PC Release of the game Braid.
Game is also available on Steam.
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What works
Pretty much everything.
I've been using Steam version of the game to do the tests and it seems to run pretty well in you happen to install and run it under clean Wine prefix. Messing with some wined3d-related registry entries like changing "AlwaysOffscreen" to "enabled" or forcing game into using builtin d3dx9_*.dll could render the game into unplayable state but it's just the usual "shoot yourself in the foot" problem.
Game requires native d3dx9_36.dll (actually d3dx9_39.dll but Wine's builtin implementation of this lib forwards almost all calls to d3dx9_36.dll so one could easily use native version of any among these) to run. For Steam version of the game this library gets auto-installed as the part of DirectX redist installation - Steam client would proceed with automated install on the first attempt to run the game inside the given Wine prefix.
What does not
There's a minor bug with one having to press both shift keys to move a puzzle piece. This bug is not essential as (a) it's easier to use mouse for solving puzzles and (b) it's not a big deal to hold one shift key and briefly press and release another one to pick a puzzle piece.
What was not tested
Everything was tested, I had played the whole game through - it's not that long really.
Additional Comments
Giving it "Platinum" rating as Steam auto-install required native DLLs so it is "works perfectly out of the box" situation from the users perspective.
System specs:
AMD FX 8120 CPU @3.1GHz, 8GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU with 1GB VRAM, nVIDIA Binary Driver v.275.09.07, linux kernel 2.6.41.10-3.lx2.fclx2.i686.PAE (it is kernel 3.1.10 which had been rebranded by Fedora devs to version 2.6.41.10).
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For more details feel free to read discussion on wine-devel mailing list that held place around the 16th of May, 2012.
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General info about playing Braid under Wine
This game is known to run exceptionally well (i.e. at "Platinum" level) under Wine as long as (a) native d3dx9_36.dll is used and (b) you use closed-source GPU drivers provided by GPU chipset vendor (assuming that you use a card based on nVIDIA or ATI/AMD GPU). There might be problems like low FPS, incorrect rendering or game crashes in case you use OSS drivers. Recent versions of OSS driver for Intel GPUs are known to perform sufficiently well, while nouveau or radeon open source drivers might cause troubles.
Steam version of the game auto-installs DirectX redist for you when your try to start the game up for the first time in a new Wine prefix. Retail game version also comes with bundled DirectX redist and it usually install it into the prefix as a part of the game setup process.
Installing DirectX is essential as the game fails to work properly (and crashes to desktop) in case Wine's built-in d3dx9_36.dll implementation is being used (as of Wine 1.5.5; it might get fixed in future Wine versions). In case you happen to find yourself in a situation when the game crashes soon after start up - most probably it could be "fixed" by installing native d3dx9_36.dll into the Wine prefix. One of the easiest ways to do it is to use "winetricks" script (google about what is it, from where could it be downloaded and how to properly install and use it) by executing "winetricks d3dx9_36" in the terminal window. Be sure to export correct path to your Wine prefix in case non-standard one being used (i.e. run «export WINEPREFIX=<full path to Wine prefix you use>» prior to invoking winetricks).
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Gameplay video
by Jake ward on Tuesday August 17th 2010, 7:44
dll override in game's directory
by S Johnson on Saturday July 10th 2010, 17:46
Braid only requires d3dx9_36.dll to be placed in the game's directory. Adding other dll's via winetricks or registering dll in winecfg is unneccessary.
Sound stuttering happened rarely but was resolved by restarting pulse audio. Kill pulse with 'pulseaudio -k'. Check if killed with 'ps -ef | grep pulse'. Restart with run dialog (ALT-F2) and 'pulseaudio -D'
wtf it freezes the OS
by Lo'oris on Thursday January 28th 2010, 8:36
OSX 10.5
wine-1.1.34-251-g1d0e02b
Installed demo through steam.
At first run it installed some directx stuff, as mentioned in the test result.
Then it hang. It hang the whole mac.
Tried again, hang again.
The only way out is a hard reset, no key combination worked, only the mouse pointer kept moving (it was the windows pointer) but was completely unable to do anything.
wtf, an app shouldn't be able to takeover all the input this way.
Sound Issue
by Brian on Wednesday December 23rd 2009, 18:41
I just bought this game off steam (it was on sale), and it runs but there is a weird sound problem.
Whenever I make a sound in the game it is echoed/repeated like 5 times, and that includes the music. It is very annoying, and other steam games seem to work fine with sound.
I've tried both ALSA and OSS in winecfg, as well as starting with padsp, no change.
RE: Sound Issue by Nick Spooner on
Wednesday December 30th 2009, 18:30
RE: Sound Issue by Nick Spooner on
Wednesday December 30th 2009, 19:09
RE: Sound Issue by Brian on
Thursday December 31st 2009, 13:00
by Brain-free on Sunday November 8th 2009, 12:32
CAUTION: These are configurations I've made to make Braid run in my Ubuntu 9.10. If you encounter any of the problems I mention here, use them at your own risk.
There are three reasons why I've rated Braid gold.
folder and finally, in Wine's configuration utility (in terminal, the command "winecfg"), go to "Libraries" tab, press "Add" and select d3dx9_36.dll from the list. Then, edit it and change it to "native". Apply changes and exit.
This is for the game to start, or else it will complain that d3dx9_36.dll is missing. By the way, Windows users seem to have a similar problem.
b) I am not sure if this is a universal problem but after I exit the game, the resolution is messed up and then I have to kill the X server to fix it.
What I'm doing to prevent this is part of what Bontas Marcel has suggested.
