Recently Wine 2.0-rc1 has been released as the next step towards another major stable release of Wine. Additionally, the Wine developers have talked about ongoing Direct3D 11 development and getting Overwatch to work.
First of all, the Wine 2.0-rc1 changelog:
- Bug fix update of the Mono engine.
- Support for IDN name resolution.
- Many more Shader Model 5 operations.
- Still more fixes in the regression tests.
- Various bug fixes.
The more interesting code hasn't yet landed in Wine or Wine-Staging yet, but it has got to the point where Overwatch seems to load up as shown by this screenshot the Wine developers provided:
As seen here.
It sounds like they still have some ways to go, but it's an impressive development. I've seen a lot of people say they would love to be able to play Overwatch on Linux, and using Wine is better for us than people dual-booting. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
First of all, the Wine 2.0-rc1 changelog:
- Bug fix update of the Mono engine.
- Support for IDN name resolution.
- Many more Shader Model 5 operations.
- Still more fixes in the regression tests.
- Various bug fixes.
The more interesting code hasn't yet landed in Wine or Wine-Staging yet, but it has got to the point where Overwatch seems to load up as shown by this screenshot the Wine developers provided:
As seen here.
It sounds like they still have some ways to go, but it's an impressive development. I've seen a lot of people say they would love to be able to play Overwatch on Linux, and using Wine is better for us than people dual-booting. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I used to play Hearthstone with Wine for my quick 10-15 mins game pleasure but Rocket League covers that part so right now I dont need something from Blizard.
Actually I dont have any games that I play with Wine , only some applications are running Wine and that because of remote support like TeamViewer and LiteManager.
Thats all :)
Actually I dont have any games that I play with Wine , only some applications are running Wine and that because of remote support like TeamViewer and LiteManager.
Thats all :)
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although its nice they still working in Dx11 and such, its pretty clear that the whole Steam thing has slowed Wine down on some fronts. The big thing here though is their Office 2013 compatible now (or pretty pretty close), those are the things that keep none-gamers on windows :)
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Quoting: manero666*snip*
What a arrogant,condescending post, So by your reasoning am hating on wine because I use a NV card. What about the 10 years prior using several AMD cards!!
Saying that I or others do not appreciated Wine/wine devs couldn't be further from the truth but I guess you are some type of god and know what I/others feel.
In other words
Who are you to say whether I or anyone else appreciate wine or not?
Also, If they cant be bothered with a native version why should I hand money over ???
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Quoting: Bumadar...its pretty clear that the whole Steam thing has slowed Wine down on some fronts.It's not clear to me. :) What do you mean?
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Quoting: Bumadaralthough its nice they still working in Dx11 and such, its pretty clear that the whole Steam thing has slowed Wine down on some fronts. The big thing here though is their Office 2013 compatible now (or pretty pretty close), those are the things that keep none-gamers on windows :)
Yeah, Office is a big deal. We're gamers, but other areas have an impact too. For all their supposed newfound fondness for Linux, the day Microsoft port Office to Linux, Satan will be skating to work. Unless or until Windows desktop market share drops to levels that put Linux oldtimers in a post-orgasmic haze, not gonna happen. And until then, it's a real barrier to a whole lot of people across almost every industry; if Wine makes current versions of MS Office work flawlessly that alone would justify its existence.
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Quoting: pete910Quoting: manero666*snip**snip*
I wasn't judging you at all. Especially I didn't say that someone with an Nvidia card automatically hates Wine.
I was just trying to analyze why every time that Wine is mentioned the discussion ends up off topic, always about Native ports, performance issues compared to Window$ or that Wine is good for old/legacy software..
On this discussion we should talk about Wine 2.0 and the long awaited DX11 support, but it looks like some other feelings prevails.
If you find my post arrogant or condescending, well, I find your:
Quoting: pete910Native or not interested.quite arrogant and condescending too, considering that the 2.0 version is quite a milestone after 23 years of development (4 July 1993).
If you used AMD for such long time you sure know the performances gain when using Gallium Nine, also comparing to a similar native game. Wine became fundamental for the red side, considering the poor (but fast growing) native performances.
I'm absolutely not encouraging people to buy closed-platform games, but it is always good to know (f.e. when buying a bundle) that some could perfectly run on Linux without the need of dual-booting.
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Quoting: manero666Quoting: pete910Quoting: manero666*snip**snip*
*snip*
That was a statement of fact for me Which to anyone with reasonable reading comprehension would grasp!
Once again you are assuming that I in this case do not appreciate what the wine devs have done, again you are apparently a god of some sort and know what I think.
So please refrain in trying to post what I am feeling/thinking and stop been so condescending in your apparent greater than everyone else attitude.
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Great!!
DirectX11 support is finally shaping up!
Personally I'm a big proponent of Wine.
I think what matters is that people can play the game they want on Linux.
If enough games are available no matter if native or not, people will start to migrate.
And when enough people game on Linux, publishers will start to release native Linux versions.
And when enough native Linux versions are available, Windows will start to disappear: good riddance!!
DirectX11 support is finally shaping up!
Personally I'm a big proponent of Wine.
I think what matters is that people can play the game they want on Linux.
If enough games are available no matter if native or not, people will start to migrate.
And when enough people game on Linux, publishers will start to release native Linux versions.
And when enough native Linux versions are available, Windows will start to disappear: good riddance!!
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Uhhhh so what about Nvidia users that learned how to use Wine somewhat on their own and are still learning and helping others??
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ShoNuff!!! Dec 14, 2016
Some of you are full of it. IF this game works on wine and gets similar FPS to windows install, I guarantee you will buy and play in secret all while claiming NATIVE ONLY (in nerd voice).
There is a plethora of games that run better or just as good as windows through wine! I am an NVIDIA user and run a ton of games thru Steam using wine... it's not hard to do. The majority of wine complainers probably don't understand how to run the wine Prefix or for that matter write a script to run it from desktop.
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There is a plethora of games that run better or just as good as windows through wine! I am an NVIDIA user and run a ton of games thru Steam using wine... it's not hard to do. The majority of wine complainers probably don't understand how to run the wine Prefix or for that matter write a script to run it from desktop.
Last edited by ShoNuff!!! on 14 December 2016 at 2:57 pm UTC
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