david schreef: > Joshua Crawford wrote: > >> * Joshua Crawford <mortarn_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2005-06-10 10:10 +1000]: >> >>> G'day, >>> >>> I'm using a cvs version from a few days ago, and I've just installed The >>> Sims and its Livin' Large and House Party extensions with minimal >>> fuss (the >>> icons were missing in the first setup/autorun screens). >>> >>> Trying to run the program, it displays a dialog with the title "A >>> debugger >>> has been detected" and the text "Unload the debugger and try again". >>> >>> So, how can I disable/hide the debugger? >> >> > > IIRC, the "debugger" that the program is reporting is WINE itself. Now > WHY that is happening, someone who knows WINE will have to explain. > The short version is that Wine is not able to fool all copy protection schemes in existence (as yet). Basically, the game's copy protection is looking to confirm the legitimacy of the game CD, but some of them apparently do this by confirming the legitimacy of Windows in some way as well (I'm not a programmer, so I don't know any further technical details; this is what I've gleaned from observation and eavesdropping on people who do know further technical details). Since Wine does not always succeed in convincing the copy protection that it is in fact Windows (not surprising, since it isn't), the copy protection does what it was designed to do and refuses to run the game. However, since what is perceived as illegitimate is Windows, not the game-- and the game is what really concerns the makers, after all-- you get a "second chance" via a friendly warning to "stop the debugger" (or whatever else is causing Windows to be percieved as something other than "normal" Windows), and try again. This is why a no-cd crack usually solves the problem; they are designed to disable the copy protection entirely, which in this case works in our favor, as annoying as it is to have to use a crack on a store-bought retail game. Holly _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
