Wine 11.17 arrives with initial support for display mode emulation

5 Sep 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand

The Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.17 has been released and with it some new features and plenty of bug fixes.

Quick intro info - Wine is one of the main bits of software that powers Valve's amazing Proton (along with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton)! This enables tens of thousands of games to run on SteamOS / Steam Deck / Steam Machine and hopefully real soon the Steam Frame too.

Key Highlights of wine 11.17

• Bundled vkd3d upgraded to version 2.1.
• Initial support for display mode emulation.
• Better support for preferred UI languages.
• Various bug fixes.

44 bug fixes were noted for issues with the likes of: Ground Control, GTA: San Andreas, Marathon, GTA: Vice City, Horizon Chase Turbo, GunBound, Ankh - Anniversary Edition, Dragon Age Inquisition and many more.

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