The development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine version 11.8 is out now with the usual assortment of new features and fixes.
We usually see one new main stable release of Wine per year, so expect Wine 12 in January 2027. Valve will usually then give Proton a version bump sometime after. Valve currently have Proton 11 that's based on Wine 11 in Beta.
Highlights from Wine 11.8:
- Mono engine updated to version 11.1.0.
- More work on MSXML reimplementation without libxml2.
- Improved keyboard layout support using XKBRegistry.
- More VBScript compatibility improvements.
- Various bug fixes.
They note bugs solved for the likes of: Microsoft Golf 99, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Petka, Assassin's Creed Shadows and more.
Pictured - Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The included Wine Mono 11.1.0 update includes:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
- Upstream FNA introduced an internal
WrapWindowAPI, for Wine Mono to use to convert between HWND and SDL_Window objects, and we now use it. This should prevent SDL_Window objects from leaking to the application, and prevent HWNDs from the application being treated as SDL_Window.- Symlinks are now included in the runtime files, which makes files in lib/mono/4.5 load correctly without needing to duplicate those dll's. When using the msi installer, symlinks are translated to reparse points.
- IpcServerChannel.set_IsSecured now sets an internal value for the property instead of throwing NotImplementedException.
- References to old versions of Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility now forward to the current version.
- Implemented Twip conversion methods in Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.Support.
- Implemented Microsoft.VisualBasic.ErrObject.get_LastDllError.
- WPF: Added basic support for right-to-left text and fixed a related crash.
- Enabled windows system colors in System.Drawing.Color. (wine bug 59530)
- Fixed some cases where Mono would fail to find system dll's when resolving pinvokes. (wine bug 56301)
- Upstream updates:
- llvm-mingw to 20260407
- FNA to 26.04, plus a few changes needed for
WrapWindowto work.- SDL to 3.3.4.
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Cloversheen 22 hours ago
FNA still delivering good stuff, thanks flibitijibibo et al.!
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This wine version in my case install mono 11.1
tested also with scarface, sadly this game dont run with dxvk (many combinations without success in my case) but with wined3d work
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tested also with scarface, sadly this game dont run with dxvk (many combinations without success in my case) but with wined3d work
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Last edited by mrdeathjr on 3 May 2026 at 7:26 am UTC
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Cloversheen 18 hours ago
Quoting: mrdeathjrThis wine version in my case install mono 11.1Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight, orginial Outlaws, Moto Racer, and is that Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine?! 😃
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Quoting: CloversheenDark Forces 2: Jedi Knight, orginial Outlaws, Moto Racer, and is that Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine?! 😃yeah some of them tested with d7vk however indiana jones is emperors tomb* from gog (candidate for test)
*now can work in my case with this registry key:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00save before text as for example indy.reg and after this can import using wine registry editor
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Wine\AppDefaults\indy.exe]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Wine\AppDefaults\indy.exe\DirectSound]
"EAXEnabled"="Y"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Wine\AppDefaults\indy.exe\DllOverrides]
"msvcr71"="native"
"msvcrt"="native"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Wine\AppDefaults\indy.exe\FileOpenAssociations]
"Enable"="Y"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Wine\AppDefaults\indy.exe\X11 Driver]
"GrabFullscreen"="Y"
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Last edited by mrdeathjr on 2 May 2026 at 8:21 pm UTC
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Avehicle7887 2 hours ago
I think something broke in this Wine release. Guild Wars 1 launches but crashes randomly after about 20mins. Happened twice, reverted to Wine 11.7, works fine for hours. Didn't have the issue prior to 11.8.
This morning went to play Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered - crashes on launch. Reverted to 11.7 and game works fine again. Both games are running into their own separate prefix.
I have other games but I only tried the 2 mentioned above.
This morning went to play Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered - crashes on launch. Reverted to 11.7 and game works fine again. Both games are running into their own separate prefix.
I have other games but I only tried the 2 mentioned above.
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