Re: How to force use of DirectX8 instead of DirectX9?

[Henri Verbeet]

2009/6/16  :
> What is the recommended way not to use Wine's DirectX9 and fall back to DirectX8 instead?
> Some applications list DirectX 8.1 as their minimal graphics requirement,
> yet they come with DirectX9 on the CD and presumably use Wine's DirectX9.

You could try setting d3d9 to disabed in winecfg. D3D8 might not
necessarily work better than D3D9 though. Also, as Roderick mentioned,
sometimes "DirectX 8" refers to the feature level of the driver rather
than the d3d runtime used.