"The PC Gaming Wiki lists over 400 titles written with the D3D7 APIs, and while most of those games were released between 2000 and 2004, a handful of new D3D7 games have continued to be released through 2022. The D3D7 games list predictably includes a lot of licensed shovelware, but there are also well-remembered games like Escape from Monkey Island, Arx Fatalis, and the original Hitman: Codename 47."
"Despite some known issues with certain D3D7 titles, WinterSnowfall writes that recent tuning means "things are now anywhere between decent to stellar in most of the supported games." Still, the project author warns that the project will likely never reach full compatibility since "D3D7 is a land of highly cursed API interoperability." Don't expect this project to expand to include support for even older DirectX APIs, either, WinterSnowfall warns."
A compatibility project implements Direct3D 7 support on top of the dxvk framework, enabling play of over 400 D3D7-era PC games. Most affected titles were released between 2000 and 2004, with a few D3D7 releases appearing through 2022. The list contains a mix of licensed shovelware and notable titles such as Escape from Monkey Island, Arx Fatalis, and Hitman: Codename 47. The project was motivated by a desire to run games like Sacrifice and Disciples II on modern systems. Recent tuning has improved results to anywhere from decent to stellar for many supported games, but full compatibility remains unlikely due to D3D7's problematic API interoperability, and support will not be extended to older DirectX versions.
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