Hartmut Figge: >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 have mounted my WinXP on my Gentoo and could find the d3dx9_36.dll in /winxp/WINDOWS/system32. But i could not find the d3dx9_40.dll there. After replacing the d3dx9_36.dll nothing seems to have changed. I have uploaded g3_log_3.txt to http://www.triffids.de/pub/wine/gothic_3/ and partly commented it. The comments can easily be found by searching for '# '. Hartmut -- Usenet-ABC-Wiki http://www.usenet-abc.de/wiki/ Von Usern fuer User :-)