Wine bug #8826 is about not having visible fire and smoke in the game Silent Hunter 3 until zoomed out really far. Not seeing the smoke and fires can be a bit strange, especially if you can hear the fire blazing, but nothing is visible. This post will attempt to explain how to apply a patch to wine so that fires and smoke are visible. Caution: this means you will have to patch the wine source code and compile it, then install it into an alternative location in order to preserve the wine version that shipped with your distribution. Continue reading »