http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24868
Summary: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat Benchmark requires d3dx9_31.dll and d3dx9_42.dll to run Product: Wine Version: 1.3.5 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: shannon.vanwagner@gmail.com
The game would launch to a black screen, then by using alt+tab to the error dialog, and alt+space to set the error dialog to "always on top", the error says "Your video card doesn't meet game requirements. Try to lower game settings", even though I ran it at lowest settings.
winetricks d3dx9_31 d3dx9_42 works around the problem
Note: you may need to get the latest winetricks from http://winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/winetricks