Statement on BrunoSX’s hiatus
Bruno (@brunodev85) announced he’s pausing Winlator development after false virus accusations. There are no viruses in Winlator, at least not intentionally—debug symbols in the bundled Wine builds can trigger antivirus heuristics, but I realize that the latest release had something a bit different that scrambled executable file names. The reality is that these things can happen, it's certainly not intentional. *Update: TestD3D.exe was infected with floxif. Again, this was not intentional, but it should be noted.
Where Cmod & the Bionic fork stand
My own Cmod branch has been quiet since Prototype 5 / v12 alpha (Discord-only). Meanwhile, amazing work continues:
@Pipetto-crypto – Bionic & graphics wrappers
@cjxyz – Bionic Winlator fork and new features
My roadmap
I’m resuming work—slowly, around a busier job—but the plan is:
🔧 Fix Gamepad Configurator
🖥️ Streamline Big Picture Mode (Cmod Big Picture Mode, the frontend looking menu I made a while back. But Steam support is still on my radar)
🍷 Update Wine & core assets
🏷️ Expand on shortcut settings / per-app tweaks
Expect incremental releases rather than one big drop.
Thank you, Bruno
Without Bruno’s vision there’d be no Winlator. Whatever he chooses next, he has the community’s respect and gratitude.
Stay tuned