The Whisky Application: Is it possible to update Wine, to the latest version?

[ferreira-ff]

Hello. Whisky is already very good and functional, at version 1.0.1. Regarding GPTK 0.0.2; well, let us wait and see, what Apple will do next. About Wine; Whisky uses the 7.7.0 version. Is there a way to update it, to the latest stable version?
Would it be possible to upgrade it, to the version WineCX22.1.1-8?

I am also having good results, with WineSkin; (Wrapper: Wineskin-2.9.1.9 & Engine: WineCX22.1.1-8 + Apple GPTK 0.2)

Again; thank you for the great work, from everyone involved. Kind regards to all.

[JoshBashed]

No, it's not possible as of yet.

Reason: the wine included with GPTK is modified in order to be compatible with dxmetal

[ferreira-ff]

I see. Well, thank you for the explanation. Let us wait for Apple to update the GPTK; maybe with the release of "Crossover / Wine 23", we will have nice improvements, both to Whisky and WineSkin.

Kind regards

[odahcam]

I'm eager for that as well, as of now I can't play my games :(

[JoshBashed]

It is now possible. We just won't do it until crossover (basically a paid version of whisky) moves to wine 9. We want to avoid undercutting them.

[LeaveNhA]

No offense, but LOL @JoshuaBrest.

[JoshBashed]

No offense, but LOL @JoshuaBrest.

Hey, if it were up to me, we would've been on Wine 9 ages ago. Unfortunately, even though it technically works, it's not perfect and a lot of apps just don't run. Trying to fix issues is not an easy task and requires lots of time.

If you care so much, go figure your own fork of whiskey and Wine. Just because we're open source doesn't mean our time is worth nothing. Please don't go to other open source softwares and demand features. It's free.

[Gcenx]

Wineskin wine builds are highly customized and are not for use by other third-partly projects, PortingKit by PaulTheTall is not considered a third-party project. These became branded to persuade other projects from using them.

Wineskin does support D3DMetal right after the release of game-porting-toolkit it simply wasn’t advertised until I was happy with it. Wineskin was also the first project to directly bundle D3DMetal once Apple updated there license.

The version of DXVK shipped with Whisky was taken from my fork.

[IsaacMarovitz]

After the release of CrossOver 23.5 included D3DM, I decided not to upgrade to Wine 8, at least not while we're using CrossOver's fork of Wine. This is to prevent the undercutting of CodeWeavers' revenue, as they weren't the most pleased about Whisky using their tech, and making the paid part (the user-friendly app) effectively free.

There are plans to switch from CrossOver's Wine to our own fork of mainline Wine, but this will take time, and it's not immediately on the horizon.

In the meantime, if you want to use D3DM with Wine 8, buy a CrossOver 23 license.

[SoCuul]

Is there any way to use Whisky with the latest version of CrossOver 24? I purchased a CrossOver license, but have heard that performance through Whisky using the GPTK could improve the experience. I know Whisky is using an outdated version of wine to not undermine codeweavers revenue, but is there any way for the end-user to use their installation of CrossOver with Whisky?

[pugsii]

Bumping this because I'm interested in this too. I hate software with tiered pricing, but CrossOver already earned my money once and my license served me well even years after it had expired. Got a new laptop though, and decided to try out whisky instead. Would love an option to buy a CrossOver license (through a Whisky referral) that would let me upgrade to the latest version available. Could this be a possibility?

[Gcenx]

@pugsii Whiskys readme provides an affiliate url

[Gcenx]

Is there any way to use Whisky with the latest version of CrossOver 24? I purchased a CrossOver license, but have heard that performance through Whisky using the GPTK could improve the experience. I know Whisky is using an outdated version of wine to not undermine codeweavers revenue, but is there any way for the end-user to use their installation of CrossOver with Whisky?

@SoCuul Whisky actually runs worse overall the difference is D3DMetal is force enabled along with msync.

There’s no way for Whisky-App to make use of CrossOver wine, that would create a support nightmare for both CodeWeavers & Whisky.

Adding a warning wouldn’t be enough, that was attempted with CXPatcher and yeah I was shows the amount of invalid tickets from CXPatcher users.

[pugsii]

@pugsii Whiskys readme provides an affiliate url

Yes I saw the affiliate link. But I was hoping that a proof of purchase might sway Isaac into supporting the latest version of wine officially in Whisky, without fear of robbing CodeWeaver's revenue. Whisky's UI and ease of use is just a good value add for me.