[Bug 45409] RankedGaming Launcher RGC doesn't start (app is Wine-aware, exits by design when Wine is detected)

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45409

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID
            Summary|RankedGaming Launcher RGC   |RankedGaming Launcher RGC
                   |doesn't start               |doesn't start (app is
                   |                            |Wine-aware, exits by design
                   |                            |when Wine is detected)
                 CC|                            |focht at gmx.net
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

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

--- quote ---
I would have resolved it as NOTOURBUG, what bug is that about wine-aware
programs?
--- quote ---

for broken apps with the workaround identified, collectors exist.
For example: 

* bug 42497 ("Wine aware apps crash into broken codepath (related to
UpdateLayeredWindow): Resolume Avenue 4.6.1, Amaranth, Max7, Novation Circuit
Editor")

In this case the developers don't want their app for whatever reason to be run
under Wine. They don't even try to work around something.

--- snip ---
...
0042C2E2  FF15 F4106A00   CALL DWORD PTR DS:[<&KERNEL32.GetProcAddress>]
...
0042C319  8945 94         MOV DWORD PTR SS:[EBP-6C],EAX
...
0042C335  8B45 94         MOV EAX,DWORD PTR SS:[EBP-6C]
0042C338  85C0            TEST EAX,EAX
0042C33A  0F85 E6050000   JNZ 0042C926
...
0042C926  C70424 1B000000 MOV DWORD PTR SS:[ESP],1B
0042C92D  E8 EE741400     CALL <JMP.&msvcrt.exit>
...
--- snip ---

IMHO 'invalid' -> app refuses to run under Wine by design.

Even with the Wine-Staging feature of hiding Wine-specific exports, developers
will still find a way to detect it.

It's actually fairly easy to do avoiding without leaving any trace in logs.
I've talked about it in some discussion at WineConf 2018 (walking in-memory
loader module list, manually process exports ...).

In the end it's an endless battle like in other industries: virus/malware vs.
anti-virus, cheat vs. anti-cheat.

Regards

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