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Wine 9.13 brings more CMD.EXE engine rewrites, supports loading ODBC Windows drivers
15 July 2024 at 11:19 am UTC Likes: 4

​this wine version fix melty blood actress again in new wow64 (game dont run) and cinematics works too in my case




DXVK 2.4 brings D8VK for Direct3D 8 support, frame rate limiter adjustments, lots of game fixes
10 July 2024 at 11:31 am UTC Likes: 8



on dx9 compatibility up in my case***, however i think stay related to replace** d3d8.dll - d3d9.dll - d3d10core.dll* - d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll

*also duplicate d3d10core.dll and renamed as d3d10.dll will be usefull for some apps

**this replacement must be putted in respective folders aka 32bit libraries on windows/syswow64 and 64bit libraries on windows/system32

***since sometime will be needed in some cases put dxgi as native in winecfg but now solve various titles like this:























































and dxgi as native is no more required in my case


this is a little test to show dxvk 2.4 on dx8 side














































































































































































































































































































GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle
6 July 2024 at 8:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

dolphin devs dont give support to appimage, however if anyone needed can try this:

https://github.com/lucasmz1/Dolphin_emu_Appimage


METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE released on GOG plus new giveaway
4 July 2024 at 8:50 pm UTC Likes: 1




Wine 9.12 brings a rewrite of the CMD.EXE engine, Mono updates
3 July 2024 at 12:53 am UTC

testing today wine git appear this commit:

Quotemfplat/tests: Add more tests for compressed formats.

dlls/mfplat/tests/mfplat.c diff | blob | history
dlls/mfplat/tests/resource.rc diff | blob | history
dlls/mfplat/tests/test-aac.mp4 [new file with mode: 0644] blob
dlls/mfplat/tests/test-h264.mp4 [new file with mode: 0644] blob
dlls/mfplat/tests/test-i420.avi [new file with mode: 0644] blob
dlls/mfplat/tests/test-mp3.mp4 [new file with mode: 0644] blob
dlls/mfplat/tests/test-wma2.wmv [new file with mode: 0644] blob
dlls/mfplat/tests/test-wmv1.wmv [new file with mode: 0644] blob

https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commit/e72f8b08e235ec19973134a2f190b60312118874

testing some wmv titles dont appear changes in my case but i test trials in sky series and appear this on cinematics in game:








Wine 9.12 brings a rewrite of the CMD.EXE engine, Mono updates
29 June 2024 at 3:54 pm UTC Likes: 7

​this wine version can allow run assasins creed* in new wow64 mode (./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64)

*fixes handling of async I/O status in WOW64 mode

however in my case bloodrayne dont run in new wow64 mode

and in my case solve frame by frame cinematics in crysis








Wine 9.11 released continuing the ARM improvements
16 June 2024 at 11:18 pm UTC Likes: 3

Testing some titles with this wine version, zombi have several issues related virtual memory (many suddenly crashes) and now since vulkan implement (VK_EXT_map_memory_placed) run ok with around 2 1/2 hours of gameplay without any suddenly crash



same situation occur with hard reset extended edition and now run without crashes in long gameplay test




Humble Choice for June has Risk of Rain 2, LEGO 2K Drive, Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector and more
5 June 2024 at 5:54 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: JarmerOut of these, I've only played the Lego racing game. It's a perfect little game for the Deck! Runs well, and is very arcadey and fun which is great for short sessions. Definitely recommend.

In my case test some time ago and runs very well (need some custom settings in my case)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8f8v-BV3dg

curiously i think my vega 7 igpu (oc 2300mhz) must be have a bit more performance than steam deck igpu rdna 2 (1600mhz), thinking about frecuency


vega 7 renoir igpu

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/amd-renoir.g1058

Pixel Rate: 17,96 GPixel/s
Texture Rate: 62,89 GTexel/s
FP32 (float): 2.012 TFLOPS


steam deck igpu

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/steam-deck-gpu.c3897

Pixel Rate: 25.60 GPixel/s
Texture Rate: 51.20 GTexel/s
FP32 (float): 1.638 TFLOPS


and on cpu also must be have a bit more performance (ryzen 5 4600 6c/12t 4300mhz in all cores) vs steam deck 4c/8t 2.4ghz frecuency base - turbo at 3500mhz


ryzen 5 4600G

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/ryzen-5-4600g.c2319

steam deck

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/steam-deck-cpu-lcd.c3397

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/steam-deck-cpu-oled.c3398

however more opinions can give a better idea


Wine 9.10 brings updated vkd3d, more ARM improvements
1 June 2024 at 1:16 pm UTC Likes: 4

In this wine version

Tested with staging 9.10 (avalaible on winehq today) as devs said silent hill 4 fix cinematics and works ok with d8vk









curiously this game use a huge vram (around 2.5gb) for old title and dont stay recording


Nightdive Studios confirm Linux and macOS ports of System Shock are cancelled
22 May 2024 at 12:37 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: Mountain ManThis is exactly why I have never and will never support Kickstarter or any other crowdfunding platform, including Steam's early access: developers are free to break their promises after taking your money, and there's nothing the consumer can do about it.

Yeah is a same reason because i never buy bloodstained*

*them use same situation, promise linux version but when them have required money proceed to cancel linux version