Run Sim Copter on Arch Linux on Wayland (Press ESC after each run, otherwise you see only black, seriously just press ESC).

run-simcopter.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

GAME_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
GAME_EXE="$GAME_DIR/SimCopter.exe"

export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/simcopter"

DXWRAPPER_VERSION="v1.7.8400.25"
DXWRAPPER_URL="https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/releases/download/${DXWRAPPER_VERSION}/dxwrapper.zip"

die() {
    echo "ERROR: $*" >&2
    exit 1
}

[[ -f "$GAME_EXE" ]] || die "Put this script next to SimCopter.exe"


# Dependencies

needed=(wine gamescope wget unzip)

missing=()
for pkg in "${needed[@]}"; do
    pacman -Q "$pkg" &>/dev/null || missing+=("$pkg")
done

if ((${#missing[@]})); then
    sudo pacman -S --needed "${missing[@]}"
fi


# 32-bit graphics libs

if lspci 2>/dev/null | grep -qi nvidia; then
    pacman -Q lib32-nvidia-utils &>/dev/null ||
        sudo pacman -S --needed lib32-nvidia-utils
else
    pacman -Q lib32-mesa &>/dev/null ||
        sudo pacman -S --needed lib32-mesa
fi


# Wine prefix — only first run

if [[ ! -d "$WINEPREFIX" ]]; then
    echo "==> Creating Wine prefix..."

    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$WINEPREFIX")"
    wineboot -u

    # Works for me...
    wine reg add \
        'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Drivers' \
        /v Graphics /t REG_SZ /d x11 /f >/dev/null

    wine reg add \
        'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver' \
        /v UseEGL /t REG_SZ /d N /f >/dev/null
fi


# dxwrapper — only download if missing

if [[ ! -f "$GAME_DIR/ddraw.dll" ||
      ! -f "$GAME_DIR/dxwrapper.dll" ]]; then

    echo "==> Installing dxwrapper..."

    TMP="$(mktemp -d)"
    trap 'rm -rf "$TMP"' EXIT

    wget -q --show-progress \
        "$DXWRAPPER_URL" \
        -O "$TMP/dxwrapper.zip"

    unzip -q "$TMP/dxwrapper.zip" -d "$TMP/dxwrapper"

    cp "$TMP/dxwrapper/Stub/ddraw.dll" "$GAME_DIR/"
    cp "$TMP/dxwrapper/dxwrapper.dll" "$GAME_DIR/"

    rm -rf "$TMP"
    trap - EXIT
fi


# Known-good dxwrapper config

cat > "$GAME_DIR/dxwrapper.ini" <<'EOF'
[Compatibility]
Dd7to9 = 1

[Dd7to9]
DdrawUseNativeResolution = 0
DdrawMaintainAspectRatio = 0
DdrawIntegerScalingClamp = 0

[d3d9]
LimitPerFrameFPS = 29.97
EnableWindowMode = 0
FullscreenWindowMode = 0
EOF


# RUN :3

cd "$GAME_DIR"

echo
echo "  Starting SimCopter..."
echo "   Black intro? Press ESC."
echo

SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 \
gamescope --backend sdl \
    -w 640 -h 480 \
    -W 1920 -H 1080 \
    -S fit -f \
    -- env \
        WINEPREFIX="$WINEPREFIX" \
        WINEDLLOVERRIDES="ddraw=n" \
        wine SimCopter.exe