VK9 is described as '(Formerly SchaeferGL). Runs Direct3D 9 applications on Windows or Linux (/w Wine) over Vulkan' and is an app. There are five alternatives to VK9 for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best VK9 alternative is Mythic, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VK9 are D8VK, WineD3D, ForceD3D9On12 and DDrawCompat.
An open-source Epic Games Launcher alternative and normal game launcher for macOS written in Swift. We started this project to create a GUI frontend for Legendary and to play Windows games using game porting toolkit by Apple.
Mythic is the most popular Mac alternative to VK9.
Mythic is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to VK9.
A Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine.
D8VK is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to VK9.
Even if Windows supports DirectX natively, using WineD3D can enhance backwards compatiblity with older games, especially on Windows 8 and newer that don't support 16 bit screen modes. Another possible use is to emulate unsupported versions of DirectX, or porting DirectX...
This project provides DLL wrappers for the DirectX 1-9 graphics components. Its purpose is to disable the use of the Direct3D 9 user-mode display driver provided by GPU vendors. This forces the runtimes to use D3D9On12 instead.
DDrawCompat is a DLL wrapper aimed at fixing compatibility and performance issues for games based on DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7. Partially supports GDI as well. There is no API conversion involved, most of the rendering is still done by the native DirectDraw/Direct3D 1-7 and...
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