SOC project

[Willie Sippel]

Am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 01:10 schrieb Raphael:
> On Tuesday 25 April 2006 17:26, Willie Sippel wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 25. April 2006 15:38 schrieb Louis Lenders:
> > > Lionel Ulmer <lionel.ulmer <at> free.fr> writes:
> > > >>On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 08:35:41AM +0000, Louis Lenders wrote:
> > > >> wouldn't be fixing bug 2398 be an idea for SOC?
> > > >
> > > > Well, I do not really see the link between game and this bug... Bug
> > > > 2398 does not affect any game at all (the only thing game-related it
> > > > affects is the NVM toolset AFAIK).
> > >
> > > It's not like that the bug should be fixed for gaming, but just because
> > > it's a major pain. That's why i thought it was a good idea for SOC. I
> > > just tested Stefan Dosinger patches and looks like this bug is also
> > > going to affect all ddraw applications as soon as they get merged
> > > (Videolan player works well with the patches but the rest of my screen
> > > turns black completely :( )
> >
> > I'm with you. This is the single most annoying regression I've ever seen
> > in Wine. As  this seems to be top-priority anyway, it's one of the best
> > possible SOC candidates (this and a DIB engine), given that most regular
> > devs that might be able to fix the regression don't seem all too
> > motivated to really touch that issue. Who cares if games take a slight
> > performance hit, if a fix would unbreak lots and lots of applications
> > that used to work - an acceptable tradeoff, IMHO...
>
> Well implemented OpenGL applications works:
> http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=42
>
> if anyone can find a simple sample who reproduce the problem we can look
> how to fix it (and if impact can be sufficient for a SoC project)
>
The bug report lists quite a few applications that show the problem. Sorry, I 
don't know any simple sample, but a few freeware applications and demos 
affected by the regression, for example:
DAZ|Studio: http://studio.daz3d.com/
Luxology Modo: http://luxology.com/user/secure/eval/account.aspx

A few open source applications might be affected as well, But I can't test 
anything myself anymore, due to another OpenGL regression (BadMatch/ 
X_GLXMakeCurrent). 
SharpConstruct: http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net/
Wings 3d: http://www.wings3d.com/

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