[Bug 27221] Multiple games using SoftWrap DRM scheme crash on startup ( Full Spectrum Warrior, The Suffering)( Wine must not send window object creation event/ call notify event hook for fake D3D window)

[wine-bugs at winehq.org]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27221

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |ABANDONED
                URL|http://www.gamershell.com/d |https://www.4players.de/4pl
                   |ownload_33784.shtml         |ayers.php/download_start/Do
                   |                            |wnloads/Download/49798.html

--- Comment #6 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> ---
Hello folks,

revisiting, most likely still present.

Replacing broken download link with new ones:

Full Spectrum Warrior:

https://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_start/Downloads/Download/49798.html

The Suffering:

https://megagames2.online/downloads.php?file=midway_suffering.exe&646965504532567d5954262e5a=1

Unfortunately the company that developed the DRM scheme has ceased to exist.
Part of the DRM design requires an online connection hence all games are
broken.

--- snip ---
$ pwd
/home/focht/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/THQ/Pandemic Studios/Full
Spectrum Warrior

$ WINEDEBUG=+wininet wine ./Launcher.exe
...
0009:trace:wininet:HTTP_ResolveName resolved L"www.softwrap.com" to
78.24.213.202
0009:trace:wininet:open_http_connection connecting to L"www.softwrap.com",
proxy (null)
<hangs>
--- snip ---

--- snip ---
$ pwd
/home/focht/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Midway Home Entertainment/The
Suffering

$ WINEDEBUG=+wininet wine ./Suffering.exe
...
0009:trace:wininet:HTTP_ResolveName resolved L"www.softwrap.com" to
78.24.213.202
0009:trace:wininet:open_http_connection connecting to L"www.softwrap.com",
proxy (null)
<hangs>
--- snip ---

Using '/etc/hosts' trickery won't work.

--- snip ---
$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 www.softwrap.com
--- snip ---

"The Suffering" displays "Internet connection required to play the game".
"Full Spectrum Warrior" crashes in some app mshtml event callback which might
be another Wine bug.

Last archived page of the host:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140423133914/http://www.softwrap.com/

--- quote ---
Softwrap Limited will, with effect from 1st September 2013, cease trading.

If you are a customer of Softwrap Limited and have any queries regarding the
dissolution of Softwrap Limited, please make yourself known by directing your
queries to closedown at softwrap.com or Po Box 227, Clinch's House, Lord Street,
Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1RZ.

Softwrap Limited would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your
custom.
--- quote ---

Reminder: Never support companies that develop/distribute apps/games that
require online authorization!

Pity that some time has been wasted on analysis though. Resolving 'abandoned'
here.

$ sha1sum midway_suffering.exe 
3c14c4f529f5c720a8440d027d98efb0c9731150  midway_suffering.exe

$ du -sh midway_suffering.exe 
1.3G    midway_suffering.exe

$ sha1sum thq_fsw_free.exe 
7f284dc36f4b56bf26264e8fba140230adecedc2  thq_fsw_free.exe

$ du -sh thq_fsw_free.exe 
1.7G    thq_fsw_free.exe

$ wine --version
wine-4.7-305-g9bcaf9769c

Regards

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