Left 4 Dead Crash, wine 1.1.30

[8Kuula]

H!

here is crash output.

bunbun@deimos:~/.wine/drive_d/Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead# env WINEDEBUG=fixme-all wine ./left4dead.exe -novid -sw -noborder
Unable to remove d:\steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\addonlist.txt!
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP80.dll (which is needed by L"D:\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\left 4 dead\\bin\\NovintHFX_0.5.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR80.dll (which is needed by L"D:\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\left 4 dead\\bin\\NovintHFX_0.5.dll") not found
FS: Specified two path IDs (//mod/cfg/config.cfg, MOD).
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
warning: Unknown nb_ctl request: 4
0[494d6550]: IMM32: InitKeyboardLayout, aKeyboardLayout=04090409, sCodePage=1252, sIMEProperty=00090000
bunbun@deimos:~/.wine/drive_d/Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead#


Crashes allways when connecting to server, loading goes all the way and after that it crash, back to desktop, not even wine error window. Solo game works ok, only net game crashes.

I have tried so far:
- default ~/.wine directory + winetricks allfonts (had d3dx9 too on other times, it in or out did not help)
- added MSVCP80.dll and MSVCR80.dll to L4D bin directory, import_dll Library errors did drop, crashes still.

I have not played L4D for while now. Again did start when new content came (crash course) so all i can say it did work before :)

Setup: ubuntu 9.04 64bit, wine 1.1.30

More info:
Seeems that, on server where is no motd, dont crash. On server where is, crash.
Just by chance i managed to get one server were not motd, after playing little, all seemed to work until i did press "h" key (pops up motd) did crash.

[blattengel]

This happens to me too. I load the crash course map, see the motd, and it crashes. All other maps work, even custom ones.

I've noticed a mini dump is put into:
"Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead"

Attached is the latest of 5 minidumps.

I'll see if Visual Studio can make anything of the mini dump files when I get a chance. I don't know how to do it with gcc, anyone know of a good guide?

I'm guessing a quick fix would be to somehow disable the motd, thus avoiding the crash.

[blattengel]

Never mind! The below doesn't work. I was using single player mode for testing...

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All right, disabling the motd circumvents the crash for me.

To do so, set the variable "motdfile" to a string that isn't a filename inside the left4dead directory.

I set mine to "a".

A few ways you can set the variable:

Every time you start the game, open the console and type "motdfile "a"" without outer quotes.
When launching left 4 dead, add the argument: +motdfile "a"
Add said variable to this file: Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead/left4dead/cfg/config.cfg


Odd how the game crashes when the motd is viewed in the new 'Crash Course' map. Very odd...

[blattengel]

Alright. I think I finally have it. In this file:
Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead/left4dead/resource/UI/motd.res

Make all the "visible" and "enabled" values "0" instead of "1".

This seems to skip the motd whenever you join a server. I wouldn't recommend viewing the motd manually, I did it once and it crashed the game again.

[8Kuula]

Alright. I think I finally have it. In this file:
Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead/left4dead/resource/UI/motd.res

Make all the "visible" and "enabled" values "0" instead of "1".

This seems to skip the motd whenever you join a server. I wouldn't recommend viewing the motd manually, I did it once and it crashed the game again.

Hmm, dont work for me :( Four places find from motd.res file where to chance.

Same output than before.

No Mercy, Dead Air and Crash Course, friends-only game, best available dedicated. Eatch did crash in same place. After loading bar was finished and game should start.

But thanks for trying :)

[8Kuula]

Hmm, for me that motd.res trick wont disable motd when i join in server. I did downgrade wine to 1.1.27 (is platinum in winehq) and game worked. And motd did show when i did join in server, motd.res modification is still active.

So for me downgrading wine to 1.1.27 worked :)

On other note seems something else wrong with 1.1.30 too since when i did launch supreme commander forged alliance all i did got was black screen, sound i did hear only so game starts but with black screen.
So did decide to downgrade wine, now just need remember not to update it when update-notifier says until 1.1.31...

[blattengel]

Hmm, for me that motd.res trick wont disable motd when i join in server. I did downgrade wine to 1.1.27 (is platinum in winehq) and game worked. And motd did show when i did join in server, motd.res modification is still active.

Yes you are right. It didn't work for me either. I thought it did, I guess the servers I joined didn't have a motd display on joining. Bummer that didn't work.

Thanks for the tip about wine 1.1.27. I'll have to downgrade to that.

[asdfoo]

... don't run Wine as root

[blattengel]

I just filled out a bug report here:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20257

Here are the most recent test results for Left 4 Dead on winehq:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14592&iTestingId=45107

[BigKab]

Can't believe this is still an issue.

[Abolish666]

Hmm, for me that motd.res trick wont disable motd when i join in server. I did downgrade wine to 1.1.27 (is platinum in winehq) and game worked. And motd did show when i did join in server, motd.res modification is still active.

So for me downgrading wine to 1.1.27 worked :)

On other note seems something else wrong with 1.1.30 too since when i did launch supreme commander forged alliance all i did got was black screen, sound i did hear only so game starts but with black screen.
So did decide to downgrade wine, now just need remember not to update it when update-notifier says until 1.1.31...

Where can i get 1.1.27??

[8Kuula]

http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/index.html

Thou seems to work with v1.1.41 (newest at this time).

[BigKab]

Yes, 1.1.41 fixes this issue. Too bad I picked up another problem concerning textures with this version.