On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:01:17 +0000, you wrote: > Rein Klazes wrote: > > OK, I think I am starting to understand. The program manages to load a > > native dll dpwsock.dll. Making that one unavailable kills the > > networking here too. > > > > dpwsock.dll is part of directplay, part of DirectX. It may be worth a > > try to install that. > > ok, putting the file "dpwsock.dll" in the win0 directory of the game > made no difference. No, you are missing the right registry entries. > do you mean install a full directX?and if so... > which version do you recommend i install? a completely minimal install > would be preferable. I guess an old version will do fine. My files are from 1996. That could be DirectX 3 or older. > if you have a list of the needed files, would you > mind putting them somewhere for me to download? assuming licensing is > all alright. Here are the registry entries (from ~/.wine/system.reg). Add to the registry and change the path. ========================8<====================================================== [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay] 1077032091 @="" "DescriptionA"="Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay" "DescriptionW"="Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay" "dwReserved1"=hex:f4,01,00,00 "dwReserved2"=hex:00,00,00,00 "Guid"="{36E95EE0-8577-11cf-960C-0080C7534E82}" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpwsockx.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay\\Address Types\\{C4A54DA0-E0AF-11cf-9C4E-00A0C905425E}] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\IPX Connection For DirectPlay] 1077032091 @="" "DescriptionA"="IPX Connection For DirectPlay" "DescriptionW"="IPX Connection For DirectPlay" "dwReserved1"=hex:32,00,00,00 "dwReserved2"=hex:00,00,00,00 "Guid"="{685BC400-9D2C-11cf-A9CD-00AA006886E3}" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpwsockx.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Modem Connection For DirectPlay] 1077032091 @="" "DescriptionA"="Modem Connection For DirectPlay" "DescriptionW"="Modem Connection For DirectPlay" "dwReserved1"=hex:00,00,00,00 "dwReserved2"=hex:00,00,00,00 "Guid"="{44EAA760-CB68-11cf-9C4E-00A0C905425E}" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpmodemx.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Modem Connection For DirectPlay\\Address Types\\{78EC89A0-E0AF-11cf-9C4E-00A0C905425E}] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Modem Connection For DirectPlay\\Address Types\\{F6DCC200-A2FE-11d0-9C4F-00A0C905425E}] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Serial Connection For DirectPlay] 1077032091 @="" "DescriptionA"="Serial Connection For DirectPlay" "DescriptionW"="Serial Connection For DirectPlay" "dwReserved1"=hex:00,00,00,00 "dwReserved2"=hex:00,00,00,00 "Guid"="{0F1D6860-88D9-11cf-9C4E-00A0C905425E}" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpmodemx.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Service Providers\\Serial Connection For DirectPlay\\Address Types\\{F2F0CE00-E0AF-11cf-9C4E-00A0C905425E}] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5046ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}] 1077032091 @="" "Description"="WinSock TCP Connection For DirectPlay" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpwsock.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5046ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}\\Players] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5046ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}\\Sessions] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5146ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}] 1077032091 @="" "Description"="WinSock IPX Connection For DirectPlay" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpwsock.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5146ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}\\Players] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5146ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}\\Sessions] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5246ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}] 1077032091 @="" "Description"="Modem Connection For DirectPlay" "Path"="D:\\WIN98\\SYSTEM\\dpserial.dll" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5246ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}\\Players] 1077032091 @="" [Software\\Microsoft\\DirectPlay\\Services\\{5246ab8cb6b1ce11920c00aa006c4972}\\Sessions] 1077032091 @="" ========================8<====================================================== > how come it worked for you when you ran it under a fake_windows? did you > have DirectX installed already in your fake_windows? I used an exiting wine registry, through that it found the dll's on the real partition. > [btw, i am subscribe, no need to CC me ;-)] It is standard practice here Rein. -- Rein Klazes rklazes@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users