[Bug 47120] Multiple games using W3D engine fail to start, reporting ' there was an error loading bhs.dll' (Wine's 'd3d8.dll' is preferred over native d3d8->d3d9 thunk dll of same name, causing failure)(ECW, Red Alert: A Path Beyond)

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47120

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Expansive Civilian Warfare  |Multiple games using W3D
                   |1.0.0.0 fails to start,     |engine fail to start,
                   |reports 'there was an error |reporting 'there was an
                   |loading bhs.dll' (Wine's    |error loading bhs.dll'
                   |'d3d8.dll' is preferred     |(Wine's 'd3d8.dll' is
                   |over native d3d8->d3d9      |preferred over native
                   |thunk dll of same name,     |d3d8->d3d9 thunk dll of
                   |causing failure)            |same name, causing
                   |                            |failure)(ECW, Red Alert: A
                   |                            |Path Beyond)

--- Comment #1 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

refining summary to collect dupes. There are few other games all based on the
W3D engine with same underlying problem.

https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Alert:_A_Path_Beyond

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Red Alert: A Path Beyond (previously known as RenAlert) is a freeware game
based on the W3D engine as was used in Command & Conquer: Renegade which aims
to transform the first Red Alert game into a first/third person shooter. It
features most of the units from the original game and the two expansions,
Counterstrike and The Aftermath. The game was named after A Path Beyond, one of
the most popular multiplayer maps of Red Alert.

While it began production as a modification of a commercial single/multiplayer
game (then called RenAlert), it is now available as a free, standalone download
accessed from within the W3D Hub Launcher (as of version 3.0.0.0). However, it
lacks a singleplayer campaign, which was announced for the 3.0 (Delta) release,
but was ultimately scrapped.

Additionally, its recommended system requirements are higher than those of
Renegade, although the graphics actually scale very well and several
improvements made performance improvements over the original base engine thanks
to the Scripts project for the W3D Engine. A Path Beyond has been widely
promoted by Electronic Arts, in a similar manner to Renegade X. 
--- quote ---

http://expansivecivilianwarfare.com/

--- quote ---
Expansive Civilian Warfare (ECW) is a standalone game that is built off the W3D
engine (specifically the version that C&C Renegade used). ...
--- quote ---

Also adding stable download link via Internet Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190503192509/http://download.expansivecivilian...

Regards