Wineskin 2.5.4 Released

Wineskin 2.5.4 update is out! You can get it in Wineskin Winery or use the normal Manual download option on the Downloads Page.

I'll work on getting the Manual and FAQ updated.

The list of stuff!

• new Icon and logo
• updated WineskinX11 to xorg-server 1.11.99.902+patches
• updated almost all supporting libraries to most current
• CMD+H or Cmd+Opt+A will knock you out of fullscreen mode now. Cmd+Opt+A will still toggle it back on.
• File Associations should work correctly
• Various error detection and handling improvements
• Fixes to detecting where fonts are on system X11
• Uses newest version quartz-wm on your system, unless its not found, then uses wrapper version. This fixes many problems with decorated windows. (optional-default)
• WineskinQuitScript script added in Menu Script folder to do a CMD+Q shutdown. Lets software makers have a chance to put in commands and such to do before someone can just kill it with CMD+Q.
• Wineskin.app Prompt on Quit option updated to tell Windows apps to shut down, so that the Windows app has a chance to prompt to save, etc... may not always work
• CD Eject command added to top menubar by default. Can help getting discs switched right for multi-disc game installs.
• If you launch a wrapper that a different user is already using, it no longer causes problems, it just gives an error that it cannot be used by multiple users at the same time.
• Default settings changed for copy/paste so it should work more reliably
• Default Menu scripts have info on them on how to access and use Wine correctly, so you can launch other programs in Wine or whatever is needed.
• Installer will only prompt to set an EXE if the currently set EXE is not found after installation
• Engine base for Custom Engine builds updated to W2.5.4EngineBase and should work better now on all OSes and Xcode 3 or 4 (Xcode 4 is still limited to building 10.6+ compatible engines). libxml and freetype problems should be fixed, so no more XQuartz install required for building.

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Wine 1.4-rc3 Released

The Wine development release 1.4-rc3 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Bugs fixed in 1.4-rc3:

4756 Can't install Bard's tale due to grayed out "I accept" button in eula dialog
6033 Fallout 2 : In game mouse pointer is unusable
8295 Motorhead crashes when using hw D3D renderer
14211 Skype 3.8 Crash while installing
15229 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 has gdiplus error on microphone display box
15531 Janosch - Kleine Tigerschule crashes
15894 PostgreSQL 8.3 service installation fails
17036 GTA2 (Grand Theft Auto 2) runs too slow to be playable (ATi issue)
17370 Notepad++ 5.2 crashes when triggering tooltip over macro record toolbar button
17508 Adobe Photoshop CS2 won't install
18345 Silverlight 2+ installers fails
20186 Project64 does not work with gamepads anymore
20866 Houaiss Portuguese Dictionary (blocked window)
21015 Star Trek: Birth of the Federation crashes
21799 3DRad IDE does not display properly
22104 Proteus ISIS slows down in time
22305 AutoWikiBrowser databse scanner fails with err:seh:setup_exception_record
22459 NFSMW - Only black screen
22836 ITypeInfo_fnInvoke member ID -525 - HP Virtual Rooms 8.0
23423 Some graphics are corrupted in Civilization IV
23827 HTML-Kit crashes on exit
23912 dvdflick has an error on startup: "Object doesn't support this property or method"
24248 TREPCAD St3: some stair types give fatal errors
24288 SR3D Builder "will only install when DotNet2.0 is installed"
24659 The material Navigator reports a system failure and terminates the program
24791 Broken display in Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
25615 Wine Internet Explorer cannot load kongregate
25749 TortoiseSVN (TortoiseProc.exe) crashes upon exit (OLE teardown)
26792 Sentinel Protection Driver/Service installer fails
27256 PDFCreator installer cannot display Chinese correctly
27606 SketchUp 8 garbled working area
27826 SpongeBob: Truth or Square Demo crashes before you can start
27902 Project64 1.7.x beta doesn't work anymore
28033 CAJViewer 7.1 install failed on some machine
28092 pwsafe 3.26 chm help file blank
28162 Battle.net System Check fails to send data
28237 Hyperlinks do nothing in Internet Explorer 3.02
28304 "p" command doesn't recognize single-quoted chars in expressions
28379 Internet Explorer 4.0 highlights selected text incorrectly
28516 Red Alert 3 crashes when loading map
29046 Office 2007 apps crash loading document properties editing window
29116 Pegasus Mail v. 4.62 build 191, IERenderer 2.4.5.18 generates (0x80004001) @01AEDC9D upon exit due to mshtml HTMLDocument_get_frames() stub
29130 Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey fails to recognize the CD in the drive (needs support for IOCTL_STORAGE_CHECK_VERIFY2)
29552 Tropico 3 installer crashes with -fno-omit-frame-pointer
29577 msvcmaker-generated projects try to run non-existent winebuild.exe
29639 TextPad 5 installer crashes in repair mode
29712 DInput doesn't support INFINITE effect iterations
29740 wine gecko failed to get the profile directory
29741 Office 2007 SP2 & SP3 installers report success but fail to install some components
29760 Sonic R complains about a lost surface when starting in Direct3D mode
29761 Bridge Commander: Black screen
29783 quartz/filtergraph test is flaky
29808 mingw32-g++ random crash compiling a wxWidgets app
29814 Stronghold Crusader: unhandled page fault
29821 Notepad++: closed tabs aren't properly cleared
29827 Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey gives 'File not found' when running setup.exe
29829 Some images in treeview have black backgrounds with native comctl32
29834 Age of Empires II screen freezes after playing for around 10 minutes
29840 gdi32/font.ok test fails: font.c:4208: Test failed: expected non-vertical face for charset 128, got'

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CrossOver Games 10.3.0 for Linux and Mac has been released

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Change Log For CrossOver Games

10.3.0 CrossOver Games

• Fixes for Skyrim on Linux.
• Patch fixes for World of Warcraft.

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• Fixes for Team Fortress 2 (stop it from displaying in black & white by default) and an update to the graphics card database (we can recognize newer graphics cards).

Bordeaux 75% off sale

The Bordeaux Technology Group is proud to announce a 75% off sale on Bordeaux for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, PCBSD and OpenIndiana. With the new reduced price we hope more people will have the opportunity to use Bordeaux and Wineskin Pro to run their favorite Windows applications and Games.

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About Wineskin Pro:
Wineskin is a tool used to make wrappers to run Windows software on Mac OS X. The wrappers are in the form of a normal Mac Application, which can be double clicked and ran just like its native. They can also be used to make a distributable port of software. You do not need the Windows program's source code, you can attempt to port any program you want.

With Wineskin Pro you will receive basic support for installing and configuring the Wineskin Application. We will also answer questions about installing engines and configuring wrappers, and in the near future provide custom engines that have been tested to work with today's most popular Games.

Unlike other solutions you can have multiple engines (Wine versions) installed at one time, so if your favorite game runs in that engine you don't have to worry about it breaking in a future Wine release.

About Bordeaux:
The Bordeaux Technology Group is a software services and development company specializing in Windows compatibility software. Users of Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris and Mac systems from time to time find themselves in the need to run specialized Windows software. The Bordeaux suite enables access to these programs and data in a seamless and low cost manner without requiring licensing of Microsoft Technology. The Bordeaux Group also provides migration services and support for alternative operating systems specializing in Windows compatibility.

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