SpawnHappyJake: > Is it fixed now? The black face of the hero? > Did you do a dll override for d3dx9_27.dll? I simply copied the d3dx9_27.dll from WinXP to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/. *g* During character creation the face of the hero was no longer black. I haven't done much in Oblivion until now except for looking around in the cell. First i must finish Bloodmoon. ;) Hartmut -- Usenet-ABC-Wiki http://www.usenet-abc.de/wiki/ Von Usern fuer User :-)