[STEAM] New project brings strong Linux compatibility to more classic Windows games

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, Valve has been slowly

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of the Proton compatibility layer that

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. But Valve’s Windows-to-Linux compatibility layer generally only extends back to games written for Direct3D 8, the proprietary Windows graphics API

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released in late 2000.

Now, a new open source project is seeking to extend Linux interoperability further back into PC gaming history. The

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describes itself as “a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 [D3D7], which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine.”

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The new project

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to get Direct3D 7 games running on Linux.

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‘s own built-in WineD3D compatibility layer has supported D3D7 in some form or another

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. But the new d7vk project instead branches off

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, which is

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for SteamOS and which

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on many games.

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