The Wine development release 1.3.29 is now available.

What´s new in this release (see below for details):

• Extensive support for VBScript.
  
• Various improvements to the calendar common control.
  
• A number of XRender fixes and optimizations.
  
• Several new functions in the MSVCP runtime.
  
• A number of audio fixes.
  
• DirectDraw cleanups.
  
• Various bug fixes

The source is available from the following locations:

http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/emulators/wine/wine-1.3.29.tar.bz2
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.3.29.tar.bz2

Binary packages for various distributions will be available from:

http://www.winehq.org/download

You will find documentation on http://www.winehq.org/documentation

You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check http://www.winehq.org/git for details.

Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list.


Bugs fixed in 1.3.29:

421 Implement a DIB engine
1348 RegisterHotKey and UnregisterHotKey are not implemented. (Affects e.g. Adobe Photoshop.)
7066 comctl32 monthcal does not display multiple calendar months
9412 FL Studio 7 installer fails to register Vorbis codec in system.ini
11621 putty.exe in telnet mode don´t display anything
13313 Half life 2 hangs with a high cpu usage at a certain point in the game
14271 Inital size of scroll bar "thumb" incorrect
14847 UFO Extraterrestials: Problems with mouse cursor and textures.
15364 Build broken when CFLAGS="-Wall -Werror" is used
15460 blocky shadow-like model edges in Sid Meier´s Pirates!
17021 CHM help menu only shows "Printer icons"
17582 Version/install test crashes on OpenSolaris
20043 uTorrent 1.8 does not start correctly
21138 cmd.exe cd command possible bug
21822 Creative Writer 2´s interface is discolored unless running at 8-bit color depth
22608 EVE online planets and planetary interaction icons fail to render correctly
24478 Fallout 3 no background music
24745 Loki fails due to missing msvcp80.dll.[...]
24958 colormap? problem with internet maps in OziExplorer
25089 The characters in simple dialog (buttons and labels) are completely garbled ("$BODFM" instead of "Cancel")
25117 Antialising does not work in portal.
25150 Some effects are rendered upside down in source engine games
25364 Sacred 2 Fallen Angel needs msvcp80.dll.[...]
25629 Left 4 Dead 2 - Only a sound channel is heard in the Introduction.
26361 ExeFile.exe crashes on character creation
26961 Download Accelerator Plus: needs msvcp60.dll.[...]
27009 Fallout 3 Launcher crashes with builtin msvcp
27031 k-meleon needs msvcp71.dll.[...]
27054 Won´t run Wix 3.6 (beta) installer
27076 Darkspore: Character customization screen is dark with fog
27480 [Assassin´s Creed]Transparent Ground
27585 F.E.A.R.3 crashes once game starts
27645 MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World Demo wants msvcp90.dll.[...] (purist)
27729 shell32/shlfolder.c test always fails on 32-bit gentoo
27780 Total Annihilation crashes on start, needs msvcp90.dll.[...]
28008 RC Cars fails to start unless network option disabled
28040 handle_underrun=1 hack causes IMMDevice::Activate to fail with PulseAudio
28090 EA Origin´s launcher: freezes after a couple seconds
28110 ThunderMiniInstall.exe crash: unimplemented function msvcp71.dll.[...]
28111 ThunderMiniInstall.exe crash: unimplemented function msvcp71.dll.[...]
28134 X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter: "Direct Input Create FAILED" regression
28145 TextPad crashes on exit
28181 Diablo III needs msvcp90.dll.[...]
28205 MSPY2010.exe crash on unimplemented function msvcp90.dll.[...]
28215 Nightly (x64) needs msvcp90.dll.[...]
28222 Sid Meier´s Civilization V - wine-1.3.27 not able to load - previous wine versions fine.
28227 Diablo II: Graphics in game and menu flicker
28280 Silent Hill V: Homecoming: brightness adjustment no longer works
28288 msctf/inputprocessor.ok test flaky
28302 nearly all wine tests show invalid reads/uninitialized values in dib engine
28308 Anarchy Online: Game crashes on startup after the launcher
28320 Echo context not restored properly when executing external cmd scripts without CALL
28327 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.0 no longer installs in current ubuntu oneiric 64-bit
28329 Sony Vegas Pro 8.0c: MSI changes break installation
28331 Fortix: numerals replaced by capital letters
28337 The Polynomial v1.22 freezes after killing an enemy
28339 Loss of sound in winecfg
28354 Office 2007: browsing clip organizer produces error message
28364 Adobe Lightroom 3.3 installer quits unexpectedly
28366 The MSPY2010 installer exit silently
28380 Dawn of War Soulstorm demo does not start
28381 Word & Powerpoint 2007: window background is black
28392 Internet Explorer 4 crashes on adding a page to favorites
28400 Creative Writer 2 fails to install
28409 Hardwar launcher fails to start: ´Can´t initialize DirectDraw object´
28417 Riven: screen transitions mess up the screen
28424 Space Funeral game crashes at startup
28429 Internet Explorer 3.02 crashes on startup - unimplemented function urlmon.dll.RegisterMediaTypes
28441 Conversations Network Levelator crashes on start
28443 MsiGetFileVersion fails when run on TrueType/OpenType font files
28455 JetAudio VX wants msvcp90.dll.[...] aborting