Release Wine 8.1

took place The experimental release of the open implementation of Win32 API – wine 8.1 . From the moment of release 8.0, 27 errors were closed and 299 changes were made. Recall that starting with branches 2.x, the Wine project moved to the numbering scheme of versions, in which each stable release leads to an increase in the first digit in the version number (7.0.0, 8.0.0), and updates to stable releases are available with a change in the third digit (8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3). Experimental versions developed in the process of preparing the following significant release are available with a change in the second digit (8.1, 8.2, 8.3).

The most important changes:

  • Windows version for new prefixes is exhibited at Windows 10.
  • Changes with the results of cod cleaning are included during freezing before the release of 8.0.
  • Added support for Vulkan broadcasting vk_ext_hdr_metadata, which is necessary for working with HDR in games operating on the basis of the graphic API VULKAN, such as Doom Eternal.
  • Closed errors related to the work of games: Dungeons, Diablo III, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Anno 1800, Gog Galaxy.
  • Closed errors related to the application of applications: FL Studio, Free PC Audit 5.1.211.96, Snagit, Aviutl.
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