http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5672
Summary: Half-Life - task switching regression in Wine 0.9.17 Product: Wine Version: 0.9.17. Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-user AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: makomk@lycos.co.uk
There appears to be a regression in task-switching away from a (fullscreen) game of Half-Life between Wine 0.9.16 and 0.9.17. In 0.9.16, using Alt-Tab to switch away from Half-Life to another program usually worked correctly (the game was paused and Wine released control of the mouse). Sometimes it didn't work properly, but this was easily worked around by task-switching back to Half-Life and away again.
In 0.9.17, any attempt to task-switch away from Half-Life using Alt-Tab whilst the game is running does not pause the game, and leaves Wine in control of the mouse making it unusable (since it can't be moved from the centre of the screen and still controls the game). In addition, on switching back to the game, the Windows mouse cursor is still visible (and the only way to make it go away is to use Esc to exit to the menu, then return to the game).
I am using Half-Life 1.1.0.8 (in OpenGL mode), X.org 7.0.0, and the KDE 3.5.3 desktop and window manager.