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cm0002@futurology.today to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days ago

New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

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cm0002@futurology.today to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days ago
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But author warns that Direct3D 7 “is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability.”…
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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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