News Windows translator makes PC run on Android — Fallout 4 demoed at 30 fps using Winlator ap

[Admin]

Arm Android game compatibility sees a huge boon, but with some caveats.

Windows translator makes PC run on Android — Fallout 4 demoed at 30 fps using Winlator ap : Read more

 

[linuxdude]

To cite the github page: "... with Wine and Box86/Box64"
So actually those projects deserve the credit, they did almost all of the really hard word.

 

[palladin9479]

It's an interesting integration project, taking all the previous pieces and parts and turning them into a single interface layer.

 

[palladin9479]

To cite the github page: "... with Wine and Box86/Box64"
So actually those projects deserve the credit, they did almost all of the really hard word.

Hmm not really, the work was integrating all these different systems together into a single abstraction interface. Stitching the environment emulation from WINE with the machine emulation from Box86/64 along with using DXVK to convert DirectX into Vulkan graphics calls is not an easy task.

 

[salgado18]

So, while playing some Windows games on Android is now definitely viable through Winlator, you're pretty much sacrificing all of the accessibility that would normally come with Android gaming and introducing yet more complexity into the already sometimes frustrating PC gaming environment.

Why do you make it seem as not worth it? Yes, it takes some setup, but early days emulation aleays does. And it's Windows on Android, it will take a very long time (if ever) for this to be smooth and integrate DRM.

Also, GOG sells DRM-free games legally, so it's only logical to name it before pirates. It sound like an alternative to pirating, and not the other way around.

Thanks for the news, I really liked that it exists, and will try it soon. But beware of the opinion part in a news article, it feels like you are discouraging people (and then it's not news, it's opinion).

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

Why do you make it seem as not worth it? Yes, it takes some setup, but early days emulation aleays does. And it's Windows on Android, it will take a very long time (if ever) for this to be smooth and integrate DRM.

Also, GOG sells DRM-free games legally, so it's only logical to name it before pirates. It sound like an alternative to pirating, and not the other way around.

Thanks for the news, I really liked that it exists, and will try it soon. But beware of the opinion part in a news article, it feels like you are discouraging people (and then it's not news, it's opinion).

I don't believe it's my job to blindly promote every cool thing I write about without being critical of its caveats. I brought it to your attention, right? Your opinion is yours to form, not mine.

My very next paragraph also points out that this exists to "help move us away from Windows" and directly cited related efforts, so I don't know where you're getting this "not worth it" verdict from when I never said it. That's for individual readers to decide with an educated opinion, not me and not you.