Wine 1.3.25 Released

The Wine development release 1.3.25 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Rewrite of the audio support, using the Win7 architecture.
• Old-style sound drivers for Jack, NAS and ESD are removed.
• Graphics driver architecture changes for the DIB engine.
• Improved handling of the shell recycle bin.
• Better joystick support in DirectInput.
• Initial stub for VBScript support.
• 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 1.3.25:

1841 wrong region drawn
4931 Visual Basic 6 app wizard reports out-of-memory error due to oleaut32 ICreateTypeInfo2_fnSetHelpStringContext stub
5991 MSDE install fails due to missing ntdsapi.dll.DsGetSpnA stub
8543 archicad 10 demo installer severe Z order problems
8548 Runtime error 5 and 440 in factusol 2007 (oleaut32.VariantCopyInd input pvargSrc check fails for VT_RECORD|VT_BYREF)
8951 Textures are not displayed in Company of Heroes and everything is only black and white
9228 PartyPoker does not start the second time
10105 OLE Errors start upon launching and blank windows
11285 Static characters on Nvidia 7xxx cards in Witcher
11737 DVD Rebuilder fails to run
14186 Morrowind stucks for 3-5seconds during background music change (in combat)
14942 White trees in Drakensang
15542 The Settlers V - The Heritage of the Kings / Siedler 5 - Das Erbe der Könige
15586 Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden - Intro screen is drawn mostly off screen
17398 Giants: Citizen Kabuto - shadows appear as flickering pixel patterns
17815 Red Alert 3 won't start because of missing directx 9.0 (which works for others).
17890 Unreal Tournament shows only a quarter of the screen in full screen mode
18590 Silent Heroes: Out of adapter memory
18672 WinBUGS crashes under Linux with any Wine version > 1.1.12.
19030 Escape from Monkey Island - saving game freezes
19684 Viewports aren't displayed correctly in irrEdit
19939 Valve's Source Dedicated Server needs X for console mode
21214 cmd: "if" blocks are echoed only once; body shouldn't be echoed again
21338 cmd needs to set COMSPEC, PATHEXT, and PROMPT environment variables on startup
22063 cmd tests need todo_wine
22548 Mass Effect 2/Singularity: Banding in lighting effects
22609 SystemShock2 crash when starting level
22614 Unigine Heaven 2 d3d9 benchmark runs out of video memory
22773 VLC Media Player 1.0.5 doesn't show fullscreen videos correctly
23211 A-Ray Scanner v2.0.2.3 crashes with unhandled page fault
23410 OnLive fails to connect to service
23573 when Moving cursor, Xorg uses %100 CPU.
23685 Prince of Persia 3D demo crashes, D3D-related?
23881 CoreAudio driver stops playing sound when headphones are plugged in or removed
24412 Internet Explorer 9 installer prerequisite check fails due to missing ktmw32.dll
24509 Blur: crashes in intro videos in fullscreen mode
24580 Multiple apps fail due to commctrl.TaskDialogIndirect stub (utorrent, IE9 installer)
24590 [Settlers 7 Demo] Game waits for an event on the splash screen
25032 Banana 6.0 (accounting software) crashes on license registration dialog
25069 Dlink IP Surveillance 300 tool crashes on startup
25123 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 does not run
25233 SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition : graphical issues
25269 SNS-HDR: Fails to run
25567 Civilization V requires d3dx9_36
25650 BearShare: Crash at the end of installation
25667 foobar 2000: Balloon tooltip cropped
25670 Republic: The Revolution: Cann't run installer.
25717 Japanese fonts sometimes shifted to the left
25778 'kIconServices16PixelDataARGB' undeclared (first use in this function)
26353 Winhttprequest5.1 is unimplemented?
26492 GridIron Flow Essentials: Fails to install with built-in msxml3
26537 LabVIEW 2010: Installer detected non-existent previous installation
26637 Tom Clancy's HAWX is not running
26809 iexplore crashes when clicking on Home while it is already loading a https URL
26835 Portal 2 exits at menu screen.
26841 Reaper: File extensions not saved with project file
26881 Portal 2 main menu fonts are too big, entries get truncated
26906 HaoZip: No text in menu
26908 HaoZip: Files view does not draw the window background
26948 iTunes 10.2.2.12 reports "Apple Application Support was not found" on startup
26981 Word 2003 - very sluggish
27004 Warcraft III fails to select units by mouse drag
27074 avicap32 won't build correctly on recent kernel headers
27087 Space Empires: Star Fury hangs with sound enabled (Alsa full hw. acceleration)
27263 Broken depth test for translucent surfaces in Arx Fatalis (d3d 7 game)
27322 Flatout 1 does not run anymore
27517 Lord of the Rings Online wants d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXGetShaderSamplers (purist)
27522 Mouse motion blocked or laggy while clicking
27555 Text is not displayed on Wine 1.3.22+git in Civilization IV
27598 PLSQL Developer: can't not login to database
27676 PowerPC build broken in dlls/d3dx9_36/tests/math.c
27687 SSL cannot be connected with Solaris 11 Express
27711 ListView_SetTextBkColor may lead to infinite loop
27732 WinRAR became unusable since Wine 1.3.23, it constantly flashes and consumes 100% of CPU
27772 Rollercoaster Tycoon fails to start (unless ddr=opengl)
27776 Aquarium: Invalid floating point operation
27778 TYPE outputs extraneous blank line after file contents
27782 "echo off" does not work in cmd interactive mode
27795 Half-Life 2 hangs with a black screen on launch
27802 ollydbg2 crashes on unimpl dbghelp.dll.SymEnumSourceLinesW stub
27804 Multiple MS installers expect a "Logs" folder under %SystemRoot%
27822 Warcraft 3 Demo installer crashes during the installation
27823 d3d breaks after upgrade from 1.3.15 to 1.3.24
27828 MyVirtualHome doen't start (fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option 38 STUB)
27832 Iexplore crash in nsio.c (regression)
27840 winecfg crashes when using Royale (WindXP MCE) style
27866 Second Disk problem

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CrossOver 10.1.0 released and CrossOver Games 10.1.1 released

CODEWEAVERS RELEASES SUPPORT FOR LION OS
“Well, I mean, what choice did we have?” says CodeWeavers CEO.
 
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (July 18, 2011) — CodeWeavers, Inc., CodeWeavers, Inc., a leading developer of software products that turn Mac OS X and Linux into Windows-compatible operating systems, not surprisingly announced today the release of CrossOver 10.1 and CrossOver Games 10.1.1 for Mac with support for Lion OS. Both versions of CrossOver are available immediately. CrossOver allows Windows applications and games to be played on Mac and Linux PCs without the need for a Windows operating system license.

In one of its most boring press releases in ages, CodeWeavers simply announced that, yes, its flagship CrossOver products now run on Apple’s much-anticipated Lion OS release. “There wasn’t much choice in the matter, now was there?” opined Jeremy White, CodeWeavers CEO. “I mean, if we don’t ship Lion support, we look like doofuses.”

About CodeWeavers
Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers focuses on the development of Wine – the core technology found in all of its CrossOver products. The company's goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster and more painless to port Windows software to Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere around the world. The company is privately held. For more information about CodeWeavers, log on to www.codeweavers.com.

Change Log For CrossOver
10.1.0 CrossOver - July 18, 2011

• Fixed several known issues with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
• Don't move cursor on display mode change, start up, or quit.
• Simplify user interactions when Quartz-WM is missing.
• Fixed check printing in Quicken 2011.

Change Log For CrossOver Games

10.1.1 CrossOver Games - July 18, 2011

• Fixed several known issues with the upcoming Mac OS 10.7 Lion.
• Fixed the Guild Wars footstep bug.
• Updated several built-in CrossTies. (These upgrades have been available online for a while.)
• Improved the MojoSetup (.bin installer) upgrade path.
• Added a progress dialog during initial open of a CrossTie on the Mac.
• Added support for the 'installer' keyword which supports CrossTies for stand-alone executables.
• Added RAR support to CrossTie installation.
• Added a 'recreate' button to the menus control panel.
• Fixed some menu issues on the upgrade path from CrossOver 9.2.
• Added a means to turn off requesting a stable OpenGL back buffer.
Set CX_NO_GL_BACKING_STORE in the environment to enable.

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CodeWeavers Tagline Contest

So we've been thinking here at the CodeWeavers ranch that we need a good tagline to summarize what we do in a 8 words or less. Something as unforgettable as Milk's "Got Milk?" Or as timeless as Nike's "Just Do It!" Or as awesome as Timex, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking." Sure, we could do it ourselves, but we would rather open it up to our loyal customers and fans and reward them with an 8 GB iPod touch. Enter as many taglines as you wish by filling out the form below or mailing us your submission to 700 Raymond Ave. Suite 120, St. Paul, MN 55114.. Contest runs from July 1, 2011 through July 22, 2011. The marketing department will handpick the winner and not only will you win an iPod Touch, you will also get to see your tagline displayed on our future website!

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Wine 1.3.24 Released

The Wine development release 1.3.24 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Various DirectInput improvements.
• Support for line breaking in Uniscribe.
• More UI elements in builtin Shell Explorer.
• Some more D3DX9 functions.
• Improved support for shell known folders.
• 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 1.3.24:

2748 Space Empires: Starfury fails to run
5597 Kiwi Cattools 3.0.6 crashes on startup
7640 Mouse too slow / lags in games
7798 datanorm v2.0 demo fails to start
8754 Games doesn't receive keyboard Input (BuildActionMap, SetActionMap, EnumDevicesBySemantics)
10309 Can't start Buhl T@x Online Banking 2007 trial
10781 Fibotrader: program crashes when starting and creating *.mdb database
11658 BSSBWin software crashes when searching for previous installations
12022 Quicktax 2007 cannot create new tax report
13536 ThinkWave Educator installer launches MDAC 2.8 installer with invalid command line (MSI command line property quote parsing)
13782 Autocad 2004 trial: Cannot deselect components to skip for install
14832 Need for Speed Underground - Crash after aprox. 1 minut of gaming
15465 Panzer General 3D Demo randomly hangs with err:seh:setup_exception_record nested exception on signal stack
15695 Ableton Live: freeze, audio record and audio render don't work.
16306 Cannot drag image from Linux Desktop to application
16858 Jetmen REVIVAL: Unplayable because of strange bugs
16956 Lexware: Installation of .Net 2.0 SP 1 fails
17092 NFS Underground: The game crashes after loading drag race
17916 Windows 64 bit exe Service unable to recognize internal process created
17986 BrsFolder_OnCommand make new folder not implemented
18136 Installation of MSXML6 for 64bit wine
18225 HL2: Intro movie garbled with medium resolutions
18321 FireFox 3.0.9 + Silverlight 2.0 = Crash
18363 [Win 3.11/16-bit] [Bermuda Syndrome] In-game menu buttons unclickable
18821 World of Goo - Heavy flicker
19342 Adobe Photoshop CS2: Doesn't display license screen for installation (appinstall)
20410 NHL 2002 won't launch
20467 Battle Realms: Crashes on closing
21751 Wine locks the initial executable
21834 Inspiration 8.0b does not work
22236 World of Goo Demo all black without D3DXGetImageInfoFromFile from native D3DX9_38.dll
22623 Unigine Heaven 2 benchmark d3d version has funny stripes on stone and wood
22679 Photoshop CS5 installer requires native msxml3
23271 X2 the threat fails to install
23829 HTML-Kit's plug-in preview never refreshes
24067 Overlord 2 Demo shows incorrect shadows and transparent persons
24184 Ground Control II fails to start
24188 The Last Remnant demo: can't resize window to show menu
24584 Serif Draw SE installer fails
24732 Complex Text (Devanagari, Hindi, indian languages) are not rendered as expected
24858 ProgDVB: Fails to start
25156 Startup of Quest Atlantis yields a page fault
25255 installation of woodoo doesn't works
25562 Yu-gi-oh online 3 hangs when you scroll up in chat window
25607 PhysX: Removes files but leaves empty directories behind at uninstall
25608 PhysX: Cached local package isn't deleted at uninstall
25609 PhysX: Entry under the Uninstall key is not removed at uninstall
25661 Embarcadero RadPHP XE crashes on startup
25769 Crysis demo wants d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXFloat32To16Array
25907 Characters not echoed when typing
26555 Crysis 2 during installation progressbar not updated
26794 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines mouse became unresponsive
26869 Darkspore: enemy characters are rendered very darkly until killed
27116 Darkspore: Water effects display with a green outline and dark stripes
27306 AutoCAD 2008: adlmdll.dll failed to initialize
27361 Dawn of War Dark Crusade Demo uninstaller crashes.
27375 mshtml crashes in Fedora 15
27464 Spectromancer crashes on exit
27514 Winole does not work with Wine
27524 Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate only shows a black screen on start
27554 World of Tanks hangs in an infinite loop when selecting text.
27571 Call to unimplemented function KERNEL32.dll.GetNumaHighestNodeNumber
27591 Need for speed underground 1: Empty registration window
27610 Overlord 2 crash on start in full screen mode
27620 RIFT 1.3 hotfix 2 hangs, weird behavior with vectored exception handlers
27622 wine regedit.exe crashes in comctl32
27634 Freespace 2 does not display screen
27662 an installshield installation building with installshield 2011 run but with character problem
27670 Pagecontrol popupmenu doesn't work
27674 Majesty 2: fog of war broken
27692 msvcp90/string test crashes when built with gcc 4.6.0
27693 qedit/mediadet test fails on 32-bit gentoo

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