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Lutris helps you install and play video games from all eras and from most gaming systems. By leveraging and combining existing emulators, engine re-implementations and compatibility layers, it gives you a central interface to launch all your games.
The client can connect with existing services like Humble Bundle, GOG and Steam to make your game libraries easily available. Game downloads and installations are automated and can be modified through user made scripts.
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Changelog :
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What's new in this release:
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 7.19 (total 17):
- #9158 Multiple Microsoft development tools online/web installers fail to skip "$shtdwn$.req" with FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN (Visual Studio Express Editions, .NET Framework 3.0)
- #48414 OpenMPT UI does not render all textboxes correctly
- #50269 Multiple applications need IWMSyncReader::GetOutputCount() implementation (Resident Evil Revelations 2; Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3)
- #51884 HP Prime Virtual Calculator Emulator crashes when license agreement screen opens
- #52655 Cubase 12 crashes on unimplemented function advapi32.dll.OpenThreadWaitChainSession
- #52659 No sound for games that utilize windows media player functionality
- #52931 vulkan-1:vulkan fails in Wine on cw-rx460 and Intel cards
- #52954 Kheops Studio adventure games: Graphic bug that prevents any progress in the game
- #53234 nsi:nsi - test_ndis_ifinfo() fails randomly on Windows 10 1507
- #53575 Subtitle Workshop Classic 6.1.4 disabled menu items are not viewable at all with Light theme
- #53615 Sonic Adventure DX (2004) deadlocks on the title screen
- #53645 AIMP 3 causes memory leaks
- #53672 x64dbg crashes when opening executable
- #53673 "AE VN Tools" fails to launch in staging v7.17 (previously "just worked" on staging v7.13)
- #53700 DbgChild crashes on unimplemented function ntdll.dll.RtlDosPathNameToRelativeNtPathName_U
- #53714 SQLGetInfo(W) doesn't fill StringLength when InfoValue is NULL
- #53773 winetricks dotnet35 fails to install
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The Wine development release 7.18 is now available.
What's new in this release:
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 7.18 (total 20):
- #31157 Multiple applications (FileMaker Pro 12-19, MyDiff) crash when trying to create/open sample solution ('ImmAssociateContext' should only generate 'WM_IME_SETCONTEXT' if window has focus)
- #35478 Multiple applications and games need dsdmo.dll (DirectSound Effects)
- #36312 valgrind shows a couple possible leaks in oledb32/tests/marshal.c
- #36944 Hotel Giant 2 crashes frequently
- #42751 Multiple applications crash on unimplemented function msvcr{100,110}.dll.?_Schedule@_StructuredTaskCollection@details@Concurrency@@
QAEXPAV_UnrealizedChore@23@@Z (Gas Guzzlers Combat Carnage, Clip Studio Paint, Cube World, Intel ACAT)
- #44314 Adobe FrameMaker 8: Installer aborts with the error "The wizard was interrupted..."
- #48487 MSYS based Git 2.25 installer reports 'could not decode hex <hexstring>' (needs support for CryptStringToBinaryW CRYPT_STRING_HEX)
- #48600 Bloomberg Terminal needs unimplemented function dbghelp.dll.SymSrvGetFileIndexInfo
- #51404 Resident Evil 7 objects rendered with glitches (Vulkan renderer)
- #52677 REVELPROG_IS crashes on unimplemented function winusb.dll.WinUsb_Free
- #53430 urlmon:url fails due to unexpected redirection
- #53458 windows.media.speech:speech - The 64-bit test_Recognition() gets unexpected ref count on Windows after ISpeechContinuousRecognitionSession_Release()
- #53570 Visual C++ 2015-2019 crashes on launch
- #53577 d3d9:device - test_scissor_size() fails on Windows 8+
- #53578 msvfw32:mciwnd - test_MCIWndCreate() fails in Wine
- #53609 Segmentation fault when starting Dosbox.exe in virtual desktop mode
- #53614 KeePassXC crashes on unimplemented function msvcp140.dll.?ReportUnhandledError@_ExceptionHolder@details@Concurrency@@AEAAXXZ
- #53626 Wine crash due to long filename when saving file in Framemaker
- #53703 Wine crashes when setting a long window title.
- #53706 NtDeviceIoControlFile() is quite slow when called with and invalid handle
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What's new in this release:
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
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What's new in this release:
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Lutris helps you install and play video games from all eras and from most gaming systems. By leveraging and combining existing emulators, engine re-implementations and compatibility layers, it gives you a central interface to launch all your games.
The client can connect with existing services like Humble Bundle, GOG and Steam to make your game libraries easily available. Game downloads and installations are automated and can be modified through user made scripts.
Download this version of Lutris from here.
Changelog :
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This is the 424th issue of World Wine News. Its main goal is to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open-source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
The full article is here
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Link to source code
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What's new in this release:
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 7.15 (total 22):
- #40444 Find doesn't jump to a found item in WinSCP when editing a file
- #47057 Call of Cthulhu fails to completely load levels and trigger cutscenes
- #49461 Gridrunner Revolution: sound effects stop working after a while
- #49678 Lost Chronicles of Zerzura hangs on startup
- #49692 Multiple applications need a Media Foundation media source implementation
- #50131 Remothered: Tormented Fathers crashes on video loading
- #50546 Persona 4 Golden requires notification message XACTNOTIFICATIONTYPE_WAVEBANKPREPARED to play sounds.
- #50593 Sforzando Sample Player don't draw text, needs font fallback support
- #52448 Multiple visual novels display videos inside separate ActiveMovie window (Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai)
- #52534 ListView: multi select never sends LVN_ODSTATECHANGED
- #52601 The Settlers V: crashes when starting
- #52610 Memory corruption in PE build, when using FIXME in krnl386.exe __wine_vxd_open() function
- #52933 windows.media.speech:speech: The IAsyncInfo_Close() tests fail on Windows
- #52957 Invisible pop-ups text in SeaMonkey 2.53.12
- #53123 ListView: Ctrl+Shift+LMouse multiselect on LVS_OWNERDATA listviews erroneously sends LVN_ODSTATECHANGED
- #53196 foobar2000: Crashes randomly when opening items in menu bar while playing audio
- #53275 emule crashes with ntdll_set_exception_jmp_buf error
- #53364 Mouse does not move scroll bar in multiple applications (Framemaker 8, Audacity, Visio 2003)
- #53366 Can't compile AES-CCM support prior to GNUTLS version 3.4.0
- #53483 CFB implementation partially missing
- #53487 Keyboard input doesn't work for a multiple games (Witcher 3, Just Cause 4, Unravel Two)
- #53495 "HP" text does not render in Vestaria Saga Non-Visual Battles
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Lutris helps you install and play video games from all eras and from most gaming systems. By leveraging and combining existing emulators, engine re-implementations and compatibility layers, it gives you a central interface to launch all your games.
The client can connect with existing services like Humble Bundle, GOG and Steam to make your game libraries easily available. Game downloads and installations are automated and can be modified through user made scripts.
Download this version of Lutris from here.
Changelog :
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This is the 423rd issue of World Wine News. Its main goal is to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open-source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
The full article is here
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The Wine development release 7.14 is now available.
What's new in this release:
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 7.14 (total 19):
36711 Sid Meier's Civilization IV crashes while loading saved game (GOG.com complete, Colonization, Warlords, Beyond the Sword)('winetricks -q msxml3' is a workaround)
39987 Multiple applications need 'shell32.SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems' implementation to open explorer window with specified items in particular folder selected (Firefox 42.0, Windows 95 Electron app)
50624 Waves Central 12.0.5 fails to start: __call__ pywintypes.error: (1336, 'AddAccesAllowedAce', 'Invalid ACL.')
51616 Unravel Two crashes on intro
52594 Rust applications using the tokio library abort with "failed to park" error
52673 Missing IShellItemImageFactory implementation for ShellItem.
52773 wine prefix is not to ready to use after running wineboot
52815 Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 hangs during install
53058 Incorrect socket reconnect behavior for DGRAM sockets
53105 Certain specific dialogue boxes are permanently fullscreen
53106 Icons not rendering properly in the window titlebar
53189 Cheat Engine crashes when opening a drop-down menu
53289 Unimplemented richedit ITextDocument::Undo and ITextDocument::Redo causes extraneous undo entries
53307 World of Tanks broken with wined3d's Vulkan renderer
53310 Roblox Fails With HttpSendRequest
53348 Can't input anything with CJK input method (fcitx).
53349 Sigma Data Center fails to sync with Sigma Cloud
53372 Total War Shogun 2 spews RtlLeaveCriticalSection() section is not acquired errors in 3D scenes.
53411 Wrong font is used in NtUserDrawCaptionTemp()
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This is the 422nd issue of World Wine News. Its main goal is to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open-source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
The full article is here
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What's new in this release:
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 7.13 (total 16):
43167 Witcher 3 will not start
47375 Multiple applications crash on unimplemented function msvcr120.dll.?_Schedule@_StructuredTaskCollection@details@Concurrency@@
QEAAXPEAV_UnrealizedChore@23@@Z (Photoshop C 2018, CLIP Studio Paint)
51129 Function name conflict (ldap_connect) with OpenLDAP 2.5
51462 SnowRunner crashes when changing settings
51842 include/winnt.h:403:50: error: size of unnamed array is negative
52391 Multiple games are missing sound effects since FAudio import (Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Skyrim Legendary Edition)
53104 Wireshark can't start capturing packets
53133 uiautomationcore:uiautomation - test_uia_prov_from_acc_properties() crashes on Windows 8
53157 --without-mingw builds on Mac can't unwind exceptions
53231 d2d1:d2d1 - test_shared_bitmap() crashes on the TestBot VMs
53298 Check boxes don't scale properly in Qt application with light theme
53309 Wizard101 launcher window takes over a minute to appear
53335 Crash when converting an rich text editor already containing text into a password input
53341 uxtheme:system depends on GetDpiForSystem() which is missing on Windows 10 1507 and earlier
53343 The 64-bit itss:protocol fails in Wine
53344 HPLOCONS (legacy TLS applications): GnuTLS priority string overrides are ignored in schan_create_session() (patch included)
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The Wine development release 7.12 is now available.
What's new in this release:
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 7.12 (total 13):
49501 Star Citizen: No mic input audio (used for voip)
49633 StarCitizen launcher crashes on start with a winmm error
52475 Shogun Total War 2 crashes on start up. (Main Application.)
52586 Approach (Smart Suite) crashes when trying to print to cups-pdf
52729 Argentum 20 RPG Launcher has graphical glitches
53049 Incorrect display of selected buttons in Light theme.
53066 Wireshark shows black rectangle on various places if light theme is enabled
53156 MetaTrader4 stopped working properly with wine 7.10
53169 Rich edit control becomes unstable or trips assertion after ITextRange::SetFont is called
53170 Rich edit control becomes unstable or trips assertion after changing TextFont properties
53180 aria2 needs QueryContextAttributes(SECPKG_ATTR_CIPHER_INFO) to return a valid version
53201 The 32-bit evr:evr crashes almost systematically on the TestBot's Wine VMs
53235 The 32-bit mfplat:mfplat crashes on the TestBot debian11 VM
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This is the 421st issue of World Wine News. Its main goal is to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open-source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
The full article is here
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The Wine team is proud to announce that release 1.4 of vkd3d, the Direct3D to Vulkan translation library, is now available.
This release contains improvements that are listed in the release notes. The main highlights are:
The source is available here.
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What's new in this release:
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Link to source code
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This is the 420th issue of World Wine News. Its main goal is to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open-source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
The full article is here
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What's new in this release:
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This is the 419th issue of World Wine News. Its main goal is to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open-source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
The full article is here
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The Wine development release 7.9 is now available.
What's new in this release:
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 7.9 (total 35):
14841 ntdll:file tests are flaky
19183 "make test" still fails on d3d9/tests/visual.c
28220 kernel32/process.ok: test fails when redirected
28508 user32:monitor tests fail occasionally
34782 crypt32/chain tests crash with gcc-4.8.1 (win64)
39346 Lego Rock Raiders crashes on startup (d3drm_device_init doesn't handle device version 3 case)
45959 Editpad Lite 7 GUI not rendered correctly
45960 Editpad Lite 7 displays empty boxes instead of text in some menus
49285 PNotesPortable crashes inside WritePrivateProfileStructW
50462 Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 crashes on startup (needs {4a2286e0-7bef-11ce-9bd9-0000e202599c} CLSID_CMpegAudioCodec)
51104 mf:mf crashes on Windows + AMD/NVidia
51283 d3d8:device breaks evr:evr on w7u-2qxl
51297 d3d8:visual & d3d9:visual, test_sample_mask() fails on Nvidia (cw-gtx560)
51298 d3d8:visual: lighting_test() fails on Windows 10 >= 2004
51376 Wine causes PC to lock or crash wine when loading more than 1 VST addon into WaveLab 6
51612 Stellaris launcher (Paradox) does not launch
51680 nsi:nsi test_ip_neighbour() fails on unreachable link local entry
51783 The ieframe:webbrowser output is too big in Wine
51827 d3dx10_34:d3dx10 crashes on all versions of Windows
52686 DateAdd not implemented
52751 `winetricks nocrashdialog` no longer works properly with Wine 7.5(but works with 7.4)
52761 mscoree:mscoree test fails without a display or console
52821 Cxbx Reloaded needs unimplemented function msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll.__std_atomic_wait_direct
52848 Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15: Typed characters not spaced correctly
52874 win32u change prevents chromium from starting
52892 The 64-bit ntdll:thread fails on w7pro64 and w864
52908 mf:mf - The 64-bit test_wma_decoder() fails on 64-bit Debian 11 + Intel
52914 mf:mf - The 64-bit test_h264_decoder() fails on 64-bit Debian 11 + Intel GPU
52937 msvcr110:msvcr110 fails on Windows with the UTF-8 codepage
52961 crypt32:str - test_CertGetNameString() fails on Windows 7
52969 mshtml:script fails on up-to-date Windows 8.1 machines
52970 kernelbase:process breaks lz32:lzexpand_main on Windows 1809+
52975 VTFEdit fails to start: err:module:LdrInitializeThunk "MSVCP80.dll" failed to initialize, aborting
53004 63ce060 causes a white border line in winecfg
53015 winscp bookmark adding error
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