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cm0002@futurology.today to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 day ago

New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

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New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

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But author warns that Direct3D 7 “is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability.”…
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    Soon? Let’s talk DOSBox

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      For early Windows DirectX 1 - 6 there’s 86Box.

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        dgVoodoo2 has worked fine for me for years for DX7 and earlier on wine. lutris already supports it natively.

        Or if a VM is needed, qemu+softgpu has been much faster for me than pcem/86box.

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          Bookmarking softgpu that’s a great link, thanks.

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