Dormo
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What they do is they don't change the engine code itself, but instead of including Windows/DirectX libraries, they include the eON libraries, which have the same API as as Windows/DirectX libraries, but under the hood they're using OpenGL and X11 (or whatever). It's similar to how libraries like SDL and SFML work, except it mimics DirectX and the Windows API. That's why the game performs as well as it does.
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The Arma 3 ports aren't using Wine. They're using eON, which allowed them to do native ports without rewriting parts of the engine.
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Oh, it is there. I don't know why I didn't see that. Thanks for the correction.
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Also, I noticed my framerate seems to be capped at 60 FPS. Is there any reason for this? I don't really mind, since I couldn't run it much over 60 FPS on Windows anyway, but it's odd that the cap is there. There's also no Vsync option (maybe Vsync is on my default?). Not sure if other options are missing.
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It technically is a native port. It runs natively on Linux and Mac. The reason people are saying it uses a "wrapper" is because they used a library to translate Windows API calls to X11 and DirectX calls to OpenGL instead of writing their own OpenGL renderer. It's not like Wine, where it basically pretends to be a Windows environment.
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Do you have multiple monitors? I had this same issue on Linux with dual monitors. Disabling my second monitor fixed it.
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I tried the Linux version today for half an hour. Immediately hit a bug. I have two monitors, and the game opened on the secondary monitor. After it opened, I couldn't use my mouse to navigate the menu. I had to use the keyboard. When I hit the escape key the game crashed. It works fine if I disable my second monitor. Otherwise, looks good so far. Performance is a _bit_ worse than Windows and I think I'm getting some framerate drops here and there. My system: Linux Mint 17.2 (Ubuntu 14.04) Nvidia GTX 960 (Driver version: 355.11) Intel i7 2600k (overclocked to 4.5 ghz)
