Tons of D3D improvements?!

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:56 pm

In the latest release I counted at least 80 patches that improve wined3d in several different ways, which is absolutely awesome! But I'm wondering where this sudden interest in this specific part comes from (as well as all the sudden translation improvements)... Did the inclusion of WineD3D in other open source projects like VirtualBox suddenly spark some major interest in improving the D3D implementation?

Keep doing a great job, everyone! I'm starting to really love Wine and everyone working on it.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:29 pm

DaVince wrote:But I'm wondering where this sudden interest in this specific part comes from (as well as all the sudden translation improvements)... Did the inclusion of WineD3D in other open source projects like VirtualBox suddenly spark some major interest in improving the D3D implementation?

The reason is more simple then that - few most active in d3d area develops were done with their summer exams.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:14 pm

Ah, so it's because of things like the Summer of Code? That's great!

Frédéric Delanoy · Post by **Frédéric Delanoy** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:44 pm

On 07/04/2009 10:14 PM, DaVince wrote:

Ah, so it's because of things like the Summer of Code? That's great!

I guess "summer exams" is more related to school exams...

Freakazo · Post by **Freakazo** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:38 pm

It would be cool if someone could make a benchmark between say 1.1.20 and 1.1.25, it would be interesting to see how the latest additions and fixes contributed to both image quality and performance of various games!

Frédéric Delanoy · Post by **Frédéric Delanoy** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:54 am

On 07/05/2009 05:38 AM, Freakazo wrote:

It would be cool if someone could make a benchmark between say 1.1.20 and 1.1.25, it would be interesting to see how the latest additions and fixes contributed to both image quality and performance of various games!

You're welcome to do for the games you're interested in, and report the results on Wine's AppDb

That would allow to spot potential regression as well as an additional benefit.

Frédéric