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Not to mention that it acts as a compatibility layer for older games that don't run on Windows 10 and others that will stop working as they remove more and more legacy code/features.

Some say there are games that have noticeable stutters or bottlenecks on Windows that doesn't share the same issues on Wine.

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This would be nice, but I won't hold my breath too much: Valve is invested in current technologies like DX11 and DX12 emulation, whereas it'd be nice to see better emulation of D3D8/9 and DDraw if possible.

Things will only get better from now on (or as long as the money keeps flowing).

https://github.com/disks86/VK9

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/551

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/pull/541

Wow... Nice. I had always dreamed of commercially-supported Wine Direct3D improvements, and there's hardly a better company to invest than Valve. Valve definitely is willing to make longer term plays, especially looking at how long they've been working with Linux in general. Hope to see older titles improve as work goes on.

ts-ddraw and cnc-ddraw provide a decent base for certain ddraw games C&C95, Red Alert, Warcraft 2, C&C Tiberian Sun, and Red Alert 2. This is Warcraft 2 with cnc-ddraw using xbrz: https://i.imgur.com/sG1DC23.png

https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw

https://github.com/CnCNet/ts-ddraw

Use case https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/97l5bk/cc_tib...

Only 1321 fps? Compatibility layers always add such a terrible performance hit.

> C&C Tiberian Sun

I remember that music! Good old days :)

In the original announcement they say since 2016 they have been working with CodeWeavers on areas including "Many wined3d performance and functionality fixes for Direct3D 9 and Direct3D 11"

https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail...

Directx9 workf fine in Wine already, the problems were with Directx11, there are some obscure games that are not working on Wine, some games need specific fixes since they were working on Windows by mistake.

I could not play Oblivion on Windows10 but worked on Wine for me.

Proton is still Wine at its core. It's been handling that stuff for ages.

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