DirectX, I have to install that for DX games right?

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edward78
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DirectX, I have to install that for DX games right?

Post by edward78 »

Any speciel tips?
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DanKegel
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Post by DanKegel »

Some games run fine without it, as Wine has a lot of directx already.

A lot of games need just one little part of native directx, so
you can often get away with just
winetricks d3dx9_36
because that brings in the key missing bits.

Occasionally you have to do the rather bigger
winetricks d3dx9
or even the massive
winetricks directx9
but you should use the lightest-weight one that works.
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Post by doh123 »

In simple terms...

Wine has its own version of DirectX already built in. Microsoft DirectX does not need to be installed... now like Dan says, there are some cases where Wine's version is not yet complete so you may need to add some things from MS's version, but do not add anything unless you've already seen it fail without what you want to add.
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