I have a couple of questions about Wine, just in an attempt to enhance my understanding of it: Is Wine writing its own implementation of DirectX, which sort of 'forwards' instructions to an equivilant in OpenGL? Is it possible to install the official MS DirectX under Wine? If not, why not? Thanks for any info :-)
searbe@googlemail.com wrote:> Is Wine writing its own implementation of DirectX, which sort of > 'forwards' instructions to an equivilant in OpenGL?Yes. See http://winehq.org/site/status_directx, though that may not be up to date.> Is it possible to install the official MS DirectX under Wine? If not, > why not?AFAIK, no. Because the MS DirectX DLLs access low level drivers which aren't there under wine. Daniel
searbe@googlemail.com wrote:> I have a couple of questions about Wine, just in an attempt to enhance > my understanding of it: > > Is Wine writing its own implementation of DirectX, which sort of > 'forwards' instructions to an equivilant in OpenGL? > > Is it possible to install the official MS DirectX under Wine? If not, > why not? > > Thanks for any info :-)i think if were any option to intall DirectX you will need to install Microsoft Direct Media and some strange packets like it. Im not a very expert on it :P