Software Update: Wine 2.21

A new development build of Wine has been released with version number 2.21. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API and allows you to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. 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 25,028 titles at the time of writing. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

What’s new in this release:

• Still more metafile support in GdiPlus.
• Indirect draws support in Direct 3D.
• Calling convention fixes on ARM.
• Improved serial port detection on Linux.
• Services fixes on WoW64.
• Better DPI scaling in the Shell Explorer.

Bugs fixed in 2.21 (total 16):

• 34601: Hydro Thunder from Midway Arcade Treasures 3 crashes quickly after the start
• 37669: Resetting a write watch can cause memory access violation in kernel
• 38334: SpinTires crashes with unimplemented function d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXFrameFind
• 42568: user32/tests/msg.ok intermittent failure in SendMessage from other thread
• 42569: user32/tests/clipboard intermittent failure (“expected freed memory”)
• 42570: dinput/tests/mouse intermittently fails in Acquire() and GetDeviceData()
• 42863: Multiple games require sample_c_lz for cube/array textures (Winexy, Witcher 3, Flame in the Flood)
• 43273: The Witcher 3 freezes the system in a certain area of ​​the game
• 43316: Process Hacker 2.x needs ADVAPI32.dll.LsaLookupPrivilegeName
• 43405: NieR:Automata – Most bullets are invisible
• 43483: Medusa Demo crashes with unimplemented function d3dx10_43.dll.D3DX10PreprocessShaderFromMemory
• 43750: USB “ttyACM0” serial port not being created
• 43853: Keepass2 fails to launch
• 43884: MSVC LINK.EXE version 14.11.25547.0 crashes due to unimplemented function _memicmp_l
• 43939: comctl32 cannot load its assembly on arm
• 43952: kernel32/tests/console.ok fails