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brenden1096

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Registered: 2011-02-06

Posts: 17

Wine 3D

Hi, I'm trying to run Guild Wars in Wine (using PlayOnLinux) but either way not using PlayOnLinux or using it I get an error of "Unable to initialize 3D output. Please verify that you have installed DirectX 8 and an updated video driver" which I do have DirectX 8 installed & updated video driver unless I have to do something in the winecfg in order for it to work. If someone knows a way to resolve this it'd be nice.

thestinger

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 478

Re: Wine 3D

What video card/driver are you using and what's the output of glxinfo?

You should also try running something like supertuxcart to make sure 3D is actually working - it doesn't look like a Wine issue.

Last edited by thestinger (2011-02-06 20:40:57)

jelly

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 714

Re: Wine 3D

try a virtual desktop setting winecfg

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Dogmeat

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From: Slovak Republic

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 193

Re: Wine 3D

Install a corresponding 32-bit OpenGL library. For nvidia it is lib32-nvidia-utils, for Intel lib32-libgl and for AMD/ATI lib32-catalyst-utils.

turvyc

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Registered: 2011-02-08

Posts: 7

Re: Wine 3D

Have you installed winetricks? It's a pretty useful tool to install all sorts of other libraries to improve compatibility.

pacman -S winetricks

For Baldur's Gate I had to install directplay, and I see that there are some DirectX 9 options . . . try d3dx9.

winetricks directplay d3dx9

You can also just run winetricks with no arguments to get a complete list of packages available. Take a look and maybe you'll find something pertinent.

Good luck!

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brenden1096

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Registered: 2011-02-06

Posts: 17

Re: Wine 3D

Thanks. I will try those ways you guys listed above and post back on what works. Only reason why I haven't replied sooner is because I haven't been on the computer.