Steve wrote: > this is the error with d3dx9_36 set to native > and with d3dx9_35 set to native > > > > wine TankCombat.exe > > err:module:import_dll Library d3dx9_35.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\City Interactive\\Tank Combat\\bin\\Engine.dll") not found > > err:module:import_dll Library Engine.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\City Interactive\\Tank Combat\\bin\\TankCombat.exe") not found > > err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\City Interactive\\Tank Combat\\bin\\TankCombat.exe" failed, status c0000135 > > > > > without d3dx9_35.dll the game just sits on a initialising gfx screen and fails to get any further.. You can't just set dll to native. You actually have to copy one from windows into Wine's system32 directory.