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Black & White 2

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Patched version of black and white 2

Application Details:

Version: 1.2
License: Retail
URL: http://www.lionhead.com/bw2
Votes: 0
Latest Rating: Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested: 2.10

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Test Results

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What works

Installs, Loads, and Plays.

Audio and Video works great 

What does not

Nothing that I have found.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Playing through the entire game.

Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

Plays, as far as I have played, perfectly. No problems with audio or video that I have had with previous versions of wine.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
ShowUbuntu 17.04 "Zesty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 18 20172.10Yes Yes SilverThaos 
ShowLinux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" x86-64Oct 18 20151.7.50Yes Yes Platinuman anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 15.04 "Vivid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Feb 02 20151.7.34Yes Yes Platinuman anonymous user 
CurrentUbuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Dec 14 20121.5.19Yes Yes PlatinumAnthony Choate 
ShowDebian GNU/Linux Unstable "Sid" x86_64Oct 30 20121.5.13Yes Yes Platinuman anonymous user 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
219 Programs refuse to run because of safedisc copy-protection CLOSED FIXED View
16636 Black & White 2 Graphics Glitches and Crash CLOSED FIXED View
18031 Black & white 2 random crash CLOSED ABANDONED View
20183 Black & White 2: texture corruption on higher resolutions CLOSED FIXED View
22922 Black and White 2 1.2 is slow, gives GL errors CLOSED FIXED View
25138 Black and White 2 demo crashes on startup (ID3DXEffect interface changes between d3dx9_xx versions) CLOSED FIXED View
25857 Multiple games (Stronghold 2, Need for Speed: Carbon demo, Purge) fail to draw correctly because of ID3DXEffectImpl_*Pass calls CLOSED FIXED View
31061 Black & White 2 1.2: completely black screen CLOSED ABANDONED View
44635 Multiple games need ID3DXEffect CloneEffect (Gray Matter, Black and White 2) STAGED View

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO
If install crashes, try again after running winetricks dcom98. Unfortunately, the game won't work with this override enabled, so after installed, go in to winecfg and under the Libraries tab, remove the rpcrt4 entry.

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