William
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As a further addendum to this post, the game I had been playing and ensuring DXGL is compatible with, Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny Win95 version 1.31, has frame drops when in default multi-core mode, but even setting it to a single E-core the framerate is more steady.
January 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
As a further addendum to this post, the game I had been playing and ensuring DXGL is compatible with, Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny Win95 version 1.31, has frame drops when in default multi-core mode, but even setting it to a single E-core the framerate is more steady.
Versions of DXGL in the 0.5 series due to an architectural limitation may run slowly with Direct3D games. However, you may be able to boost performance by setting Affinity to single core.
Not sure what weird things are why, but I noticed my Athlon XP was faster than expected.
Not sure what weird things are why, but I noticed my Athlon XP was faster than expected.
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Versions of DXGL in the 0.5 series due to an architectural limitation may run slowly with Direct3D games. However, you may be able to boost performance by setting Affinity to single core.
Not sure what weird things are why, but I noticed my Athlon XP was faster than expected.
Not sure what weird things are why, but I noticed my Athlon XP was faster than expected.
DXGL 0.5.26 has been released. Bugs have been fixed with upscaled primary surfaces, and logging has been improved.
dxgl.org/downloads/
dxgl.org/downloads/
Downloads
Download DXGL here. DXGL is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:01 AM
DXGL 0.5.26 has been released. Bugs have been fixed with upscaled primary surfaces, and logging has been improved.
dxgl.org/downloads/
dxgl.org/downloads/
Actually the scaled primary fix as it stands will not be incompatible with the rewrite. Already got it partially working by triggering a transfer from the scaled surface to the unscaled surface at the end of each D3D scene.
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Actually the scaled primary fix as it stands will not be incompatible with the rewrite. Already got it partially working by triggering a transfer from the scaled surface to the unscaled surface at the end of each D3D scene.
There will likely be another 0.5 series vesrion of DXGL, for info on planned updates, please see dxgl.org/wiki/Progres...
Except for the scaled primary fix (which will require a rewrite), the fixes listed for 0.5.26 will also be implemented in 0.6.x.
Except for the scaled primary fix (which will require a rewrite), the fixes listed for 0.5.26 will also be implemented in 0.6.x.
Progress
DXGL is currently a work-in-progress and is currently considered alpha-quality software..
See DXGL Features for detailed information.
See Version history from the downloads section for release informa...
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December 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There will likely be another 0.5 series vesrion of DXGL, for info on planned updates, please see dxgl.org/wiki/Progres...
Except for the scaled primary fix (which will require a rewrite), the fixes listed for 0.5.26 will also be implemented in 0.6.x.
Except for the scaled primary fix (which will require a rewrite), the fixes listed for 0.5.26 will also be implemented in 0.6.x.
DXGL 0.5.25 has been released. This is a bugfix release and should be installed especially if running 0.5.20 or above.
Please note system requirements have changed, and if running a Winows version older than 10 please install the legacy version.
dxgl.org/downloads
Please note system requirements have changed, and if running a Winows version older than 10 please install the legacy version.
dxgl.org/downloads
Downloads
Download DXGL here. DXGL is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1.
dxgl.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
DXGL 0.5.25 has been released. This is a bugfix release and should be installed especially if running 0.5.20 or above.
Please note system requirements have changed, and if running a Winows version older than 10 please install the legacy version.
dxgl.org/downloads
Please note system requirements have changed, and if running a Winows version older than 10 please install the legacy version.
dxgl.org/downloads
This bug prevented all Direct3D accelerated games using those DirectX versions from running as the regression involved the creation of "execute buffers" which were how draw lists were implemented in those D3D versions.
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This bug prevented all Direct3D accelerated games using those DirectX versions from running as the regression involved the creation of "execute buffers" which were how draw lists were implemented in those D3D versions.
I just fixed a regression regarding DirectX 2/3 emulation, which was preventing Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny from running in hardware accelerated mode.
Here's a screenshot of the game running at 3840x2160 resolution.
Here's a screenshot of the game running at 3840x2160 resolution.
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I just fixed a regression regarding DirectX 2/3 emulation, which was preventing Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny from running in hardware accelerated mode.
Here's a screenshot of the game running at 3840x2160 resolution.
Here's a screenshot of the game running at 3840x2160 resolution.
I have resolved some merge conflicts in the 0.5.x branch of DXGL, as I plan on at least one more release. As a result, the minumim Windows 10 requirement will also apply to the next version. Users of previous Windows versions should use the legacy version moving forward.
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I have resolved some merge conflicts in the 0.5.x branch of DXGL, as I plan on at least one more release. As a result, the minumim Windows 10 requirement will also apply to the next version. Users of previous Windows versions should use the legacy version moving forward.
As a heads-up, older versions of DXGL still work on modern operating systems like Windows 10 and Windows 11; they may be needed for some games as later versions currently have regressions.
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
As a heads-up, older versions of DXGL still work on modern operating systems like Windows 10 and Windows 11; they may be needed for some games as later versions currently have regressions.
Posse Comitatus Act doesn't seem to mean anything to the Administration, so how would we expect them to comply with new regulation?
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Posse Comitatus Act doesn't seem to mean anything to the Administration, so how would we expect them to comply with new regulation?
In light of today's release of Visual Studio 2026, for future versions of DXGL the legacy installer will be required for all Windows versions below 10. This is due to new system requirements for the current v14 Redistributable.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In light of today's release of Visual Studio 2026, for future versions of DXGL the legacy installer will be required for all Windows versions below 10. This is due to new system requirements for the current v14 Redistributable.
Page 2 of the subpoena is pretty spicy. Specifically, it asserts authorization on laws involving healthcare fraud, child sexual exploitation, or threats against government officials. At first I was leaning towards the second one, but someone probably ticked off a MAGA government official.
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Page 2 of the subpoena is pretty spicy. Specifically, it asserts authorization on laws involving healthcare fraud, child sexual exploitation, or threats against government officials. At first I was leaning towards the second one, but someone probably ticked off a MAGA government official.