Synchron: > ok, it starts. i got a no-cd-crack. now it starts, but it crashs soon > with a message, that a "Hookprocess" is running and that i had to try > a virus scan.... Never happened here. I just found a backup, which probably contains the files of Gothic 2, before upgrading with the addon 'Nacht des Raben'. hafi@e675 ~ $ ls -l .wine/drive_c/Programme/JoWooD/Gothic\ II/_backup-2.6_de/System/ total 4412 -rw-r--r-- 1 hafi hafi 377856 30. Jan 2003 BinkW32.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 hafi hafi 3473540 30. Jan 2003 Gothic2.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 hafi hafi 19255 4. Sep 2007 Gothic.ini -rw-r--r-- 1 hafi hafi 349696 30. Jan 2003 Mss32.dll -rw-r--r-- 1 hafi hafi 67072 4. Sep 2007 MSSSOFT.M3D -rw-r--r-- 1 hafi hafi 56832 30. Jan 2003 Reverb3.flt -rw-r--r-- 1 hafi hafi 93696 30. Jan 2003 Vdfs32g.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 hafi hafi 38400 30. Jan 2003 Vdfs32g.exe The dates show, that i didn't use a no-cd-crack for Gothic2.exe. Gothic.ini is newer, because i had to edit it. But the date of MSSSOFT.M3D ... hmmm ... How old is your ~.wine? I have made the experience, that sometimes it is wise, to delete this dir and start from scratch. Especially, if this dir has served many versions of wine. ;) Hartmut