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Synthnostate2 years ago(+1)

No speed issues with WINE; it’s not an emulator, just a (partial) replacement for OS functions. The problems are always about compatibility. It runs demanding games like Witcher 3 just fine, as well as Windows builds of most Unity/Unreal/Godot games.

I find it convenient to develop in Linux and test mostly in WINE - however, it’s more forgiving than real Windows so it is necessary to test on Windows occasionally.

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Jeroen P. Broks2 years ago

Well the core engines of my most recent work are coded in C++ lately with SDL2 for graphics, audio and stuff like that, and I guess given the popularity of SDL2, I don't expect too much issues in WINE. Or am I thinking too optimistic now?

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Synthnostate2 years ago

SDL? If it works in Windows it should work in WINE. It’s more of a problem making portable Linux binaries because SDL has tons of dependencies, especially audio. Disabling SDL’s audio and using Miniaudio instead would probably solve 90% of those… although Linux core libs (glibc etc) cause so many backward/forward compat problems that WINE is (almost) preferable.

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Jeroen P. Broks2 years ago

Would almost make me think that if I were to create a .deb or .rpm file that I should make it just install the Windows binaries with WINE as a dependency, and using a Shell script as startup file which would automatically start wine with my games. 

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