[Bug 25677] CaesarIV does not render text in game

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25677

--- Comment #18 from Viktoria  2012-03-24 00:34:31 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> This appears to be fixed in the demo and the retail game with wine version
> 1.5.0
>
> My steps to run the retail game...
> In a fresh wine prefix install dotnet20. I used winetricks version 20120308
> Install the game. Cancel any dialogs that attempt Direct-X installs.
> I did not attempt to install the bundled ODBC package.
>
> Place a copy of d3dx9_29.dll in $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program Files/Sierra/Caesar
> IV
> Use winetricks to install dx9 into a temporary prefix and copy the file over. (
> Note the demo version seems to need a native d3dx9_30.dll )
>
> Thats it, mount CD1. Run the game. Enjoy.
>
> Steve.

Unfortunately this method did not worked for me, I still do not see any text. I
tried it on the demo with d3dx9_30.dll. And by the way what kind of video card
do you have? (I have an ATI video card.) And coincidentally haven't you used
any dll overrides?