[Wine] Re: DirectX questions

[DaVince]

Das Letzte Einhorn wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Many games include a DirectX bundle in their installation setup, therefore the WINE DirectX implementation becomes overriden when we test games. However, not only this prevent the testing of WINE's DirectX implementation, the bundle they install is usually outdated. I was wondering therefore if preventing the DirectX install is possible, and if yes, would it be useful for WINE developers?
> 
> Thanks for the insights!

Wine uses the [builtin,native] order for most DirectX files, which means that even though games install their own DX files, Wine actually just refers to its built-in version anyway. Except for the files Thunderbird mentioned, or when you exlpicitly change the order to native,builtin in winecfg.