Release Wine 9.6

The experimental release of the open implementation of Win32 API – Wine 9.6 recently took place, following the release of version 9.5. This latest release saw the closure of 18 errors and the implementation of 154 amendments.

Some of the key changes include:

  • Improvements in the system calls system (Wine_SYSCALL_DISPATCHER) to preserve the state of the registers used in the expansion of AVX.
  • Enhanced support for effects in the API Direct2D.
  • Addition of support for additional padding of OAEP (Optimal ASYMMEMETRIC ENCRYPTION PADING) and the RSA algorithm in the BCRYPT implementation.
  • Establishment of the Widl (Wine Interface Definition Language) interface interface.
  • Inclusion of support for extension EXT_EXTENDED_DYNAMIC_STATE2 in Wined3D, which now requires support for GLSL 1.20.
  • Closure of errors affecting games such as Final Fantasy XI Online, Chessbase 14, Visual Nevel Shin Koihime Eiyuutan, Nerf Arena Blast, Iron Harvest, and The Hong Kong Massacre.
  • Closure of error reports related to the operation of applications like SolidWorks 2016, AutoCAD 2005, Mozart 10/11, Ti-83 Plus Flash Debugger, Trackmania Unlimiter 1.3.x, NPROTECT GameGuard Personal, and NPROTECT ANTI-VIRUS/Spyware 4.0.
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