Valve, here's where we think the problem is", but this ongoing discussion is
> just going to cause trouble.

I bought the game on dvd. I'm sorry about using the word crack in my post, but
as it stands now:

1) Using a third party copy protection circumvention tool is illegal, I know,
but right now there is no other way to run this game under Linux. Even if you
bought it legally, you still have to circumvent the DRM because of Wine being
unable to load DRM drivers and/or complex binary encryption mechanisms.

2) DMCA applies for the United States but as far as I'm concerned
bugs.winehq.org is not referring to any exact warez site urls or anything. So
we should be safe?

3) I've been reading Steampowered forums for a few days
(http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1847517&page=90) , it
seems that some obscure combination of code in the DRM software and Windows is
still crashing the game after the menu. Valve did issue a patch on Friday
afaik, but it didn't solve the problem. So if you paid for the game and you're
unable to play with the unmodified version, I think using a crack for the
singleplayer is justified until Valve comes up with a definite solution.

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