← Back to context Comment by tubs 1 day ago Isn’t this because the wine db has those tweaks pre configured? 3 comments tubs Reply Xirdus 1 day 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. shakna 1 day ago More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti... realusername 1 day 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.
Xirdus 1 day 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.
shakna 1 day ago More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti...
realusername 1 day 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.
Windows used to be half operating system, half preconfigured compatibility tweaks for all kinds of applications. That's how it kept its backwards compatibility.
More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].
[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti...
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.