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From the release post:
Key Features
- Support for vertical text in GDIPlus.
- Unicode character tables updated to Unicode 18.0.0.
- Caching for DNS queries.
- Improvements to the VBScript parser.
- Various bug fixes.
If you scroll through the release post for all the info, it does also note a big one not mentioned in the highlights with "winewayland: Implement color management protocol for Vulkan color space" - nice to see Wine Wayland continuing to mature as well.
As for bug fixes there's issues solved for the likes of Zombie Army 4: Dead War, Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge, Final Fantasy XI Online and more.
🌐 External Sources: gitlab.winehq.org
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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This wine version in my case allow run this:
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Avehicle7887 4 Oct 2026
Quoting: mrdeathjrThis wine version in my case allow run this:Did Stellar Blade not work previously with normal Wine?
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Quoting: Avehicle7887in my case dont and i hate use steam on wine* (client only use around 2gb of ram 😡)Quoting: mrdeathjrThis wine version in my case allow run this:Did Stellar Blade not work previously with normal Wine?
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Quoting: mrdeathjrThat sound like a silver to gold/platinum patch.Quoting: Avehicle7887in my case dont and i hate use steam on wine* (client only use around 2gb of ram 😡)Quoting: mrdeathjrThis wine version in my case allow run this:Did Stellar Blade not work previously with normal Wine?
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Great news.
That means less work for the launchers and tweaks people.
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