The Next mode simplifies Bottles usage significantly. There won’t be individual bottle management; Bottles will create and manage a single bottle, leaving users with the task of installing and running the software they need. The Next bottle will use a layering concept to isolate applications, dependencies, and configurations. This means that the underlying wineprefix will be the same, but each application will have its settings (DXVK, VKD3D, FSR, desktop resolution, environment variables, launch options, dependencies, etc.). This minimizes the risk of bottle breakage to just external interferences.
This is cool! I've always been a Heroic launcher fan, but this update would make me switch. The UI also looks very sweet. Shame it's s few months away, but I'm greatly looking forward to it.
I used to make Lutris install scripts. In general, I find:
- Lutris development mostly stopped
- Lutris has more restrictions on what games can be uploaded
- There's a huge delay between uploading a new Lutris script and it being approved
If it works for you though, keep using it
I was fully expecting that to be an announcement that they were releasing a paid version or something like that, so this was a pleasant surprise.
