Rico: > I think you used one of the native d3dx9_xx.dlls when it was running. > The exact version you need depends on the version of Gothic 3 (e.g. > Version 1.74 uses d3dx9_40.dll, see appdb). You may discover the > exact version by running with WINEDEBUG=+loaddll. Native d3dx_36.dll > should work for all Gothic 3 versions, because the function are > forwarded to this one. hafi@i5_64 ~ $ grep d3dx9 g3_log_2.txt trace:loaddll:load_builtin_dll Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\d3dx9_40.dll" at 0x7e080000: builtin trace:loaddll:load_builtin_dll Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\d3dx9_36.dll" at 0x7e020000: builtin I will wait some more time before experimenting. It is already late here in Germany. Hartmut -- Usenet-ABC-Wiki http://www.usenet-abc.de/wiki/ Von Usern fuer User :-)