Re: wine and directx

From: James (krunkalot_at_hotpop.com)
Date: 01/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:33:57 -0600

Danno wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all.
>>
>>I am testing wine (20030813) on Knoppix 3.3 (HD install).
>>
>>The game I wanted to run was Twinsen's Odyssey 2. I believe it needs
>>directx.
>>
>>Is it possible to download directx and install it somewhere and somehow
>>have wine access it?
>>
>>What version of Windows does wine emulate (95/98)?
>>
>>
>>Thanks for your responses.
>
>
> You can download directx8 from M$, run WINE as type win98 and it will
> install (apparently) cleanly. Dunno if you'll get your game going though.
>
>
You do not need to install DirectX under wine, it is already installed.

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