What's New in 26.7.10.2

Smarter game launching

• Smart Play now combines community compatibility data, confirmed recipes, game-folder detection, and local launch history.
• Automatically selects between DXVK, WineD3D, VKD3D, Apple D3DMetal/GPTK, DXMT, native macOS, and specialized Wine paths.
• Added safe fallback between compatible renderers when the recommended option fails.
• Steam starting alone no longer counts as success: Bourbon waits for a visible game window or verified renderer activity.
• Improved support for slow launches, differently named game processes, and launcher-to-game handoffs.
• Added automatic EA app handling for games that require it.

Per-game controls

• Every game now has an approachable launch configuration screen.
• Change renderer, Steam compatibility profile, synchronization mode, window mode, launch arguments, DirectX options, overlay behavior, and diagnostics.
• Save settings per game or reset to Bourbon’s current recommendation.
• Steam itself now has a dedicated launch configuration screen.
• Create standalone macOS game launchers directly from Bourbon.

Expanded compatibility

• Added community data from ProtonDB, AppleGamingWiki, AreWeAntiCheatYet, MacGamingDB, protonfixes, Lutris, and Whisky research.
• Added managed compatibility recipes for dependencies, registry changes, DLL overrides, launch arguments, and known failures.
• Added automatic Visual C++ runtimes, DirectX helper libraries, fonts, Media Foundation, PhysX, XNA, and optional .NET components.
• Added DXMT as a first-class DirectX-to-Metal renderer.
• Improved GPTK/D3DMetal launches by starting Steam first and sharing Steam identity data.
• Added CrossOver-source Wine support for games and tools that benefit from it.
• Added renderer verification, DXVK async shader-cache support, and CXPatcher-style compatibility management.

Save and account protection

• Added a private, durable save vault outside Bourbon’s normal data directory.
• Synchronizes saves across Wine, Source/legacy, DXMT, and GPTK environments.
• Uses newest-copy selection and archives conflicting versions instead of deleting them.
• Preserves Steam authentication and userdata across renderer changes, repairs, uninstall, and factory reset.
• Added transactional prefix snapshots, recovery, rollback, and pruning.
• Repairs now quarantine unhealthy environments before rebuilding them.
• Added manual save synchronization and recovery controls.

Steam and library improvements

• Added a richer Steam library with artwork and compatibility information.
• Improved support for multiple Steam libraries and external drives.
• Preserves user launch options while removing obsolete Smart Play flags.
• Improved Steam UI compatibility, authentication checks, installer recovery, and client startup.
• Added Source-engine and legacy compatibility profiles.
• Fixed repeated macOS permission prompts and game-launch process floods.

OS Experience

• Added integrated Windows-on-ARM virtual machines for games and software that cannot run through Wine.
• Includes an embedded VNC display, automatic RAM sizing, aspect-correct output, display settings, installation-media handling, and virtual hardware support.
• Bourbon can now recommend this path when Wine-based methods are unsuitable.

Safety, diagnostics, and distribution

• Added privacy-safe support bundles with logs and compatibility details.
• Added guarded repair, uninstall, and factory-reset operations.
• Improved first-run setup, dependency detection, progress reporting, and error messages.
• Added signed in-app updates.
• Both lightweight and offline editions are Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and stapled.