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 === Cossacks ===
 {{GameInfoInline|year=2000|developer=GSC Game World|graphicsapi=DirectX 7|audioapi=DirectSound}}
-* fix with cnc-ddraw wrapper
+* Replaced mdraw.dll with ddraw.dll from cnc-ddraw 6.8
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 === Freelancer Online (Discovery) ===
 {{GameInfoInline|year=2003|developer=Digital Anvil|graphicsapi=DirectX 8.1|audioapi=DirectSound}}
-* menu text cut issue (resolved with specific wine version 9.0)
+* '''Issue:''' Text in menus cut off.
-* Wine 9.0 fix crash on specific solar systems
+* '''__Fix:''' the text in menus cut off is resolved with specific wine versions (9.0).
-* Wine prefix 32bit
+* '''__Fix:''' Wine 9.0 fix crash on specific solar systems.
+* A 32-bit Wine prefix has been tested and works fine.
 * EAX 2 can be restored with DSOAL wrapper, registry fix required to load local dsound.dll library inside the game folder.
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 * Wine registry need update.
-* Wine prefix 32bit.
+* A 32-bit Wine prefix has been tested and works fine.
-* Specific winetricks required: wmp9 (fix audio), msxml3, msxml4 (fix map not loading), corefonts, mfc42 (fix installer).
+* Winetricks required: wmp9 (fix audio), msxml3, msxml4 (fix map not loading), corefonts, mfc42 (fix installer).
 * Applied patch 2.5 German version to prevent CD check when starting the game.
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