--- title: Wine 11.6 just made modding Windows games on Linux... description: Wine 11.6 introduces DLL load-order heuristics that allow third-party mod DLLs to load automatically, making game modding on Linux significantly easier. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-6-just-made-modding-windows-games-on-linux-easier-and-proton-could-be-next-ehjxbel44 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Wine 11.6 just made modding Windows games on Linux easier, and Proton could be next | daily.dev og:description: Wine 11.6 introduces DLL load-order heuristics that allow third-party mod DLLs to load automatically, making game modding on Linux significantly easier. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wine-11-6-just-made-modding-windows-games-on-linux-easier-and-proton-could-be-next-ehjxbel44 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ehJxbEL44.png og:image:alt: Wine 11.6 just made modding Windows games on Linux easier, and Proton could be next og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Wine 11.6 just made modding Windows games on Linux easier, and Proton could be next **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Wine 11.6 introduces DLL load-order heuristics that allow third-party mod DLLs to load automatically, making game modding on Linux significantly easier. The release also revives an Android driver (still work-in-progress), hinting at potential future support for Android apps and games via Wine. Additional changes include VBScript compatibility fixes and various bug fixes. Since Proton is built on top of Wine, these improvements may eventually make their way into Valve's gaming layer as well. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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