Wine 1.3.29 Released

The Wine development release 1.3.29 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Extensive support for VBScript.
• Various improvements to the calendar common control.
• A number of XRender fixes and optimizations.
• Several new functions in the MSVCP runtime.
• A number of audio fixes.
• DirectDraw cleanups.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Bugs fixed in 1.3.29:
421 Implement a DIB engine
1348 RegisterHotKey and UnregisterHotKey are not implemented. (Affects e.g. Adobe Photoshop.)
7066 comctl32 monthcal does not display multiple calendar months
9412 FL Studio 7 installer fails to register Vorbis codec in system.ini
11621 putty.exe in telnet mode don't display anything
13313 Half life 2 hangs with a high cpu usage at a certain point in the game
14271 Inital size of scroll bar "thumb" incorrect
14847 UFO Extraterrestials: Problems with mouse cursor and textures.
15364 Build broken when CFLAGS="-Wall -Werror" is used
15460 blocky shadow-like model edges in Sid Meier's Pirates!
17021 CHM help menu only shows "Printer icons"
17582 Version/install test crashes on OpenSolaris
20043 uTorrent 1.8 does not start correctly
21138 cmd.exe cd command possible bug
21822 Creative Writer 2's interface is discolored unless running at 8-bit color depth
22608 EVE online planets and planetary interaction icons fail to render correctly
24478 Fallout 3 no background music
24745 Loki fails due to missing msvcp80.dll.?find@?$basic_string@DU? $char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QBEIABV12@I@Z
24958 colormap? problem with internet maps in OziExplorer
25089 The characters in simple dialog (buttons and labels) are completely garbled ("$BODFM" instead of "Cancel")
25117 Antialising does not work in portal.
25150 Some effects are rendered upside down in source engine games
25364 Sacred 2 Fallen Angel needs msvcp80.dll.??4?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W

@2@@std@@QAEAAV01@PB_W@Z
25629 Left 4 Dead 2 - Only a sound channel is heard in the Introduction.
26361 ExeFile.exe crashes on character creation
26961 Download Accelerator Plus: needs msvcp60.dll.?_Xran@std@@YAXXZ
27009 Fallout 3 Launcher crashes with builtin msvcp
27031 k-meleon needs msvcp71.dll.?substr@?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@

@std@@QBE?AV12@II@Z
27054 Won't run Wix 3.6 (beta) installer
27076 Darkspore: Character customization screen is dark with fog
27480 [Assassin's Creed]Transparent Ground
27585 F.E.A.R.3 crashes once game starts
27645 MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World Demo wants msvcp90.dll.?end@?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W

@2@@std@@QAE?AV?$_String_iterator@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W

@2@@2@XZ (purist)
27729 shell32/shlfolder.c test always fails on 32-bit gentoo
27780 Total Annihilation crashes on start, needs msvcp90.dll.?find@?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std

@@QBEIABV12@I@Z
28008 RC Cars fails to start unless network option disabled
28040 handle_underrun=1 hack causes IMMDevice::Activate to fail with PulseAudio
28090 EA Origin's launcher: freezes after a couple seconds
28110 ThunderMiniInstall.exe crash: unimplemented function msvcp71.dll.??4?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std

@@QAEAAV01@PB_W@Z
28111 ThunderMiniInstall.exe crash: unimplemented function msvcp71.dll.?find@?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std

@@QBEIPBDI@Z
28134 X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter: "Direct Input Create FAILED" regression
28145 TextPad crashes on exit
28181 Diablo III needs msvcp90.dll.?empty@?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@

@std@@QBE_NXZ
28205 MSPY2010.exe crash on unimplemented function msvcp90.dll.??4?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@

@std@@QAEAAV01@PB_W@Z
28215 Nightly (x64) needs msvcp90.dll.??4?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@

@std@@QEAAAEAV01@PEB_W@Z
28222 Sid Meier's Civilization V - wine-1.3.27 not able to load - previous wine versions fine.
28227 Diablo II: Graphics in game and menu flicker
28280 Silent Hill V: Homecoming: brightness adjustment no longer works
28288 msctf/inputprocessor.ok test flaky
28302 nearly all wine tests show invalid reads/uninitialized values in dib engine
28308 Anarchy Online: Game crashes on startup after the launcher
28320 Echo context not restored properly when executing external cmd scripts without CALL
28327 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.0 no longer installs in current ubuntu oneiric 64-bit
28329 Sony Vegas Pro 8.0c: MSI changes break installation
28331 Fortix: numerals replaced by capital letters
28337 The Polynomial v1.22 freezes after killing an enemy
28339 Loss of sound in winecfg
28354 Office 2007: browsing clip organizer produces error message
28364 Adobe Lightroom 3.3 installer quits unexpectedly
28366 The MSPY2010 installer exit silently
28380 Dawn of War Soulstorm demo does not start
28381 Word & Powerpoint 2007: window background is black
28392 Internet Explorer 4 crashes on adding a page to favorites
28400 Creative Writer 2 fails to install
28409 Hardwar launcher fails to start: 'Can't initialize DirectDraw object'
28417 Riven: screen transitions mess up the screen
28424 Space Funeral game crashes at startup
28429 Internet Explorer 3.02 crashes on startup - unimplemented function urlmon.dll.RegisterMediaTypes
28441 Conversations Network Levelator crashes on start
28443 MsiGetFileVersion fails when run on TrueType/OpenType font files
28455 JetAudio VX wants msvcp90.dll.??4?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_

W@2@@std@@QAEAAV01@PB_W@Z, aborting

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Wine 1.3.28 Released

The Wine development release 1.3.28 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Initial version of the VBScript parser.
• Automagic audio driver selection.
• Support for volume information on UDF file systems.
• The OpenGL renderer is now the default for DirectDraw.
• Device configuration dialog in DirectInput.
• SetDIBitsToDevice support in the DIB engine.
• Several improvements in the cmd parser.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Bugs fixed in 1.3.28:

2700 Screen corruption in Afterlife
3254 Google Talk unable to connect
7143 Simant music and sound does not play
8924 Problem passing environment variables into php.exe
12520 Yoda Stories main window is too small
12689 Input messages lingering in server slowing down wine
13752 Kega Fusion: Direct 3D output does not fill window in windowed mode
14212 Winuae freeze as soon as you hit a key after starting the emulation.
14932 Spore Prototype CityMaze: Rendering issue
15553 Interstate 76: scrambled screen when running in d3d
15874 Dead Space doesn't start
16977 Enable Multisampling again
17030 uTorrent 1.8.1 final crashes when deleting files
17565 Half-Life 2 pauses after first key pressed
18586 Cannot build wine-1.1.22 on OpenSolaris snv_112 with GNU ld
19518 packet tracer 5.2 error on solaris
19833 the program hotkeynet.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close
20239 15mb VB6 applications desaparear after 2 minutes
20570 In vb6 drop down combo width cannot be altered
21077 AOEIII: Antialiasing crops display area
21301 Terragen 0.9.43: Right clicking on any field causes crash
21387 NetTerm locks up
21663 ElsterFormular fails to install update due to missing administrator rights
22434 Hype - The Time Quest crashes when the game should come up (looks like null pointer dereference to me)
22528 King's bounty armored princess really slow
22627 Emperor fails to switch from Windowed Mode to Full Screen
22955 Broken icon rendering in PeaZip
23671 Adobe Acrobat 9.0.0 Pro Extended Crashes On Startup from Fresh Install
24581 timeSetEvent(), a function of multimedia timer doesn't work after about 500 calls.
24746 Missing graphics in FBO OffscreenRenderingMode
24855 Kindle for PC 1.2.1 does not run
25022 GetImageListForDrawing error with MT5
25188 Femap: Cannot open help window
25722 Anti-aliasing option disabled in Mirror's Edge (with 'multisampling=enabled')
26151 Warnings in dlls/urlmon
26244 Commander: Conquest of the Americas demo slow d3d performance
26273 Sims 3 can't detect disc
26423 Wine should use MS-DOS (8.3) file names when interacting with Dosbox
26589 A Farewell to Dragons: game becomes slow during fights
26963 sysocmgr.exe required SETUPAPI.dll.pSetupMalloc
27089 Space Empires: Star Fury shows mostly black screen (unless orm=backbuffer)
27199 MS .Net Framework 1.x Service Pack installers crash in InstallFiles action (cabinet stream handling)
27298 The Witcher 2 Slow Performance on any setting.
27519 Silent Hill V: Homecoming: game freezes when in paused mode (Esc) for some minutes
27573 Firefox 5 crashes at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
27728 Multimine crashes when closing the Join Server dialog after server closes
27743 Post Mortem hangs after starting
27761 different behaviour for "if" conditions check
27788 cmd misparses > redirection operators when directly preceded by a token ending in 1 or 2
27877 Portal 2: "5-minute crash"
27967 Sacred Underworld 2.28 with graphical issues
27989 Word and Powerpoint 2007: window background is striped
28010 No sound in Raptor: Call of the shadows
28025 CAJViewer 7.1 crash
28034 Powerpoint 2007/2010: color & resizing issues
28060 Lemmix: mouse pointer problem during gameplay
28065 Garshasp: The Monster Slayer installer bailing out: OS is very old and not supported
28076 altap salamander 2.54 does not start
28101 wininet ftp tests slow
28103 gdi32 font.ok fails if sun-java6-fonts installed, does nothing otherwise?
28122 unable to start Intl.cpl (Regional Settings properties) -- unimplemented function SETUPAPI.dll.pSetupMalloc
28157 Jedi Knight demo crashes after the opening sequence
28199 Installation of vcrun6 causes undefined function _set_printf_count_output
28207 Caesar III crashes in dsound
28214 Eurofighter Typhoon crashes after starting
28230 F.E.A.R. 3 crashes with unimplemented msvcp90.dll.?_Getcat@?$ctype@D@std@@SAIPAPBVfacet@locale@2@PBV42@@Z
28233 NeverWinter Nights 2 hangs on starting
28246 Dragon Age Origins fails to launch
28247 d3dx9_36/mesh.c compile broken on uclibc
28259 Jedi Knight demo crashes in ddraw
28287 Tropico 4: at startup, it crashes when calling function CertGetNameStringW from crypt32.dll
28303 Game Schnapsen crashes
28306 Bloxx It's launcher is displayed incorrectly
28313 Steam client installer (MSI) crashes at the end of installation

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Wine 1.3.27 Released

The Wine development release 1.3.27 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Support for multisampling in Direct3D.
• New version of the Gecko engine.
• Improvements to the network proxy handling.
• Better write support in MSXML.
• Side-by-side manifests for built-in libraries.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Bugs fixed in 1.3.27:

2841 Missing Minimize Button
5883 Printing does not work for ole visual basic 6
6278 PITy crashes on exit
6399 Crash with debugging tools of Gameboy Advance emulator "Visualboy Advance"
6687 Visual Basic crashes when running a program and pressing a button in it
8354 Mouse is constantly recentered is some games
8724 Total Annihilation: PCM mute/unmute/change in WineOSS
10245 Half-life 2 font issue with 0.9.48 (works 0.9.40)
10340 Pro evolution soccer 2008
12818 Age of Mythology GOLD crashes when exiting the game
12912 Torque Game Builder: Blanks the screen.
13070 Deus Ex 1.1 - Invisible War fails to launch new game
13085 TH06: No FPS limit in fullscreen mode
14377 Crusader Kings: Instant crash when using bride ledger (and some other ledgers)
14762 GeforceFX series: fullscreen PP effect issues / RECT texcoord fixup
17040 Portal crashes when facing towards the exit on the first level
18873 Civilization IV beyond the sword crashing at startup
20413 AtcWindows - sound broken
20758 Missing nul termination in string passed to callback of RtlQueryRegistryValues()?
21102 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin fails to draw intro cinematic
21492 Creating new/opening existing project fails in WinterMute Engine
21785 The Westerner: no background in menu + errors when loading
21805 The game "Which" has incorrect rendering with whitewashed visuals
21814 The game "Which" fails to load a d3dxof object file
21850 Sonic & Knuckles Collection's game window can't be decorated by window managers
22261 Love: "device already allocated" handling - requires patching winealsa.drv or using esound backend
22722 Wine running out of address space (MacOS)
23870 Text not displayed in King's Bounty: the Legend
23871 Stuttering animation in Devil May Cry 4
23952 Fullscreen DirectX applications with enabled DRI won't start
25047 NFS Porsche: Some car paints aren't rendered properly
25065 NFS Porsche: Video track isn't played in intro
25067 NFS Porsche: Background slides are flickering in main menu
26090 graphics output broken in commercial app "Stoe X-Area Recipe"
26796 Deadlock and crash in "gstdemux.c: GSTImpl.csFilter"
26890 winecfg fails to update configuration
27155 averasell crashes on load
27326 DiRT 3 game fails to launch (SecuROM 8.x and SecuROM Data File Activation 2.x/Product Activation)
27834 Photosynth installer crashes in msi
27903 IBExpert crashes on start after upgrading wine (IBExpert was Platinum before)
27920 ComboBoxEx doesn't process WM_ENABLE properly
27924 NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti not being detected
27932 Starcraft II does not render correctly, eventually crashes
27950 fr08 graphical demo crashes on startup
27954 X-Lite 4 installer aborts after failing to start FontCache3
27955 Warspear Online sound stops after a while (Pulseaudio + patched alsa-plugins)
27962 regression stops Age of Wonders from working
27966 iexplore crash whenever click on any links
27984 Starcraft 2 Editor: Renaming an item in the trigger tree suggests it's displayed text and not the item name.
27988 ibexpert can't start since wine 1.3.25
27990 Freespace 2 launcher: buttons not drawn correctly
28003 The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind: object positions are changed
28006 RC Cars demo installer fails to start (installer complains about inadequate processor features)
28015 Rome Total War crashes at startup
28026 chromium crash if --no-sandbox hasn't set
28046 Process Explorer crashes
28069 Skype 5.5: Fails to launch after installation from msi with: Failed to get proc address for DnsFree (DNSAPI.dll)
28084 Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II segfaults when Display Hardware Acceleration is enabled
28088 Wine can play audio despite of disabled sound drivers
28105 NFS Porsche: Crash after changing graphics options
28137 Bloxx It crashes
28146 GODS:Lands of Infinity changes the gamma to an overly bright level
28180 Operation Flashpoint crashes with sound enabled

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Wineskin 2.4 has been released

Wineskin 2.4 update is available. You should see it available in Wineskin Winery, as well as the manual install version at the MediaFire download location
Only a few changes in this version

• Mapping user folders is much more customizable now
• Fixed the bug where Override->Fullscreen pushed the picture down slightly
• Option added to set "Focus Follows Mouse" for WineskinX11, instead of always being on

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