In d3d9/8 volumetexture.c if (hrc == D3D_OK && NULL != ppVolumeLevel) { IWineD3DVolumeTexture_GetParent(myVolume, (IUnknown **)ppVolumeLevel); IWineD3DVolumeTexture_Release(myVolume); } Games are crashing. Commenting that out or do != to == let the game proceed. Means: if (hrc == D3D_OK && NULL == ppVolumeLevel) { IWineD3DVolumeTexture_GetParent(myVolume, (IUnknown **)ppVolumeLevel); IWineD3DVolumeTexture_Release(myVolume); }