DirectX 8

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In article <7J6h6.11249$o85.56723 at news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "David"
<dnospamhammerton at labyrinth.net.nospamau> wrote:

> for directd3d you need the transgaming patch
> 
> www.transgaming.com i THINK.. (ove, correct me?)
> 
> crazney
> 
> In article <3A84558C.588E6E63 at SPAMLESS.gmx.co.uk>, "Chris Howells"
> <chris.h at spamless.gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> bleh wrote:
>> 
>>> are weird, it looks like a directx problem to me, so I tryed to
>>> install the latest DirectX 8 that I found in M$.com but it says
>>> something like
>>> 'This version of DirectX can't run in your Operating System'. Anyone
>> 
>> You shouldn't need it (and I doubt it'll work). All the DirectX stuff
>> should be emulated in WINE. You might want to have a look at the
>> Transgaming patch.
>> 
> 
> 

I have a newbie-ish question regarding wine and its development... isn't
the transgaming patch already in the official wine tree? The version of
wine that I have is from Feb 9 2001. Thanks for any input.