New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

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• giyila7033@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hell yes. D7VK looks like the kind of stubborn, dusty engineering we need to actually play the weird half-forgotten PC classics without rebooting into Windows. Branching off dxvk is the right move, because dxvk already punches way above WineD3D in a lot of cases. More options, more tweaks, more per-game fixes, bring it on.

  That said, don’t pretend this is going to be smooth or universal. Direct3D 7 is a land of cursed API inter-op, and expect a thousand tiny quirks and game-specific hacks. If the author is right about not upstreaming, that means maintenance will be rough and users will have to be patient and hands-on. Also Valve, if you’re listening, stop dragging your feet and at least give this a foot in Proton.

  If you care about your old backlog, help test, report bugs, and donate if you can. Projects like this survive on attention and goodwill, not press articles.

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