Wine Staging [Official Site, Github], the testing area for future Wine releases has been updated today and it pulls in some patches that allow DOOM to actually run with Wine on Linux.
Notes
Wine Staging is highly experimental, use at your own peril.
I don't recommend buying Doom, since it is a Windows game, but it's good to know you have options available. If this becomes a way for dual-booters to stay on Linux more, then that's great.
What's going on?
The new DOOM game previously used Denuvo in the final release, which was one of the blockers for getting it working in Wine. The developers have now removed Denuvo, making this possible. Additional patches were needed, which a developer put up a few days ago, but now it's in Wine Staging itself.
In their latest news the Wine Staging said this today:
QuoteWine Staging 2.0-rc2 implements everything necessary to get DOOM (2016) running. Feel free to play around with the different features like Vulkan support and report remaining issues in the bug tracker.
You can find the install instructions here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: boltronicsThe problem with Dying Light is that it doesn't work under Mesa at all due to using OpenGL compatibility profiles that Mesa does not yet support (and have no current plans to support), and the performance of it under AMDGPU-Pro is horrendous! When it can run under Wine, that will surely perform better. Heck, it couldn't be any worse!Thanks for the info. I almost asked one of my friends to buy it for me.
Quoting: skinnyrafA game from a historically Linux-friendly developer, using OpenGL and now Vulkan, DRM dropped... and not working on Linux because of the policy of the publisher? No, thank you, not going to spend money on it.Aye, that's also a reason that holds me back from buying DOOM.
Last edited by crt0mega on 22 December 2016 at 9:17 am UTC
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I buy DOOM and before play over dual boot, now is time for play under Linux :-)
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liamdawe: "The developers have now removed Denuvo, making this possible"
Does this mean the wine developers or the developers of Doom?
Does this mean the wine developers or the developers of Doom?
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LinuxGamesTV Dec 22, 2016
Quoting: PixelPiliamdawe: "The developers have now removed Denuvo, making this possible"
Does this mean the wine developers or the developers of Doom?
The second one.
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Lordpkappa Dec 22, 2016
A native Vulkan version for Linux will probably runs faster than Windows...
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legluondunet Dec 22, 2016
Impressive!
I didn't know Wine support Windows Vulkan games.
It took time, but we can now say that Wine is a serious way for gaming on Linux.
I have a lot of windows game that runs very well with it.
The 2.0 version announce a mature version and support for DirectX10-11 games.
I didn't know Wine support Windows Vulkan games.
It took time, but we can now say that Wine is a serious way for gaming on Linux.
I have a lot of windows game that runs very well with it.
The 2.0 version announce a mature version and support for DirectX10-11 games.
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Quoting: LordpkappaA native Vulkan version for Linux will probably runs faster than Windows...
Not sure, wine already makes native vulkan and opengl calls.
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Luke_Nukem Dec 22, 2016
So far this has shown there are three types of people.
The Die-Hard. These gamers won't buy unless there is a proper port or official support.
The Pirate. These gamers don't want to pay for a Windows version, but do want to play the game. They see nothing wrong with pirating it.
The Weiner. They dual-boot and still buy many Windows only games.
The Die-Hard. These gamers won't buy unless there is a proper port or official support.
The Pirate. These gamers don't want to pay for a Windows version, but do want to play the game. They see nothing wrong with pirating it.
The Weiner. They dual-boot and still buy many Windows only games.
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Quoting: Luke_NukemThe Die-Hard. These gamers won't buy unless there is a proper port or official support.There's nothing die-hard about wanting official support for a product I purchase. It's just common sense.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Dec 22, 2016
Quoting: Luke_NukemSo far this has shown there are three types of people.
The Die-Hard. These gamers won't buy unless there is a proper port or official support.
The Pirate. These gamers don't want to pay for a Windows version, but do want to play the game. They see nothing wrong with pirating it.
The Weiner. They dual-boot and still buy many Windows only games.
What means weiner? Google traslator doesn't recognize it.
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