Update Announcement
Winlator 9.0 has been released, featuring native vortek drivers that should theoretically improve performance on graphically intensive games (it’s a hit or miss lol).
However, 9.0 is an experimental build that (after testing) makes destructive changes to how the emulator handles graphics drivers. I suggest sticking to Winlator 8.0 since this version has been battle-tested on LT and won’t be prone to hotfixes in the next couple of weeks.
Those couple of weeks have passed and people have run the batteries on Winlator 9.0, so to speak. Updating should be safe and should net a tiny performance increase.
Getting down to brass tacks: Winlator 9.0 ships with Box64 v.0.3.2 out of the box. What we need to emulate LT is v0.3.0. Upon updating to 9.0, you’ll need to go to Settings -> Box64, then set the version to v0.3.0, and press the save button at the bottom-right. If v0.3.0 isn’t there, you have to install it by pressing the download button (just to the right). This is a setting you need to tweak if you’re seeing smeared lines on in-game text.
Performance gains using the Vortek drivers are on a per-device and on a per-game basis. Welcome to Android land lol. This means you’ll have to run the batteries yourself. But feel free to ask questions and share your data!