January 2024 - Wine-Announce

Wine release 9.1

by Alexandre Julliard

The Wine development release 9.1 is now available. What's new in this release: - A number of Input Method improvements. - Improved Diffie-Hellman key support. - Better Dvorak keyboard detection. - Various bug fixes. The source is available at <https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/9.x/wine-9.1.tar.xz> Binary packages for various distributions will be available from <https://www.winehq.org/download> You will find documentation on <https://www.winehq.org/documentation> Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file [AUTHORS][1] for the complete list. [1]: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/raw/wine-9.1/AUTHORS ---------------------------------------------------------------- ### Bugs fixed in 9.1 (total 42): - #17414 user32/dde test crashes if +heap enabled - #25759 Polda 1: after intro picture and animation it shows black window - #35300 Lego Racers crashes when click on configuration commands for Player 1 - #36007 oleaut32/vartype tests crash with WINEDEBUG=warn+heap - #42784 Lost Planet dx10 demo black screen after starting new game - #46074 Visio 2013 crashes with unimplemented function msvcr100.dll.??0_ReaderWriterLock(a)details@Concurrency@@QAE(a)XZ - #46904 SIMATIC WinCC V15.1 Runtime: Automation License Manager 'almapp64x.exe' crashes on unimplemented function msvcp140.dll.?_XGetLastError(a)std@@YAXXZ - #50297 Blindwrite 7 crashes with a stack overflow - #50475 ENM (Externes Notenmodul / external mark module) crashes on opening - #50893 Wine cannot see home directory (32-bit time_t overflow) - #51285 The bmpcoreimage test in user32:cursoricon fails on most Windows versions - #51471 user32:input receives unexpected WM_SYSTIMER messages in test_SendInput() - #51473 user32:input Some SendInput() set LastError to ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED on cw-rx460 19.11.3 - #51474 user32:input SendInput() triggers an unexpected message 0x60 on Windows 10 1709 - #51477 user32:input test_Input_blackbox() gets unexpected 00&41(A) keystate changes - #51931 Dead Rising encounters infinite loading when starting a new game (needs WMAudio Decoder DMO) - #52399 SIMATIC WinCC V15.1 Runtime installer: SeCon tool fails with error 5 while trying to create 'C:\\windows\Security\\SecurityController' (needs '%windir%\\security') - #52595 GUIDE 7.0 shows black screen on start - #53516 user32:input failed due to unexpected WM_TIMECHANGE message - #54089 user32:input - test_SendInput() sometimes gets an unexpected 0x738 message on w1064v1709 - #54223 Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 Severely Low FPS - #54323 user32:input - test_SendInput() sometimes gets an unexpected 0xc042 message on Windows 7 - #54362 BurnInTest calls unimplemented function ntoskrnl.exe.ExAllocatePool2 - #55000 wineserver crashes below save_all_subkeys after RegUnLoadKey - #55268 user32:cursoricon - LoadImageA() fails in test_monochrome_icon() on Windows 8+ - #55467 MAME 0.257: mame.exe -listxml crashes - #55835 putenv clobbers previous getenv - #55883 SpeedWave can't draw Window, needs oleaut32.OleLoadPictureFile(). - #55945 KakaoTalk crashes when opening certain profiles after calling GdipDrawImageFX stub - #56054 Microsoft Safety Scanner crashes on exit on unimplemented function tbs.dll.GetDeviceIDString - #56055 AVG Antivirus setup crashes on unimplemented function ADVAPI32.dll.TreeSetNamedSecurityInfoW - #56062 unimplemented function mgmtapi.dll.SnmpMgrOpen - #56078 LibreOffice 7.6.4 crashes on unimplemented function msvcp140_2.dll.__std_smf_hypot3 - #56093 msys/pacman: fails with "fixup_mmaps_after_fork: VirtualQueryEx failed" - #56119 Emperor - Rise of the Middle Kingdom: invisible menu buttons - #56135 Dictionnaire Hachette Multimédia Encyclopédique 98 crashes on start - #56168 dbghelp hits assertion in stabs_pts_read_type_def - #56174 Forza Horizon 4 crashes with concrt140.dll.?_Confirm_cancel(a)_Cancellation_beacon@details(a)Concurrency@@QEAA_NXZ - #56195 Device name inconsistent casing between GetRawInputDeviceInfo and PnP - #56223 winedbg: crashes after loading gecko debug information - #56235 Windows Sysinternals Process Explorer 17.05 crashes showing Threads property page. - #56236 notepad freezes when displaying child dialog ### Changes since 9.0: ``` Aida Jonikienė (2): opengl32: Add a FIXME when doing a mapped buffer copy. localspl: Fix a maybe-uninitialized warning in fill_builtin_form_info(). Alex Henrie (8): uiautomationcore/tests: Use CRT allocation functions. tbs: Add GetDeviceIDString stub. advapi32: Add TreeSetNamedSecurityInfoW stub. include: Add mgmtapi.h and LPSNMP_MGR_SESSION. mgmtapi: AddSnmpMgrOpen stub. msvcp140_2: Implement __std_smf_hypot3. include: Add POOL_FLAGS and POOL_FLAG_*. ntoskrnl: Reimplement ExAllocatePool* on top of ExAllocatePool2. Alexandre Julliard (33): ntdll/tests: Add exception test for int 2d on x86-64. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the DDE message callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the thunk lock callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the copy image callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the load image callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the load sys menu callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the draw text callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the enum monitors callback. user32: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the window hook callback. winevulkan: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the debug callbacks. wineandroid.drv: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the start device callback. winex11.drv: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the drag and drop callbacks. winemac.drv: Return result through NtCallbackReturn for the drag and drop callbacks. user32: Return a proper NTSTATUS in the load driver callback. user32: Return a proper NTSTATUS in the post DDE message callback. user32: Return a proper NTSTATUS in all user callbacks. opengl32: Return a proper NTSTATUS in the debug callback. ntdll: Add NtCompareTokens syscall for ARM64EC. msvcp: Consistently use __int64 types in number conversion functions. include: Add a typedef for user callback function pointers. ntdll: Share KiUserCallbackDispatcher implementation across platforms. ntdll: Report failure in KiUserCallbackDispatcher when catching an exception. ntdll: Export KiUserCallbackDispatcherReturn. ntdll: Use a .seh handler for KiUserCallbackDispatcher exceptions. ntdll: Move the process breakpoint to the CPU backends. ntdll: Use a .seh handler for the process breakpoint. ntdll/tests: Update todos in context tests for new wow64 mode. configure: Only check for libunwind on x86-64. ntdll: Share the nested exception handler across platforms. ntdll: Use a .seh handler for nested exceptions. ntdll: Clear CONTEXT_UNWOUND_TO_CALL in signal frames. ntdll/tests: Port the exception unwinding tests to ARM64. ntdll/tests: Port the exception unwinding tests to ARM. Alistair Leslie-Hughes (2): include: Add more D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_ defines. include: Correct KMTQAITYPE values. Aurimas Fišeras (1): po: Update Lithuanian translation. Bartosz Kosiorek (2): gdiplus/tests: Add GdipDrawImageFX tests except effects or attributes. gdiplus: Partially implement GdipDrawImageFX. Bernhard Übelacker (6): wing32: Add tests. wing32: Avoid crash in WinGGetDIBPointer when called with NULL bitmap info. server: Allow VirtualQueryEx on "limited" handle. dbghelp: Return early if HeapAlloc failed. ntdll: Fix structure layout in RtlQueryProcessDebugInformation for 64-bit. server: Avoid unloading of HKU .Default registry branch. Biswapriyo Nath (5): include: Add D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_VIDEO_ENCODER_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS in d3d12video.idl. include: Add D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_VIDEO_ENCODER_RESOLUTION_SUPPORT_LIMITS in d3d12video.idl. include: Add D3D12_VIDEO_ENCODER_ENCODE_ERROR_FLAGS in d3d12video.idl. include: Add D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_VIDEO_ENCODER_SUPPORT in d3d12video.idl. include: Add missing macros in devenum.idl. Brendan McGrath (3): gdi32: Ignore Datatype when StartDoc is called. d2d1: Use 24-bit FP precision for triangulate. d2d1: Fix double free bug when d2d_geometry_sink_Close fails. Brendan Shanks (5): opengl32: Make wglSwapLayerBuffers hookable. combase: Make RoGetActivationFactory hookable. wined3d: Update reported AMD driver version. ntdll: Remove unnecessary NtQueryVirtualMemory call. ntdll: Only build the main module and ntdll once on Wow64. Daniel Hill (3): winex11.drv: Dvorak should use QWERTY scancodes. winex11.drv: Improve DetectLayout heuristics. winex11.drv: Add Dvorak with phantom keys layout. Daniel Lehman (2): msvcp120/tests: Add some tests for _Mtx_t fields. msvcp140: Pad _Mtx_t struct to match Windows. David Kahurani (1): gdiplus: Avoid use of temporary variable. Dmitry Timoshkov (4): ntdll: Add NtCompareTokens() stub. oleaut32: Do not reimplement OleLoadPicture in OleLoadPicturePath. oleaut32: Factor out stream creation from OleLoadPicturePath. oleaut32: Implement OleLoadPictureFile. Dāvis Mosāns (1): ntdll/tests: Test NtContinue on x86-64. Eric Pouech (7): dbghelp: Support redefinition of a range statement. winedbg: Make some internal data 'static const'. winedbg: Print all pid and tid with 4 hex characters. appwiz.cpl: Load dynamically wine_get_version(). user32: Load dynamically wine_get_version(). include: Avoid defining intrinsic functions as inline. include: Avoid redefining _InterlockedCompareExchange128 as inline. Etaash Mathamsetty (2): xinput: Implement XInputGetCapabilitiesEx. xinput: Reimplement XInputGetCapabilities. Fabian Maurer (8): dmsynth: Leave critical section when out of memory (Coverity). localspl: In fpScheduleJob leave critical section in error case (Coverity). wmiutils: Always zero path->namespaces in parse_text (Coverity). winedbg: Add missing break inside fetch_value (Coverity). wow64win: Add missing break inside packed_result_32to64 (Coverity). winegstreamer: Don't check event for NULL, gstreamer already does that. include: Add Windows.UI.ViewManagement.InputPane definitions. windows.ui: Add stubs for InputPane class. Fan WenJie (1): wined3d: Compile sm1 bytecode to spirv. Gabriel Brand (3): ws2_32/tests: Test binding UDP socket to invalid address. server: Return failure in bind if the address is not found. kernel32: Add string for WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL error. Gabriel Ivăncescu (6): msvcirt: Use proper operator_new and operator_delete types. jscript: Move thread_id from JScript struct to TLS data. jscript: Don't use atomic compare exchange when setting the script ctx. jscript: Make the garbage collector thread-wide rather than per-ctx. jscript: Allow garbage collection between different jscript contexts. mshtml: Implement document.lastModified. Giovanni Mascellani (2): wined3d: Expose the image view usage for null views. wined3d: Expose the image view usage for non-default views. Haidong Yu (1): loader: Associate folder with explorer. Hans Leidekker (19): bcrypt: Add support for setting DH parameters. bcrypt: Add support for retrieving DH parameters. bcrypt: Allow or disallow some operations based on whether keys are finalized. bcrypt: Add helpers to create a public/private key pair. bcrypt: Make DH blob size validation more strict in key_import_pair(). bcrypt: Reject DH keys smaller than 512 bits. bcrypt: Add support for generating DH keys from known parameters. bcrypt: Make sure key_asymmetric_derive_key() returns correct size. bcrypt: Assume we have a public key in key_export_dh_public(). bcrypt: Set dh_params in key_import_dh/_public(). bcrypt/tests: Add DH tests. crypt32: Pad R/S values with zeroes if smaller than their counterpart. sxs: Use wide character string literals. sxs/tests: Use wide character string literals. sxs/tests: Get rid of workarounds for old Windows versions. sxs/tests: Update QueryAssemblyInfo() test for Windows 10. sxs: Skip file copy when assembly is already installed. bcrypt: Fix private data size in wow64 thunks. dssenh: Finalize the hash if necessary in CPVerifySignature(). Jacek Caban (4): winevdm: Use char type for max length assignment. kernelbase: Silence -Wsometimes-uninitialized clang warning. kernelbase: Silence -Warray-bounds clang warning. devenum: Use switch statements for moniker type handling. Jinoh Kang (2): ntdll/tests: Avoid misaligned load in exception handler code in run_exception_test_flags(). ntdll/tests: Restore x86-64 #AC exception test in test_exceptions(). Martin Storsjö (6): ntdll: Fix KiUserCallbackDispatcher on arm. ntdll: Reduce fixme logging for large numbers of cores. ntdll: Remove libunwind support for aarch64. ntdll: Remove libunwind support for ARM. ntdll: Remove dwarf unwinding support for aarch64. wineps.drv: Avoid invalid unaligned accesses. Nicholas Tay (1): win32u: Preserve rawinput device instance ID case in add_device(). Nikolay Sivov (13): mf/tests: Skip tests if video renderer can't be created. ntdll: Update RTL_HEAP_PARAMETERS definition. ntdll/tests: Add some tests for creating custom heaps. scrrun/dictionary: Add support for hashing VT_EMPTY keys. scrrun/dictionary: Add support for hashing VT_NULL keys. scrrun/dictionary: Handle VT_EMPTY/VT_NULL keys. evr/dshow: Handle YUY2 sample copy. mf/tests: Fully cleanup when skipping tests. d2d1/tests: Add some tests for minimum/maximum input count in effect description. d2d1/effect: Handle variable input count attributes in the description. d2d1/effect: Use XML description for builtin effects. d2d1/effect: Recreate transform graph when input count changes. d3d10/effect: Use bitfields for numeric type descriptions. Paul Gofman (5): ntdll: Fix exception list offset in call_user_mode_callback / user_mode_callback_return. ntdll: Return STATUS_DEBUGGER_INACTIVE from NtSystemDebugControl() stub. winex11.drv: Fix wglSwapBuffers() with NULL current context with child window rendering. winhttp: Always return result at once if available in WinHttpQueryDataAvailable(). winhttp: Always return result at once if available in WinHttpReadData(). Piotr Caban (8): msvcp140_2: Fix i386 export names. msvcp140_2: Implement __std_smf_hypot3f. msvcp140_t/tests: Add __std_smf_hypot3 tests. concrt140: Add _Cancellation_beacon::_Confirm_cancel() implementation. msvcp140: Add _XGetLastError implementation. msvcp140/tests: Fix _Syserror_map(0) test failure in newest msvcp140. msvcp140: Recognize no error case in _Syserror_map. winex11.drv: Fix xim_set_focus no IC condition check. Russell Greene (1): powrprof: Add PowerWriteACValueIndex stub. Rémi Bernon (59): user32/tests: Remove old Windows versions broken cursoricon results. user32/tests: Fix cursoricon tests on recent Windows versions. user32/tests: Add flaky_wine to some SetActiveWindow tests. user32/tests: Run SendInput tests in a separate desktop. user32/tests: Cleanup SendInput keyboard message sequence tests. user32/tests: Test SendInput messages with KEYEVENTF_SCANCODE flag. user32/tests: Test SendInput messages with other keyboard layouts. imm32/tests: Add todo_himc to some ImmTranslateMessage expected calls. dinput/tests: Make some failing keyboard test flaky_wine. vulkan/tests: Add gitlab Win10 VM results. winex11: Return STATUS_NOT_FOUND when IME update isn't found. win32u: Move ImeToAsciiEx implementation from winex11. win32u: Support posting IME updates while processing keys. winemac: Use the default ImeToAsciiEx implementation. win32u: Remove now unnecessary ImeToAsciiEx driver entry. winebus: Append is_gamepad to the device instance id. winebus: Allow specific devices to prefer hidraw backend. winebus: Move device identification helpers to unixlib.h. winebus: Prefer hidraw backends for DS4 and DS5 gamepads. winexinput: Demote BusContainerId FIXME message to WARN. winebus: Demote BusContainerId FIXME message to WARN. dinput: Add a description to the dinput worker thread. windows.gaming.input: Add a description to the monitor thread. include: Add HEAACWAVEINFO and HEAACWAVEFORMAT definitions. mfplat/tests: Test MFInitMediaTypeFromWaveFormatEx wrt MF_MT_FIXED_SIZE_SAMPLES. mfplat/tests: Add MFInitMediaTypeFromWaveFormatEx tests with HEAACWAVEFORMAT. mfplat/tests: Test MFWaveFormatExConvertFlag_ForceExtensible with HEAACWAVEFORMAT. mfplat: Support AAC format attributes in MFInitMediaTypeFromWaveFormatEx. mfplat: Support compressed WAVEFORMATEX in MFCreateWaveFormatExFromMFMediaType. win32u: Avoid truncating ToUnicodeEx result if there's room. user32/tests: Move KEYEVENTF_UNICODE to test_SendInput_keyboard_messages. user32/tests: Test that WH_KEYBOARD_LL are blocking SendInput. setupapi: Don't clobber the original filename if .inf is found. dinput/tests: Introduce a new helper to create a foreground window. dinput/tests: Enforce ordering of concurrent read IRPs. dinput/tests: Add a test with a virtual HID mouse. dinput/tests: Add a test with a virtual HID keyboard. include: Add more HID digitizer usage definitions. dinput/tests: Add a test with a virtual HID touch screen. winex11: Sync with gdi_display before closing the threads display. dinput/tests: Differentiate missing from broken HID reports. dinput/tests: Relax the mouse move count test. dinput/tests: Add some IRawGameController2 interface tests. windows.gaming.input: Stub IRawGameController2 interface. imm32/tests: Adjust todo_wine for the new Wine CJK keyboard layouts. imm32: Mask the scancode before passing it to ImeToAsciiEx. imm32/tests: Test that WM_KEYUP are passed to ImeProcessKey. win32u: Also pass WM_KEYUP messages to ImmProcessKey. imm32/tests: Test the effect of CPS_CANCEL and CPS_COMPLETE. imm32: Complete the composition string when the IME is closed. user32/tests: Add an optional hwnd to input messages tests. user32/tests: Cleanup the mouse input WM_NCHITTEST / SetCapture tests. user32/tests: Run the mouse hook tests in the separate desktop. user32/tests: Filter the ll-hook messages with accept_message. user32/tests: Test clicking through attribute-layered windows. user32/tests: Tests clicking through window with SetWindowRgn. winegstreamer: Fix reading MF_MT_USER_DATA into HEAACWAVEFORMAT. winegstreamer: Use MFCreateAudioMediaType in the AAC decoder. winegstreamer: Use an array for the audio decoder input types. Sven Baars (2): advapi32/tests: Introduce a new has_wow64 helper. advapi32/tests: Skip WoW64 tests on 32-bit in test_reg_create_key. Tim Clem (1): winemac.drv: Detect active handwriting and panel IMEs. Tyson Whitehead (2): dinput/tests: Update tests for DIPROP_AUTOCENTER. dinput: Implement DIPROP_AUTOCENTER. Vijay Kiran Kamuju (5): concrt140: Add stub for _Cancellation_beacon::_Confirm_cancel(). wine.inf: Create security directory. msvcp140: Add stub for _XGetLastError. include: Add Windows.Storage.Streams.InMemoryRandomAccessStream runtimeclass definition. msvcr100: Add _ReaderWriterLock constructor implementation. Yuxuan Shui (4): dmime: AudioPathConfig is not AudioPath. dmime: Parse AudioPathConfig. dmime: IDirectMusicPerformance::CreateAudioPath should fail when config is NULL. dmime: Semi-support creating an audio path from config. Zebediah Figura (14): ddraw/tests: Add tests for map pointer coherency. ddraw: Sync to sysmem after performing a color fill. ddraw: Use the sysmem wined3d texture for sysmem surfaces if possible. wined3d: Hook up push constants for Vulkan. wined3d/spirv: Hook up sm1 interface matching. d3d11: Implement D3D11_FEATURE_D3D11_OPTIONS2. wined3d: Report VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export availability to vkd3d_shader_compile(). wined3d: Implement shader stencil export for GL. d3d11: Report support for shader stencil export if available. d3d11/tests: Add a test for shader stencil export. wined3d: Check the wined3d resource type and usage in find_ps_compile_args(). wined3d: Set the tex_type field of the FFP fragment settings from the resource's GL type. wined3d: Check for WINED3DUSAGE_LEGACY_CUBEMAP instead of checking the GL texture target. wined3d: Collapse some trivially nested ifs into a single condition. Zhiyi Zhang (16): wldap32: Fix a possible memory leak (Coverity). msi: Fix a memory leak (Coverity). bcrypt: Fix an possible out-of-bounds read (Coverity). win32u: Fix a possible out-of-bounds write (Coverity). compstui: Fix a possible out-of-bounds write (Coverity). user32/tests: Add recursive keyboard and mouse hook tests. win32u: Avoid calling WH_KEYBOARD and WH_CBT HCBT_KEYSKIPPED hooks recursively. win32u: Avoid calling WH_CBT HCBT_CLICKSKIPPED hooks recursively. user32/tests: Add recursive WM_SETCURSOR message tests. include: Add some ncrypt definitions. include: Add some bcrypt definitions. ncrypt/tests: Test default RSA key properties. ncrypt: Add some missing RSA key properties. ncrypt/tests: Add NCryptExportKey() tests. user32/tests: Test keyboard layout in CJK locales. win32u: Don't set the high word of keyboard layout to 0xe001 in CJK locales. ```

Jan. 26, 2024

Wine release 9.0

by Alexandre Julliard

The Wine team is proud to announce that the stable release Wine 9.0 is now available. This release represents a year of development effort and over 7,000 individual changes. It contains a large number of improvements that are listed below. The main highlights are the new WoW64 architecture and the experimental Wayland driver. The source is available at <https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/9.0/wine-9.0.tar.xz> Binary packages for various distributions will be available from <https://www.winehq.org/download> You will find documentation on <https://www.winehq.org/documentation> Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file [AUTHORS][1] for the complete list. [1]: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/raw/wine-9.0/AUTHORS ## What's new in Wine 9.0 ### WoW64 - All transitions from Windows to Unix code go through the NT syscall interface. This is a major milestone that marks the completion of the multi-year re-architecturing work to convert modules to PE format and introduce a proper boundary between the Windows and Unix worlds. - All modules that call a Unix library contain WoW64 thunks to enable calling the 64-bit Unix library from 32-bit PE code. This means that it is possible to run 32-bit Windows applications on a purely 64-bit Unix installation. This is called the _new WoW64 mode_, as opposed to the _old WoW64 mode_ where 32-bit applications run inside a 32-bit Unix process. - The new WoW64 mode is not yet enabled by default. It can be enabled by passing the `--enable-archs=i386,x86_64` option to configure. This is expected to work for most applications, but there are still some limitations, in particular: - Lack of support for 16-bit code. - Reduced OpenGL performance and lack of `ARB_buffer_storage` extension support. - The new WoW64 mode finally allows 32-bit applications to run on recent macOS versions that removed support for 32-bit Unix processes. ### Wayland driver - There is an experimental Wayland graphics driver. It's still a work in progress, but already implements many features, such as basic window management, multiple monitors, high-DPI scaling, relative motion events, and Vulkan support. - The Wayland driver is not yet enabled by default. It can be enabled through the `HKCU\Software\Wine\Drivers` registry key by running: wine reg.exe add HKCU\\Software\\Wine\\Drivers /v Graphics /d x11,wayland and then making sure that the `DISPLAY` environment variable is unset. ### ARM64 - The completion of the PE/Unix separation means that it's possible to run existing Windows binaries on ARM64. - The loader supports loading ARM64X and ARM64EC modules. - The 32-bit x86 emulation interface is implemented. No emulation library is provided with Wine at this point, but an external library that exports the interface can be used, by specifying its name in the `HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wow64\x86` registry key. The [FEX emulator][2] implements this interface when built as PE. - There is initial support for building Wine for the ARM64EC architecture, using an experimental LLVM toolchain. Once the toolchain is ready, this will be used to do a proper ARM64X build and enable 64-bit x86 emulation. [2]: https://fex-emu.com ### Graphics - The PostScript driver is reimplemented to work from Windows-format spool files and avoid any direct calls from the Unix side. - WinRT theming supports a dark theme option, with a corresponding toggle in WineCfg. - The Vulkan driver supports up to version 1.3.272 of the Vulkan spec. - A number of GdiPlus functions are optimized for better graphics performance. ### Direct3D - The multi-threaded command stream sleeps instead of spinning when not processing rendering commands. This lowers power consumption in programs which do not occupy the command stream's entire available bandwidth. Power consumption should be comparable to when the multi-threaded command stream is disabled. - Direct3D 10 effects support many more instructions. - Various optimizations have been made to core WineD3D and the Vulkan backend. - The Vulkan renderer properly validates that required features are supported by the underlying device, and reports the corresponding Direct3D feature level to the application. - `D3DXFillTextureTX` and `D3DXFillCubeTextureTX` are implemented. - The legacy OpenGL ARB shader backend supports shadow sampling via `ARB_fragment_program_shadow`. - The HLSL compiler supports matrix majority compilation flags. - `D3DXLoadMeshHierarchyFromX` and related functions support user data loading via `ID3DXLoadUserData`. ### Audio / Video - The foundation of several of the DirectMusic modules is implemented. Many tests are added to validate the behavior of the dmime sequencer and the dmsynth MIDI synthesizer. - DLS1 and DLS2 sound font loading is implemented, as well as SF2 format for compatibility with Linux standard MIDI sound fonts. - MIDI playback is implemented in dmsynth, with the integration of the software synthesizer from the FluidSynth library, and using DirectSound for audio output. - Doppler shift is supported in DirectSound. - The Indeo IV50 Video for Windows decoder is implemented. ### DirectShow - The Windows Media Video (WMV) decoder DirectX Media Object (DMO) is implemented. - The DirectShow Audio Capture filter is implemented. - The DirectShow MPEG‑1 Stream Splitter filter supports video and system streams as well as audio streams. - The DirectShow MPEG‑1 Video Decoder filter is implemented. ### Input devices - DirectInput action maps are implemented, improving compatibility with many old games that use this to map controller inputs to in-game actions. ### Desktop integration - URL/URI protocol associations are exported as URL handlers to the Linux desktop. - Monitor information like name and model id are retrieved from the physical monitor's Extended Display Identification Data (EDID). - In full-screen desktop mode, the desktop window can be closed through the "Exit desktop" entry in the Start menu. ### Internationalization - IME implementation is improved, with better support for native Windows IME implementations. Many tests are added to validate the expected behavior of these custom IMEs. - Linux IME integration is improved, using over-the-spot or on-the-spot input styles whenever possible, and more accurate IME message sequences. - Locale data is generated from the Unicode CLDR database version 44. The following additional locales are supported: `bew-ID`, `blo-BJ`, `csw-CA`, `ie-EE`, `mic-CA`, `prg-PL`, `skr-PK`, `tyv-RU`, `vmw-MZ`, `xnr-IN`, and `za-CN`. - The user interface is translated to Georgian, bringing the total of full translations to 16 languages, with partial translations to another 31 languages. - Unicode character tables are based on version 15.1.0 of the Unicode Standard. - The timezone data is generated from the IANA timezone database version 2023c. - Locales using a script name, like `zh-Hans`, are also supported on macOS. ### Kernel - The default Windows version for new prefixes is set to Windows 10. - Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is supported for modern PE binaries, to avoid issues with address space conflicts. Note that the selected load addresses are not yet properly randomized. - The Low Fragmentation Heap (LFH) is implemented for better memory allocation performance. - The virtual memory allocator supports memory placeholders, to allow applications to reserve virtual space. - The 64-bit loader and preloader are built as position-independent executables (PIE), to free up some of the 32-bit address space. - Stack unwinding works correctly across NT syscalls and user callbacks. ### Internet and networking - All builtin MSHTML objects are proper Gecko cycle collector participants. - Synchronous XMLHttpRequest mode is supported in MSHTML. - WeakMap object is implemented in JScript. - The Gecko engine is updated to version 2.47.4. - Network interface change notifications are implemented. ### Cryptography and security - Smart cards are supported in the Winscard dll, using the Unix PCSClite library. - Diffie-Hellman keys are supported in BCrypt. - The Negotiate security package is implemented. ### Mono / .NET - The Mono engine is updated to version [8.1.0][3]. [3]: https://github.com/madewokherd/wine-mono/releases/tag/wine-mono-8.1.0 ### Builtin applications - The Wine Debugger (winedbg) uses the Zydis library for more accurate x86 disassembly. - WineCfg supports selecting old (pre-XP) Windows versions also in 64-bit prefixes, to enable using ancient applications with the new WoW64 mode. - All graphical builtin applications report errors with a message box instead of printing messages on the console. - The `systeminfo` application prints various data from the Windows Management Instrumentation database. - The `klist` application lists Kerberos tickets. - The `taskkill` application supports terminating child processes. - The `start` application supports a `/machine` option to select the architecture to use when running hybrid x86/ARM executables. - Most of the functionality of the `tasklist` application is implemented. - The `findstr` application provides basic functionality. ### Development tools - The WineDump tool supports printing the contents of Windows registry files (REGF format), as well as printing data for both architectures in hybrid x86/ARM64 PE files. - The `composable`, `default_overload`, `deprecated`, and `protected` attributes are supported in the IDL compiler. - The `libwine.so` library is removed. It was no longer used, and deprecated since Wine 6.0. Winelib ELF applications that were built with Wine 5.0 or older will need a rebuild to run on Wine 9.0. ### Bundled libraries - The FluidSynth library version 2.3.3 is bundled and used for DirectMusic. - The math library of Musl version 1.2.3 is bundled and used for the math functions of the C runtime. - The Zydis library version is 4.0.0 is bundled and used for x86 disassembly support. - Vkd3d is updated to the upstream release 1.10. - Faudio is updated to the upstream release 23.12. - LDAP is updated to the upstream release 2.5.16. - LCMS2 is updated to the upstream release 2.15. - LibMPG123 is updated to the upstream release 1.32.2. - LibPng is updated to the upstream release 1.6.40. - LibTiff is updated to the upstream release 4.6.0. - LibXml2 is updated to the upstream release 2.11.5. - LibXslt is updated to the upstream release 1.1.38. - Zlib is updated to the upstream release 1.3. ### External dependencies - The Wayland client library, as well as the xkbcommon and xkbregistry libraries, are used when building the Wayland driver. - The PCSClite library is used for smart card support. On macOS, the PCSC framework can be used as an alternative to PCSClite. - For PE builds, a cross-compiler that supports `.seh` directives for exception handling is required on all platforms except i386.

Jan. 16, 2024

Wine release 9.0-rc5

by Alexandre Julliard

The Wine development release 9.0-rc5 is now available. This is expected to be the last release candidate before the final 9.0. What's new in this release: - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze. The source is available at <https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/9.0/wine-9.0-rc5.tar.xz> Binary packages for various distributions will be available from <https://www.winehq.org/download> You will find documentation on <https://www.winehq.org/documentation> Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file [AUTHORS][1] for the complete list. [1]: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/raw/wine-9.0-rc5/AUTHORS ---------------------------------------------------------------- ### Bugs fixed in 9.0-rc5 (total 22): - #38780 AArch64 platforms: register X18 (TEB) must remain reserved for Wine to run 64-bit ARM Windows applications (Distro aarch64 toolchains need '-ffixed-x18' default, loader/libc/userland) - #46777 Two Worlds 2 crashes on start - #47406 Add support for debug symbols in separate files - #49852 Performance regression in "msvcrt: Use correct code page in _write when outputing to console." - #50998 Failed to open error Word 2007 (c0000135) - #52491 SpaceDesk fails to connect to server - #52962 dinput:force_feedback breaks ntoskrnl.exe:ntoskrnl on Windows 7/8 - #53319 robot battle game extremely slow after wine version 7.11 and above - #54387 Pantsylvania crashes if Windows version is set to 3.1 - #54401 PhotoFiltre not printing - #55010 psapi:psapi_main - test_EnumProcessModulesEx() sometimes gets a 0 image size on Windows 8 - #55497 Jennifer is Missing (Katjas Geheimnis) by Tivoli crashes on start - #55731 advapi32:eventlog - test_eventlog_start() fails on Windows 7 & 10 2004 & 2009 - #55784 wldap32:parse - test_ldap_bind_sA() claims the server is down on w1064v2009 - #56070 BVE trainsim doesn't show its logo in the main window. - #56113 Unfortunate Spacemen crashes on start - #56117 Celtic Kings runs out of memory in mere seconds when music is enabled - #56130 Wine is broken on Termux since 8.17-39-g25db1c5d49d - #56134 VA-11 HALL-A crashes on startup - #56149 Celtic Kings demo: window decorations missing in virtual desktop (VD size = desktop size) - #56150 Wine 8.18 - Fedora 37 - Winwing F16EX joystick - dinput only reports 10 buttons - #56152 "Script error: Handler not defined #FileIO" in "TKKG 1" (EN: Jennifer is Missing, DE: Katjas Geheimnis - Tivoli) ### Changes since 9.0-rc4: ``` Akihiro Sagawa (5): d3d8/tests: Test the presentation parameters after creating a device. d3d9/tests: Test the presentation parameters after creating a device. d3d8/tests: Test the presentation parameters after creating an additional swap chain. d3d9/tests: Test the presentation parameters after creating an additional swap chain. d3d9: Update presentation parameters when creating a swap chain. Alex Henrie (1): winspool: Keep driver_9x in scope while it is in use. Alexandre Julliard (2): krnl386: Use NtContinue to restore the full context. krnl386: Align the stack before calling the entry point. Bernhard Übelacker (1): msvcrt: Protect setlocale against concurrent accesses. Enol Puente (1): po: Update Asturian translation. Gabriel Ivăncescu (4): Revert "winex11: Use the correct root window for virtual desktops.". winex11: Set MWM_FUNC_RESIZE for fullscreen desktop windows. winex11: Update Virtual Desktop fullscreen WM state after setting window pos. winex11: Move the update_desktop_fullscreen callsite to update_net_wm_states. Hans Leidekker (2): wldap32/tests: Skip tests when the server can't be reached. wininet/tests: Update expected winehq.org certificate. Jacek Caban (1): gitlab: Cache config.cache in Clang builds. Jinoh Kang (4): ntdll/tests: Fix x86-32 extended context end offset in test_copy_context(). ntdll/tests: Fix incorrect calculation of context length in test_copy_context(). ntdll/tests: Don't hard code the maximum XState length in test_extended_context(). ntdll/tests: Fix xstate tests failing on Windows 11 and CPU with more XSAVE features. Nikolay Sivov (2): mfreadwrite/tests: Skip tests if D3D9 is unusable. mf/tests: Skip tests if D3D9 is unusable. Rémi Bernon (3): dmusic: Clone streams instead of allocating wave data. ntoskrnl.exe/tests: Use SUOI_FORCEDELETE when uninstalling the driver. winewayland: Add missing breaks in keyboard layout switch. Zebediah Figura (2): wined3d: Avoid WARN() when failing to allocate a GL BO without a context. wined3d: Only suballocate dynamic buffers. ```

Jan. 12, 2024

Wine release 9.0-rc4

by Alexandre Julliard

The Wine development release 9.0-rc4 is now available. What's new in this release: - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze. The source is available at <https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/9.0/wine-9.0-rc4.tar.xz> Binary packages for various distributions will be available from <https://www.winehq.org/download> You will find documentation on <https://www.winehq.org/documentation> Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file [AUTHORS][1] for the complete list. [1]: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/raw/wine-9.0-rc4/AUTHORS ---------------------------------------------------------------- ### Bugs fixed in 9.0-rc4 (total 17): - #4291 The menubar & toolbar of TresED are not displayed correctly. - #7106 Need for Speed 3 autorun crashes when starting setup - #26142 Civilization 4: Screen turns black on turn end with built-in msxml - #38039 linux console leaves in stty echo off mode after executing bash.exe from Wine - #40011 git-gui crashes on start - #45242 winedbg Internal crash when debugging win32 - #51738 Bioshock Infinite crashes after intro with "mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory" - #52159 cygwin/msys2: Unhandled page fault in 64-bit gdb.exe and python3.8.exe - #54256 Compile for wine under arm macOS (for running aarch64 windows apps) fails - #55540 IS Defense hangs after gameplay begins or has rendering glitches - #55637 dmime:dmime - test_performance_pmsg() sometimes fails due to bad timing on Windows and Wine - #55961 Multiple VST plugins have an invisible cursor - #56021 Wine 9.0-rc1 Wayland: In Sway full screen games don't run on full screen - #56023 Wine 9.0-rc1 Wayland: DPI problems - #56032 winedbg --gdb: gets terminated when target process exits - #56047 Won't build on FreeBSD, error: 'F_GETPATH' undeclared - #56110 Bejeweled 3: can't enable 3D acceleration ### Changes since 9.0-rc3: ``` Alexandre Julliard (6): Update copyright info for 2024. server: Remove WINESERVER documentation from the man page. loader: Remove absolute paths references from the man page. readme: Convert to Markdown. announce: Convert to Markdown. ntdll: Determine the available address space dynamically on ARM64. André Zwing (2): mscoree/tests: Don't test function directly when reporting GetLastError(). ntoskrnl/tests: Use RtlNtStatusToDosErrorNoTeb() for stateless conversion. Bernhard Kölbl (1): windows.media.speech/tests: Remove obsolete workarounds. Brendan Shanks (2): include: Assert that the debug channel name will be null-terminated and is not too long. server: Fix compile error on FreeBSD/NetBSD. Byeong-Sik Jeon (1): po: Update Korean translation. Eric Pouech (3): winedump: Better align fields in EXPORT table. quartz: Delay import ddraw. winedbg: Wait for gdb to terminate before exiting (proxy mode). Esme Povirk (1): mscoree/tests: Add debug code for RemoveDirectory failure. Fan WenJie (1): wineandroid: Fix incorrect checking reason. Gabriel Ivăncescu (1): winex11: Use the correct root window for virtual desktops. Lauri Kenttä (2): po: Update Finnish translation. readme: Update Finnish translation. Rémi Bernon (2): dmime: Avoid leaking track references in segment Clone and Load. dmloader: Avoid caching DMUS_OBJ_STREAM objects we can't load from cache. Yuxuan Shui (1): dmime: Fix handling of curve PMSG. Zebediah Figura (3): wined3d: Reference FFP resources in reference_shader_resources(). wined3d: Do not remove invalid BO users from the list when destroying views. wined3d: Set fixed_function_usage_map to 0 for an sm4 draw without a PS. Zsolt Vadasz (2): msvcrt: Compare environment variable names case insensitively. msvcrt/tests: Test case insensitivity of getenv() and _wgetenv(). ```

Jan. 5, 2024