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by tubs 163 days ago
Isn’t this because the wine db has those tweaks pre configured?
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Xirdus 163 days ago
Windows used to be half operating system, half preconfigured compatibility tweaks for all kinds of applications. That's how it kept its backwards compatibility.
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realusername 163 days ago
It's because wine OS selector actually tries to match bug for bug the OS version you set but Window's one gave up after Windows 7.
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shakna 163 days ago
More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].

[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti...

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