Monday, April 3, 2023

Windows translation layer Wine 8.5 is out now - GamingOnLinux - Translation

The Wine 8.5 development release is now available for this translation layer, enabling Windows games and other apps to work on Linux. Part of what makes Steam Play Proton do its thing! This is the usual fortnightly release with the latest work, and then once a year they put up a new stable release that will be Wine 9.0.

Here's the highlights:

  • Bundled vkd3d upgraded to version 1.7.
  • Better error reporting in the IDL compiler.
  • Support for shared Wow64 Classes registry key.
  • More cleanups in IME support.
  • Support for configuring a WinRT dark theme.
  • Various bug fixes.

Some of the bugs noted to be solved up to this release include fixes for Deus Ex: Invisible War, Fair Strike, Bible Black: La Noche de Walpurgis, Sins of the Solar Empire Rebellion, Ultimate Race Pro and various miscellaneous fixes.

Want help managing Wine on Linux? You can try Bottles, Lutris and the Heroic Launcher.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

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