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Latest Comments by Stella
D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux
3 Jan 2026 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 2

I don't have many dx6 games, but it appears to work fine in TR: Chronicles so far🥰 I just love this project sooooooooooo much

Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit
26 Dec 2025 at 12:05 am UTC Likes: 1

They were still making 32-bit processors in 2006, I had one of these (Intel Core Duo T2300 to be exact) in a Windows XP laptop, that I in turn got used. So I was basically still using a fully 32-bit OS until it broke (which must've been around 2016) but I think it's not inconceivable that some hardware from this era has survived to this day. After all, some MS-DOS-era hardware sill works today and is much older, from like the eighties.

However, even if it works, I very much doubt it would be good enough to run any remotely modern game. The small laptop that I had back then even struggled with games from its own era, such as the Sims 2, which can run fine on basically anything today.

Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit
20 Dec 2025 at 5:32 pm UTC Likes: 4

I thought I read something somewhere about the 64-bit client being unable to launch 32-bit games?

PCGamingwiki says this about the Linux client:
User requests for a native 64-bit client have been denied by Valve on numerous occasions since 2014, purportedly since such a client would be unable to launch 32-bit games.

Steam Winter Sale is live with Steam Awards 2025 open for voting
18 Dec 2025 at 8:27 pm UTC Likes: 6

I should get through my massive backlog before buying anything new 😆

The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode
16 Dec 2025 at 11:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

Its a cool game but i lost interest after i could not beat Fungus on normal difficulty after trying at least 7 times. It was just to difficult for me and was blocking progression to all the other pathogens.

Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now
12 Dec 2025 at 2:40 pm UTC Likes: 8

hell yea! Today I installed V-Rally 2 Expert Edition (directx 7 game) from disc. It installed fine after unchecking the extra install options. The disc check works, the joystick works, and it even renders fine at 1080p with standard Proton 9. Getting D7VK working with it was a breeze.

Monster Hunter Wilds is set for some big performance upgrades
11 Dec 2025 at 2:58 pm UTC Likes: 6

better late than never I suppose… the biggest culprit here must be the 2 DRM's they are running AT THE SAME TIME (Denuvo and Capcom Protector), and what's worse is that the game apparently checks every single texture going in and out of memory. Such a waste of processing cycles for nothing useful.

Shame on you Capcom for treating your paying customers so badly.

Half-Life Legacy arrives December 12 but you'll need Proton on Linux due to Native Linux issues
3 Dec 2025 at 11:35 am UTC Likes: 5

I don't really get how this is different from Black Mesa?