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+ [WINE/TRICKS] D3DX9 VS DIRECTX9? \r
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+ [linux_gaming] 2018-10-09_09-00\r
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+ o Reference: 2018-10-09_09-00__Wine_tricks__D3DX9_vs_\r
+ o News link: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/9lc2je/winetricks_d3dx9_vs_directx9/\r
+ o Source link: \r
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+ Hi! I have league of legends all set up on my desktop pc,\r
+ running arch with proprietary nvidia drivers, and all I had to\r
+ run the game is winetricks d3dx9. Now I try to install it on\r
+ my arch laptop as well, but this time the game crashes when it\r
+ tries to run (the launcher works as intended tho). So I tried\r
+ a million thing to eventually find that winetricks directx9\r
+ works. Now the game runs surprisingly well for a 13" laptop\r
+ with only intel integrated graphics. So my question is: whats\r
+ the difference between the d3dx9 winetricks package and the\r
+ directx9 one? I noticed d3dx9 never spawns any ui, while the\r
+ directx9 package prompts an old looking install wizard. My\r
+ theory is that d3dx9 is just a part of the directx9 package,\r
+ tho I am quite confused as to why my tower needs only d3dx9\r
+ while the laptop needed another one. Thanks for any clue\r
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+ ** _clement_\r
+ DirectX is a collection of API, the most common being Direct3D\r
+ (for 3D graphics). D3DX is an extension (the "x" in the name)\r
+ library for Direct3D.\r
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+ ** ionlydosupport\r
+ league of legends need wine staging..\r
+ anti cheat stuff\r
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+ ** SurelyNotAnOctopus\r
+ Both are using the exact same packages (pacman -S\r
+ wine-staging && pacman -S $(pactree -l wine-staging))\r
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+\r
+ ** thedoogster\r
+ IIRC one of them installs a lot more ? I had a weird issue at\r
+ one point where I needed to install d3dx9 to play the Monkey\r
+ Island Special Editions.\r
+\r
+ ** breell\r
+ I'm not sure but look at the verbs in winetricks, there are\r
+ comments about that:\r
+ [1]https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/blob/master/src/wine-\r
+ tricks#L6514\r
+ \r
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+ \r
+ \r
+ [1]\r
+ https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/blob/master/src/winetri-\r
+ cks#L6514\r
+\r
+ ** Adam_Stambaugh0\r
+ Try sticking to d3dx9_36 if you need it. Otherwise, WINE's\r
+ builtin alternative should be fine. D3dx9 just extracks the\r
+ components needed from the directx9 installer. Directx9 installs\r
+ the whole thing, even the parts that tend to conflict with WINE.\r
+ The game on the intel laptop was probably trying to run a bit of\r
+ different code for the intel chipset, something that wasn't\r
+ properly handled by WINE's alternative.\r
+\r
+ ** DesertFroggo\r
+ Just play Dota 2...\r
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