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DXVK was first developed by Philip Rebohle to support Direct3D 11 games only [13] as a result of poor compatibility and low performance of Wine's Direct3D 11 to OpenGL translation layer. In 2018, the developer was sponsored by Valve to work on the project full-time in order to advance compatibility of the Linux version of Steam with Windows games.
Torrents with multiple trackers can decrease the time it takes to download a file, but also have a few consequences: Poorly implemented [59] clients may contact multiple trackers, leading to more overhead-traffic. Torrents from closed trackers suddenly become downloadable by non-members, as they can connect to a seed via an open tracker.
FitGirl, the creator of the site, does not crack games; instead, she uses existing game installers or pirated game files like releases from the warez scene and repacks them to a significantly smaller download size. The repacked games, usually limited to Microsoft Windows, are distributed using file hosting services and BitTorrent.
Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows software (primarily video games) to run on Linux-based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers. [2]
Developed in BASIC for the Apple II the source code was available with the release. Source code is hosted on GitHub. [63] Thirty Flights of Loving: 2012 Adventure game: GPLv2+ Proprietary: Blendo Games: Game source released in August 2012 as it is based on the KMQuake II source port. [64] Vulture for Nethack: 1987 rogue-like: NetHack General ...
D9VK – An obsolete fork of DXVK for adding Direct3D 9 support, [174] included with Steam/Proton on Linux. [175] On December 16, 2019 D9VK was merged into DXVK. [176] D8VK – An obsolete fork of DXVK for adding Direct3D 8 support on Linux. [177] It was merged with DXVK version 2.4 which was released on July 10, 2024.
In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. [1]
In the very early 1990s Razor 1911 made another transition, this time to the IBM PC, foremost as a cracking group, but still continuing to release cracktro loaders, demos and music. Razor was a supply group on diskette from 1992 until diskettes were abandoned for CD-ROMs .