Software Update: Wine 1.7.6

A new development build of Wine has been released with version number 1.7.6. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API. The software makes it possible to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, among others. A large group of developers contribute to Wine and it has been decided to release a new so-called development version every two weeks, instead of waiting for a number of new functions to be ready. A stable edition is published a few times a year. The database with applications that work under Wine, with or without the help of minor adjustments, contains 20,704 titles at the time of writing. Below you will find what has been changed and improved in this release.

What’s new in this release:

• Rewrite of the BiDi algorithm for full Unicode 6.3 support.
• Support for Video Mixing Renderer version 7.
• Better handling of window resizes in the Mac driver.

Bugs fixed in 1.7.6 (total 30):

• FindActCtxSectionGuid not implemented for NHL games
• Multiple applications fail due to user32 OpenInputDesktop stub (TeamViewer, QQ International, Inspect tool from Windows Platform SDK)
• Touhou 7.5: Immaterial and Missing Power (IaMP) – config.exe (16 bit app) silently fails (missing comctl32.dll dependency)
• Max Payne 2: Ingame windows rendered incorrectly with nvts pipe
• Pikachu Volleyball’s window isn’t positioned correctly in a virtual desktop
• Bioshock 1.0 crashes at startup
• Install Shield fails on 64bit multilib wine if WINEPREFIX was created by 64bit wine
• Battlefield Bad Company 2: Crashes When Loading Level
• Multiple apps need support for COM server information from PE manifest aka registration/registry-free COM (Exact Audio Copy (EAC), AliWangWang …)
• Split Second crashes when changing screen resolution
• Multiple .NET apps need GdipPrivateAddFontFile (MTGO v3 launcher, Harmony Practice 3)
• Post Apocalyptic Mayhem crashes on start
• Visual Studio 2010 needs windowscodecs WICSetEncoderFormat_Proxy
• Certain games on Steam crash on start in xinput1_3 (in-game overlay enabled)
• Dragon age 2 : Graphic bug when saving, loading or entering new area
• Low FPS with winemac driver in Unreal Tournament GOTY
• Artemis 2.0 crashes when loading the splash screen
• TreeSize Free: help window won’t open
• Heidisql & Beyond Compare: crashes when trying to copy and paste inside the program
• Battle City Remake crashes
• TM2013 can’t install
• Notepad++: crashes launching the plugin manager
• Music stopped working in The Witcher
• Installation of Windows Installer Cleanup utility fails due to wshom:WshShell3_ExpandEnvironmentStrings being a stub
• The winspool.drv:info test crashes on Windows 8
• lotro close with gamer error 201
• Xmlhttprequest referer is not set
• SmartFTP Client needs shlwapi.PathUnExpandEnvStringsA/W implementation
• Multiple .NET 3.x/4.x apps need Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WMI class
• No sound in Mass Effect 2/3