[Bug 43164] World of Warships latest update (0.6.6) results in a critical error on Startup with Windows 7 Prefix

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43164

--- Comment #5 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> ---
Hello Maik,

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I got notice that the game itself does not work with prefix set to Windows 7
and settings need to be modified to Windows 8.1 version. So it is definetely
not "Platinum".
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I have no problems with the WINEPREFIX (64-bit) set to:

* 'Windows XP'
* 'Windows 7' etc.

the game client v0.6.6.1 starts fine for me in either mode.
Besides using my existing prefix I also tested with new/clean WINEPREFIX.

See also other people reporting successful test with Wine default setting:

https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=29007&view=previous#p111013

I find it worrying to read misleading tips in appdb ... but users should decide
what is best for them.

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=35369

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After patch 6.6, you need to set your windows version in winecfg to win8.1,
win2008 R2 or win10 to avoid a crash on start
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World of Warships minimum system requirement for OS is Windows 7 (x86/x64).
Why would people use Windows 8.x or even 10 setting? That doesn't make sense.

My guess would be people use a somewhat broken Wine build, broken Linux
host/gfx drivers, and/or operate on a broken WINEPREFIX.
I did not see any substantial proof yet that Wine is at fault here.
The attached console output is not meaningful.

I refrained myself from putting platinum test data/info into the game's appdb
section as this would likely cause pointless discussion "who is right" with the
maintainers.

Regards

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