Software Update: Wine 2.9

A new development build of Wine has been released with version number 2.9. 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 24,559 titles at the time of writing. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

What’s new in this release:

• Support for tesselation shaders in Direct3D.
• Binary mode support in WebServices.
• Clipboard changes detected through Xfixes.
• User interface improvements in RegEdit.

Bugs fixed in 2.9 (total 38):

• 24698: Explorer++ doesn’t show file icons
• 32473: Acoustica Mixcraft 6 crashes when loading project containing video (DirectShow Editing Services missing ‘AMTimeline’ class, ‘{78530b75-61f9-11d2-8cad-00a024580902}’, ‘qedit.dll’)
• 33844: Grandia 2 whiteout.
• 34850: Improve commctl32 TaskDialogIndirect stub to show “content” part in task dialog box (more detailed error messages for various apps/games)
• 35529: Uninstaller: application list doesn’t fit
• 37405: The entry “My Computer” in regedit is handled like a registry key
• 38980: World of Warships/Planes/Tanks client in torrent download mode crashes spuriously on high bandwidth load (i/o completion ports)
• 39153: Tomb Raider last edition 2013 (Steam version) crashes while starting
• 41091: 1nsane (GOG.com) crashes after launch
• 41184: DX11 Tesselation tutorial doesn’t work correctly
• 41837: Way of the Samurai 4 has black blocks in the main menu without native d3dx9
• 41908: WeChat can’t display and send emoticons.
• 42080: Listview does not draw correctly in some conditions.
• 42186: Uplay games don’t work anymore since latest update
• 42292: The Witcher 3 fails to render correctly after starting a new game
• 42296: avast installer doesnt start (needs LdrEnumerateLoadedModules)
• 42348: League of legends installer: “Invalid command line”
• 42410: Banished (DX11) renders broken geometry (regression)
• 42673: Battle.net no longer runs after Wow Legion update
• 42708: Soul Reaver GOG Cinematics stopped working
• 42783: Terragen 4 needs function KERNEL32.dll.GetActiveProcessorGroupCount
• 42846: GT Challenge (Box run) crashes
• 42873: Need for Speed: The Run crashes when reacquiring query context
• 42900: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes rendering issue
• 42922: GMATPrep 2.4.323 fails to install
• 42937: Multiply games stuck with stack overflow when using OffscreenRenderingMode=backbuffer
• 42940: WAtomic: White labels that show name of elements hidden by GL components
• 42966: World/models are upside-down in multiply games when using ORM=backbuffer
• 42985: Rise of the Tomb Raider needs unimplemented function USER32.dll.GetPhysicalCursorPos
• 42993: wine can’t be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (gdiplus/metafile.c)
• 43005: secur32/tests/ntlm.ok crashes in DeleteSecurityContext
• 43012: FFXIV (Realm Reborn) requires patch list primitive type support
• 43019: redefinition of typedef ‘QWORD’ (wine compilation fails with gcc 4.2.1)
• 43023: Applications using Windows Script Host Shell Object crash due to added IProvideClassInfo support
• 43026: SP+ maker won’t run.
• 43039: Rise of the Tomb Raider needs unimplemented function USER32.dll.PhysicalToLogicalPoint
• 43048: regedit crashes exporting any HKEY_* entry
• 43062: Installer from GOG.com displays black rectangles