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Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Bringing more classic gaming goodies with the Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7, D7VK 1.0 is out now for Linux.

From the GitHub page: "A Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7, which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine. It uses DXVK's D3D9 backend as well as Wine's DDraw implementation (or the windows native DDraw) and acts as a proxy between the two, providing a minimal D3D7-on-D3D9 implementation."

In the release announcement the developer mentioned how they consider it "production ready" but not everything on it is quite finished, but it's good enough to run a whole bunch of games properly.

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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

damn we moving forward and backward in time at the same time

[-] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

So it’s d3d 7 to d3d 9 to vulkan?

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