Vintage game emulation just got another slight boost, thanks to the release of data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://github.com/WinterSnowfall/d7vk/releases/tag/v1.1″ data-url=”https://github.com/WinterSnowfall/d7vk/releases/tag/v1.1″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>D7VK version 1.1. This Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation layer makes it possible to run old Direct3D 7 games on contemporary hardware, and it got some meaty improvements, including a new front-end, and experimental support for Direct3D 6.
In case you’re a little confused, D7VK is a translation layer that turns Direct3D 7 calls to Direct X 9 running under Proton’s DXVK layer, thereby taking advantage of DXVK’s tried-and-true…
