The latest and greatest from the Wine team is now out. Wine 4.4 continues their biweekly development releases to eventually become Wine 5.0.
For what's new this time around:
- New MSIDB tool for manipulating MSI databases.
- Support for custom draw buttons in common controls.
- Many more Media Foundation APIs implemented.
As for bug fixes, they noted 50 in total checked off. The usual applies, some bugs are older, that have been found as fixed and not necessarily fixed with this release. Fixes included for Metro Exodus, Bayonetta, Europa Universalis III, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and plenty more.
You can find the release announcement here.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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mrdeathjr 15 Mar 2019
In this wine version have various fixes case save settings and read saved settings in bayonetta / vanquish, mouse dont leave virtual desktop in vanquish, more work related on quartz (avi splitter) some wmv cinematics begin works and more work related mfplat
Bayonetta
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Prototype
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Vanquish
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Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z
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Prototype
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Avehicle7887 15 Mar 2019
Just tested Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, videos still don't play without the native overrides. I'm glad the Wine team are tackling this important piece of the puzzle, it's a feature many games depend on.
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gradyvuckovic 16 Mar 2019
Woohoo! Great stuff! I love these fortnightly updates. Great job Wine team!
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somebody1121 16 Mar 2019
Anyone knows if this wine version fixes wmv videos on devil may cry HD?
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legluondunet 16 Mar 2019
so there are "more Media Foundation API work" but results are not yet visible?
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mrdeathjr 16 Mar 2019
Quoting: legluondunetso there are "more Media Foundation API work" but results are not yet visible?Yeah them add many things but dont stay ready for now
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razing32 16 Mar 2019
What ? No pun this time Liam :P ?
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Quoting: razing32What ? No pun this time Liam :P ?I kind of prefer it that way, tbh.
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Liam Squires-Hand 17 Mar 2019
Quoting: razing32What ? No pun this time Liam :P ?I knew someone would wine about that.
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