New subject: [Bug 58569] 32 bit video dll "smackw32" does not load under WoW64 for some reason (mac OSX, 64 bit only) (sorry, wine works fine elsewhere, only hit this on macOSX)

5 Aug 2025


      http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58569
Bug ID: 58569
           Summary: 32 bit video dll "smackw32" does not load under WoW64
                    for some reason (mac OSX, 64 bit only) (sorry, wine
                    works fine elsewhere, only hit this on macOSX)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 10.12
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: MacOS
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org
          Reporter: chaosesqueteam@sogetthis.com
The widely used video codec DLL smackw32.dll, which is used by Maxis games and
other things from the fun era of PC videogaming, doesn't load for some reason
under WoW64 on MacOSX 64-bit only (ie: past 10.15 etc).
Other 32 bit apps work fine (notepad++ 32 bit compile, simcity 3000 executable
works fine, etc).
No idea why this one 32 bit dll doesn't work, but it doesn't
Reporting as it's a 32 bit item that isn't loading under WoW64: (not 16 bit
issue as mistaken for).
0640:fixme:wow:wow64_NtSetLdtEntries 1107 0488323f 0000f335 0000 00000000
00000000: stub
0640:err:module:loader_init "smackw32.dll" failed to initialize, aborting
(Note: happens on 32 bit compiled apps like: Streets of Sim .exe ,
simcopter.exe, and network enabled simcity 2000.exe (2SCN), which is 32 bit).
I tried the smackw32.dll included on the CDs, and put them in different places:
system64wow, system32, and then system.
It is also in existance alongside the exes. So every possibility was tried.
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[Bug 58569] New: 32 bit video dll "smackw32" does not load under WoW64 for some reason (mac OSX, 64 bit only) (sorry, wine works fine elsewhere, only hit this on macOSX)