r/MaxsTechReview

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StevenMXZ dropped the winlator 3.0 update of his winlator fork project winlator ludashi. Here is the summary of the update.

• New Vulkan Renderer fully replaces the old OpenGL rendering backend for better performance and smoother rendering

• Faster GPU image handling with less CPU usage

• Added Android Present Modes: FIFO (stable) and Mailbox (lower latency)

• New filtering options: Bilinear & Nearest Neighbor

• Added refresh rate options including DeviceRefreshRate for max supported Hz

• Improved FPS limiter and frame handling in XServer

• Added better mouse support for newer Wine/Proton builds with XInput2

• Controller support improved with rumble/vibration fixes

• WinlatorHUD now works with OpenGL games, has better visuals, vertical mode, and battery/charger detection improvements

• Shortcut image scraping improved with fallback extraction from game EXE files

• ContentManager simplified — components can now be downloaded directly from containers/shortcuts

• Imported d8vk from Winlator 11

• External pointer capture logic slightly improved

⚠️ This update requires a full reinstall. 🚧 Native rendering support is planned for a future update.

https://github.com/StevenMXZ/Winlator-Ludashi/releases/tag/3.0

u/Ok-Option6350 — 6 days ago