View source for DirectX-D3DX9

= D3DX9_xx.dll =

D3DX9 extension library files. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb172965%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Relevant MSDN section], although unfortunately MSDN URLs tend to break over time.

== A Brief Overview ==
In order to simplify the code structure in Wine, nearly all functions from the various d3dx9_xx dlls are forwarded to d3dx9_36. The primary exceptions are functions that were never implemented in d3dx9_36 (these are forwarded to d3dx9_24), the functions ''D3DXGetTargetDescByName'' and ''D3DXGetTargetDescByVersion'', which are in d3dx9_24 to d3dx9_30 since we couldn't find any documentation for them.

This means that most Wine d3dx9 developers only need to focus on d3dx9_36. As of v1.5.27, Wine's implementation of the d3dx9 API includes:
* most math functions
* ID3DXSprite interface
* partial ID3DXFont interface (currently missing text drawing)
* most surface and texture functions
* some mesh functions

Also note that the shader assembler/compiler functions are now forwarded to d3dcompiler_43.dll, which is the "modern" interface to these features. This lets us reuse a lot of code for d3dx9, d3d10 and d3dx10 too.

== Games for Testing ==
Here is a table of games that rely on d3dx9, along with which module they primarily (?) depend on:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Title
! d3dx9_??
|-
| FEAR
| 25
|-
| Black & White 2
| 25
|-
| Universal Combat
| 25
|-
| Civilization IV
| 26
|-
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 2
| 27
|-
| Oblivion
| 27
|-
| Sid Meier's Railroads
| 28
|-
| Warlords Battlecry III
| 28
|-
| Settlers 2: The Next Generation
| 29
|-
| Caesar IV
| 29
|-
| Need for Speed Carbon
| 30
|-
| The Sims: Pet Stories (others too?)
| 30
|-
| Entropia Universe
| 30
|-
| Lego Star Wars II
| 30
|-
| EverQuest
| 30
|-
| Avencast: Rise of the Mage
| 30
|-
| Transformers
| 31
|-
| Touhou 10
| 31
|-
| Tabula Rasa
| 33
|-
| Lost Planet
| 33
|-
| Need For Speed: Pro Street
| 34
|-
| Lego Indiana Jones
| 35
|-
| Lego Island
| 35
|-
| Chessmaster 11
| 35
|-
| The Witcher
| 35
|-
| Medieval 2: Total War
| 36
|-
| Rainbow Six Vegas
| 36
|-
| Age of Empires III
| 36
|-
| Fable: The Lost Chapters
| 36
|-
| TrackMania Nations Forever
| 36
|-
| Europa Universalis Rome
| 36
|-
| Age of Conan
| 36
|-
| Overlord
| 36
|-
| Guitar Hero 3
| 36
|-
| PatchCon
| 36?
|-
| Resident Evil 4
| 36?
|-
| Flatout 2
| 36?
|-
| Battlefield 2
| 36?
|-
| Psychonauts
| 36?
|-
| Crysis
| 36?
|-
| Titan Quest
| 36?
|-
| IrrEdit
| 36?
|}

== See Also ==
* [http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2008-January/062158.html Mail 1]
* [http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2008-January/062160.html Mail 2]

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