Why does the mouse become invisible in the menu of M1 tank Platoon 2?

[Osmosis]

Hi.
I tried to play a 1998 tank simulator called "M1 Tank Platoon 2" on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Wine.
The game in general works correctly and the mouse appears during the game, but in the main menu the mouse is not visible, it is possible to interact with the settings, although it is very difficult to do so.
Conclusion: I would like to know how to correct this error to make the mouse visible.

[angelmealey]

Hello,
To make the mouse visible in the main menu of "M1 Tank Platoon 2" when running it with Wine on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, you can try the following steps:
1. Install the necessary packages:

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sudo apt-get install winetricks

2. Open a terminal and run the following command to launch the Wine configuration window:

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winecfg

3. In the Wine configuration window, go to the "Graphics" tab and enable the "Emulate a virtual desktop" option. Set the desktop size to match your screen resolution or choose a resolution that works well for your system.

4. Close the Wine configuration window.

5. Run the following command in the terminal to launch the Wine configuration for the specific game:

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WINEPREFIX=~/.wine winecfg

6. In the Wine configuration window for the game, go to the "Libraries" tab.

7. In the "New override for library" section, enter dinput and click the "Add" button.

8. Select the newly added dinput library and click the "Edit" button.

9. In the "Edit override for library" window, set the library to "Native (Windows)" and click the "OK" button.

10. Close the Wine configuration window for the game.

11. Open a terminal and run the following command to install additional dependencies:

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winetricks dinput

12. Launch the game again, and the mouse should now be visible in the main menu.

By configuring Wine to emulate a virtual desktop and overriding the dinput library, you should be able to resolve the issue of the invisible mouse cursor in the main menu of "M1 Tank Platoon 2" while running it on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Wine.

[jkfloris]

5. Run the following command in the terminal to launch the Wine configuration for the specific game:

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WINEPREFIX=~/.wine winecfg

6. In the Wine configuration window for the game, go to the "Libraries" tab.

7. In the "New override for library" section, enter dinput and click the "Add" button.

8. Select the newly added dinput library and click the "Edit" button.

9. In the "Edit override for library" window, set the library to "Native (Windows)" and click the "OK" button.

10. Close the Wine configuration window for the game.

11. Open a terminal and run the following command to install additional dependencies:

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winetricks dinput

Why do you manually create an override for dinput when you run winetricks dinput afterwards?