← Back to context Comment by tubs 2 months ago Isn’t this because the wine db has those tweaks pre configured? 3 comments tubs Reply Xirdus 2 months 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. realusername 2 months 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. shakna 2 months ago More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti...
Xirdus 2 months 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.
realusername 2 months 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.
shakna 2 months ago More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti...
Windows used to be half operating system, half preconfigured compatibility tweaks for all kinds of applications. That's how it kept its backwards compatibility.
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.
More a case of DirectX radically changing how it worked [0].
[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darti...