611820 - Some WorldWinner games report "Cannot find ..\shared\fmod.dll"

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Rich Parker]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b7) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b7) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b7

As of 4.0b7, some WorldWinner games are not able to find file fmod.dll.  I verified that the file exists in C:\ProgramData\WorldWinner\shared\.  This isn't a problem in b6.  I'm using fresh, portable versions of b6 and b7 to compare.  I completely uninstalled WorldWinner, deleted all files, and reinstalled from scratch.  Same error.  The WorldWinner plugin is "Program Files (x86)\WorldWinner.com, Inc\WorldWinner Games\npwwload.dll".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit worldwinner.com.
2. Log in.
3. Go to Show All Games > Scrabble Cubes or SwapIt!
Actual Results:  
Cannot find ..\shared\fmod.dll.  Sounds will be disabled.

Comment 1

[Rich Parker]

Attachment: Screen shot of error message

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Does it still work in 3.6.12 ?
Can you reproduce this using a normal build ?
(the portable versions are not official builds...)

Comment 3

[Rich Parker]

Yes, it works in 3.6.12 and 4.0b6.  Yes, I started seeing the problem in the "normal" b7 build.  I installed the portable versions later to confirm.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Are we limiting the dll search path now ?

Comment 5

[Rich Parker]

As a work-around, I created a folder Program Files\shared\ and copied fmod.dll from ProgramData\WorldWinner\shared\.  Apparently the current folder is Program Files\WorldWinner.com, Inc\ before it goes up one level to look for the "shared" subfolder.  Were plug-ins somehow disallowed access to ProgramData folders in b7?

Comment 6

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

> Are we limiting the dll search path now ?

I _think_ so... Ehsan, did that land?

Comment 7

[(no longer active)]

(In reply to comment #6)
> > Are we limiting the dll search path now ?
> 
> I _think_ so... Ehsan, did that land?

Yes.

So, the options here are either research whether we can white-list their plugin somehow like we did for Shockwave, or get in touch with them and ask them to fix their software.  Benjamin, what do you think?

Comment 8

[Benjamin Smedberg]

They should fix their software.

Comment 9

[(no longer active)]

(In reply to comment #8)
> They should fix their software.

bsmedberg++

Kevin, can you contact them about this, please?

Comment 10

[Kev Needham [:kev]]

Working on getting in touch there. Ehsan, I'm assuming this is where SetDLLDirectory comes into play as well?

Comment 11

[(no longer active)]

(In reply to comment #10)
> Working on getting in touch there. Ehsan, I'm assuming this is where
> SetDLLDirectory comes into play as well?

Yes.