[Bug 39718] d3d9.dll trick for Fallout 3 no longer working in Steam

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39718

--- Comment #32 from swswine at gmail.com ---
(In reply to mactrix from comment #31)

> Allowing to mimic various graphic adapters through registry but within a
> user friendly interface, e.g. through winecfg. A user friendly way would be
> similar to the 'Applications settings' in winecfg where the user can
> configure different Windows versions to different exe files. Having this
> ability also for graphic adapters would be a great user experience.
> 
> What do you think?

Well, I am not a Wine developer and I am not sure so far if my opinion on the
matter makes sense. Just a few thoughts on that:
1. Playing with Direct3D tweaks available now in the registry is for advanced
users. It is much more advanced than just to go and change something in the
registry with regedit when you know what should be changed. I am not sure
things like that should be available in the winecfg GUI level. The registry
keys are documented in Wine. 
2. These tweaks are available through winetricks and PlayOnLinux (while
PlayOnlinux does not show card model tweak, just the other options). I do not
know much about Wineskin, maybe it has that also? 
3. I would think that these settings could be potentially duplicated in
environment variable settings (like WINEDLLOVERRIDES for dll overrides). This
would allow for per-app setting. But I may be missing something: maybe Wine
developers had some solid reasons not doing so. Or these options are just too
exotic to deal with them neatly.
4. I've read description of your port on portingteam, which includes manual DLL
override through winecfg. You can ask user to apply registry file with video
card tweak (dll override is now not required). It will be just easier for the
user than manually overriding dlls. BTW dll override you did through winecfg
can be done through reg file also. I do not know what is Mac port wrapper
exactly, if it has some place for scripting you could automate the whole thing.

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