[Bug 27324] New: Cossacks II (DotEmu version) refuses to start from its install directory (path too long?)

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           Summary: Cossacks II (DotEmu version) refuses to start from its
                    install directory (path too long?)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.21
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: gyebro69 at gmail.com


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The Cossacks collection (available on DotEmu) contains all Cossacks games and
their expansions.
All but 2 of the games start correctly from the default installation directory.

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars and Battle for Europe throw an error dialogue on
startup, claiming that certain audio files are missing. The error message:
'Class engine error:
Unable to load sound: SOUND\INTERFACE\INTERF_ARMY1.WAV'

It took some time until I recognized that the problem has something to do with
the path: after shortening the directory names by several characters, both
games start fine.

Here is an example of one of the 'missing' files:
C:\\Program Files\\DotEmu\\All Cossacks And American Conquest Series\\Cossacks
II - Napoleonic Wars\\SOUND\\INTERFACE\\INTERF_ARMY1.WAV

There is no such problem when starting the games in WinXP: they run correctly
from their default install directory.

The same problem with Wine-0.9.33, 1.0.1, 1.2.3 and so on.

Fedora 14 32-bit

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