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Glossary:Display wrapper

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As APIs get older, their support may be eventually dropped. With time this can lead to numerous performance and display issues. To circumvent these and allow older games to be played normally, API wrappers are created. They are special libraries, that read instructions of older APIs and convert them to be displayed in up to date ones (like newer Direct3D, OpenGL or Vulkan).

3dfx / Glide wrappers

Name API versions Wrapping to
nGlide 1/2/3 D3D9, Vulkan
dgVoodoo 1/2/3 D3D7, D3D9
DgVoodoo 2 1/2/3 D3D11

DirectDraw wrappers

Name API versions Wrapping to
Aqrit's DDwrapper ? ddraw
dgVoodoo 2 3/5/6/7 D3D11
DxWrapper 1-7 D3D9

Direct3D wrappers

Name API versions Wrapping to
d3d8to9 8 D3D9
DgVoodoo 2 3/5/6/7/8/9(beta) D3D11
DXVK 9/10/11 Vulkan
VKD3D-Proton 12 Vulkan
WineD3D 1-12 OpenGL, Vulkan
DxWrapper 1-8 1-6 to D3D7, D3D8 to D3D9

Mantle wrappers

Name API versions Wrapping to
GRVK Vulkan

OpenGL wrappers

Name API versions Wrapping to
zink 2.6 Vulkan

Vulkan wrappers

Name API versions Wrapping to
MoltenVK ? Metal


References