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Black & White 2

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: 6.0

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Test Results

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What works

Basically *everything*. The game appears to be fully playable. 

What does not

The save feature works intermittently. What I mean by this is save frequent and save often because it cannot take being left a while. For example during level 4 (which is where I have found it starts to cause issues) if it is left too long, once clicking on the save button, it'll just freeze on the saving screen and drop out completely. 


It is impossible to record the evidence or get the bug report because the report doesn't load. (Ever, even though it says that Wine has a problem). 


Secondly there's an intermittent issue with Visual Studio again that will cause the game to drop out.


Finally there's no guarantee that the save feature will actually work and in some cases after a drop out, it will corrupt all prior game saves in that, they are removed.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Last two levels. 

Hardware tested

Graphics:

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Additional Comments

Save frequently.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowDebian GNU/Linux 11.x "Bullseye" x86_64Mar 29 20216.0Yes Yes YesSilverCerise 
CurrentUbuntu 17.04 "Zesty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 18 20172.10Yes Yes NoSilverThaos 
ShowLinux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" x86-64Oct 18 20151.7.50Yes Yes NoPlatinuman anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 15.04 "Vivid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Feb 02 20151.7.34Yes Yes NoPlatinuman anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Dec 14 20121.5.19Yes Yes NoPlatinumAnthony Choate 

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) CLOSED FIXED 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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