[Wine] How to specify directx version

[A. Tres Finocchiaro]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:38 PM, dr_costas <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply,
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> the game I am trying to run is Spacehulk 2
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=8965
> but it still ahs problems. It is old and doenst like new OS's as it seems:
> http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=3579&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20
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> on these forums people have managed to run it on XP either by disabling directdraw hardware acceleration or by installing a virtual win98
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> I have set compatibility to Win95 but still getting unexpected errors, so I thought I will try disabling ddraw. I thought I installed directx5 that came with the game but I cannot find the dxdiag exe to run.
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> Many thanks
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> Costas
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Costas,

Agreed, it sounds bazaar to disable direct draw.  That usually makes
things run slower.

Have you tried using winecfg to change your windows version to windows
98?  Sometimes a reinstall is needed.  Remember to switch it back when
done.  Later if you need windows 98 for only that program winecfg
supports that too.

Most games use a game engine shared by other games.  Spacehulk II is
based on Dawn Of War I, right?  I was able to find Dawn Of War II used
the "Essence Engine", but I was unable to find out what game engine
Spacehulk II uses.

Reason I say that is some modern games (half-life 2) do allow forcing
directx version.  Good luck, and post your success.

-Tres

- Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com