http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12174
--- Comment #2 from Lei Zhang thestig@google.com 2008-03-24 15:32:56 --- I think it worked before because you were using a native d3dx9_36.dll. Before, there was no built-in d3dx9_36.dll in Wine. Now wine has a built-in d3dx9_36.dll, but it's still a work in progress.