[Wine] Re: Windows DirectDraw?

[Doug Laidlaw]

Daniel Skorka wrote:

> Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at dougshost.invalid> wrote:
>> I just tried to install an ancient detective-type RPG ( I am not up with
>> the classifications.)
> 
> What's it called? Did you have a look at the appdb?
> 
>> (a) It offered to install DirectX.  Since Wine has its own DirectX, I
>> ignored that.
> 
> Correct.
> 
>> (b) The game failed to run because (according to the message box) it
>> couldn't find DirectDraw.  This showed as a Fixme in the terminal, while
>> the error message was to do with the display settings - there was no mode
>> matching what the game required.
>> 
>> Where do I find DirectDraw?
> 
> It comes with wine alright. The message box is misleading. Can you post
> the messages when you start the game?
> 
> Daniel

The game is called "The Last Express", by Broderbund.  It is a multiple
ending "Choose Your Own Adventure" style game set on the Orient Express
shortly before World War I.  The player has to contact a passenger on the
train.  I couldn't see it in either Wine's or Fred's appdb.  I bought it as
a runout special at a local supermarket.

On a reinstall, I get the following in a terminal:

fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel
(0x7eaf9b00)->(0x10028,00000008)
fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel
(0x7eaf9b00)->(0x10028,00000013)
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found!
(XF86VidMode)
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found!
(XF86VidMode)

I tried changing my monitor resolution from 24 bit to 16 bit, but it
apparently wasn't recognized.

Doug.
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