D3DX9 SDK releases, DLL support (CIV4, nfsmw, battlefield2)

[Ivan Gyurdiev]

Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:
>>
>> All of the d3dx9_*.dll's (note the underbar!) are simple helper dlls 
>> and as
>> Raphael said should be bundled with the game.  A quick search for the 
>> missing
>> DLL on google will turn it up, download it (legality = unknown, but 
>> probably
>> okay since it is a redistributable fine anyways), put it in your game 
>> (or
>> windows/system) directory and everything should work fine.  I had to 
>> do this for
>> some DX test programs recently myself so I know it works no problem.
>>   
>
> My games don't include the d3dx9_* dlls. I read online somewhere that 
> they're not allowed to do that.
> They include a DXSETUP.exe installer, which says:
>
> NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALIDLY LICENSED COPY OF ANY VERSION OR 
> EDITION OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION, MICROSOFT 
> WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS NT 4.0 WINDOWS 2000 OPERATING SYSTEM 
> OR ANY MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS A SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF THOSE 
> OPERATING SYSTEMS (each an "OS Product"),
> YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY OR OTHERWISE USE THE OS 
> COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA.
>
> What should be wine's approach to dealing with this problem?
> Need For Speed: Most Wanted demo requires d3dx9_26.dll.
> Battlefield 2 demo crashes without d3dx9_25.dll (according to the wine 
> bugzilla).
By the way, even if you do own a licensed copy of the required operating 
system, the installer does not work (at least for me).
"DirectX could not find a file necessary for installation". Then it 
aborts, and the finish button does not work:

> fixme:advpack:IsNTAdmin (0x00000000, 0x7fc8fdd8): stub
> fixme:win:SetWindowTextW setting text L"Close" of other process window 
> (nil) should not use SendMessage
> fixme:advpack:IsNTAdmin (0x00000000, 0x2e464858): stub
> fixme:win:SetWindowTextW setting text L"Close" of other process window 
> (nil) should not use SendMessage
>