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Wine 9.7 released with ARM improvements
22 April 2024 at 11:06 am UTC Likes: 1

In this wine version in my case show interesting result with world racing using d8vk



this game have a curious audio formats combination, this put a hard test in wine

because for example engine sounds stay in wav (this format some times dont work), music sounds stay in wma and allow have custom playlist (in this support mp3, ogg and wma)

in my test when try add track to custom playlist sometimes game freeze or when try save changes (in my case after various times save changes)

in around 2 hours of gameplay, running without audio issues using a custom playlist with tracks in mp3, ogg and wma

really impressive this dont be possible in before wine versions
because when trying add tracks and save playlist game suddenly crash or try play some tracks in game for a short time after this game suddenly crash

respect cinematics stay in wmv but now still using mp4 magic dont work, now audio appear but in video dont show nothing and passing cinematics screen remains in black but gui sounds stay

however recent commit in wine seems them stay working on wmv

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/5508


Wine 9.7 released with ARM improvements
20 April 2024 at 7:55 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Linux_Rocks
(A continuation of the last GIF. My kinda lady too. lol)

maybe try unify gifs, must be interesting


Tomb Raider 1 open source engine TR1X adds a 60FPS mode
10 April 2024 at 5:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

In my case run ok with zink and 60fps option is nice




Wine 9.6 released with more Direct2D effects work, support for RSA OAEP padding in BCrypt
5 April 2024 at 9:56 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: NathanaelKStottlemyerMy one problem with wine is that I have a few problems with getting it to run games with disks. I have a lot of retro games that I would enjoy playing, except you need a disk drive.

in my case use this (very usefull)

https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/

and work a virtual cd/dvd drive on linux, similar to daemon tools or virtual clone drive on windows (acetone dont work like a virtual drive)

something more cdemu work like a virtual drive and have this too:

Quotehttps://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/vhba/

VHBA module provides a Virtual (SCSI) HBA, which is the link between userspace daemon and linux kernel.

and this

https://cdemu.sourceforge.io/about/gcdemu/

gcdemu work very similar to daemon tools gui app on windows


Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released
23 March 2024 at 4:52 pm UTC Likes: 7

​This wine version solve a nasty bug posted by me, related with mouse capture in virtual desktop

#56435 capture mouse dont work in virtual desktop (work on wine 9.3)

in mercenaries 2​ mouse input work very good, in before test dont work completly ok, now dont need some force commands to retain mouse in virtual desktop





and recently launched alpha protocol in gog stay work ok in my case too




DXVK version 2.3.1 released with more efficient shader code generation on NVIDIA GPUs
22 March 2024 at 11:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

I finish build wine 9.5 and dxvk 2.3.1 seems work ok until now in my case





but d8vk still dont merged but all tasks seems completed


GOG revives Alpha Protocol along with a Spring Sale
22 March 2024 at 11:04 pm UTC Likes: 1

In my case i finish build wine 9.5 at a simple seek runs ok




Wine 9.4 brings updated vkd3d, initial OpenGL support in the Wayland driver
10 March 2024 at 2:01 pm UTC

Quoting: Avehicle7887Did this game used to crash even with LAA patch applied?

yeah with flag give less crashes but still have crashes in blue lagoon, dont be possible explore all area without crashes


Wine 9.4 brings updated vkd3d, initial OpenGL support in the Wayland driver
9 March 2024 at 5:43 pm UTC Likes: 3

this wine version as talked before give a huge update for 32bit games and this affect stability

normally wine shows suddenly crashes in various 32bit games but with VK_EXT_map_memory_placed, this problem has been resolved in various games in my case

avatar (movie based) the videogame

in before tests this game show suddenly crashes and sometimes freezes in blue lagoon, normally dont be possible explore all blue lagoon at begins because show suddenly crashes in any moment

but now with lastest mesa and wine-git (now 9.4) dont show any crash in around 4 hours of gameplay




FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage updated with Steam Deck support and no more DRM
7 March 2024 at 6:44 pm UTC Likes: 3

Yeah gfwl is a huge cancer in various old games

Only needs appear in GOG