WINE 10.0-rc3 with 40 changes, including a patch for a nearly 16-year-old bug

  • WINE 10.0-rc3 is now available.
  • Fixes a bug that was reported almost 17 years ago
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WINE 10.0-rc3

WineHQ continues to put the final shape to the next stable version of Wine IS Not an Emulator. A week ago, always on Friday, I arrive the rc2 with almost 50 changes, and this week they have made several more tweaks with the launch de WINE 10.0-rc3As the saying goes, it's never too late if you're lucky, and in the last seven days they've fixed an old bug that had been present for almost 16 years.

The release notes, that is, in the list of highlights, still do not show anything special, and in that section you can only read "Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze«. It is known that they have carried out a total of 40 changes, which includes 15 bugs. Among them is one that was closed this week, but was reported back in February 2008. The bug in question caused dual to be incompatible with World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2 on multicore/SMP systems.

Bugs fixed in WINE 10.0-rc3

  • Dual-core not supported in WoW and SC2.
  • Chaos Legion videos play backwards.
  • There is no keyboard input in “STREET CHAVES – O LUTADOR DA VILA”.
  • Parallel Port Tester does not start (does not locate driver «System32\Drivers\inpoutx64.sys», but changing to absolute path works).
  • Bricks: Moving a brick quickly changes its position.
  • Starting a native program with “start /unix …” does not work.
  • Explorer cannot run any files in compatibility mode with Windows ME (or lower).
  • Startopia gets stuck on a black screen when starting.
  • IL-2 1946 crashes on startup.
  • Dark Age of Camelot – camelot.exe requires igd10umd32.dll but the .dll file is missing.
  • Painting in a proprietary app breaks with the vulkan renderer.
  • Desktop mode no longer shows the taskbar.
  • PokerTracker 4: Cannot be launched anymore.
  • Systray icons cannot be interacted with.
  • CMake does not find toolchain.

WINE 10.0-rc3 ya it can be downloaded from the button below these lines. In your download page There is also information on how to install this and other versions on Linux and other operating systems such as macOS and even Android.

If everything goes according to plan, WINE 10.0-rc4 will arrive in seven days, and there will be a new RC every week until the stable version is released in January or early February.