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Valve have updated the Beta of Steam Play which fixes VR games, fullscreen improvements and more

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Another Beta version of Proton is available for Valve's Steam Play for those who wish to give it a go with the latest fixes.

To avoid some confusion: The Steam Play system as a whole is still in Beta, Proton (Valve's Wine fork) which Steam Play uses has a "3.7-3" version which is the default, but you can also switch to the Beta version of Proton itself in Steam's settings (compatibility tool dropdown box) to get Proton "3.7-6" which was just released today.

Proton 3.7-6 highlights:

  • Fix failure to start VR games.
  • Improvements to fullscreen games running at non-native resolutions.
  • Compatibility fix for games that use Steam integration.
  • Return to previous D3D10 behavior in DXVK to allow games to fallback to D3D9.

Getting it to actually show up in Steam is a bit odd still. Even on a fresh boot today, I had to quit and reload Steam to get the new Beta of Proton to actually show up. Hopefully Valve will improve the user experience there when the Steam Play system is a bit further along.

Also, Valve has now upped the NVIDIA driver requirement to 396.54.

See the changelog here. 

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Madeanaccounttocomment Sep 9, 2018
Quoting: slaapliedjeNow I really wish I could get gigabit internet...

You also must be some poor sap living in the US.
slaapliedje Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: Madeanaccounttocomment
Quoting: slaapliedjeNow I really wish I could get gigabit internet...

You also must be some poor sap living in the US.

Sure am. In Utah, we have Google Fiber in the south and Google Fiber in the north. I'm stuck in the middle with crappy speeds.
lucifertdark Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: TheRiddickInstall XACT into the SKSE prefix, also make sure your open files size is large enough.
While I'm waiting for Skyrim to re-install does open file size fix the crash on exit?
ageres Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: TheRiddickInstall XACT into the SKSE prefix, also make sure your open files size is large enough.
I tried to do that but unsuccessfully. I execute this:
WINEPREFIX=/2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx/ winetricks --force xact
and get this:
...
Executing cabextract -q -d /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/syswow64 -L -F xactengine*.dll /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_xact/*.cab
/2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_xact/*.cab: No such file or directory
...
Command cabextract -q -d /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/syswow64 -L -F xactengine*.dll /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_xact/*.cab returned status 1. Interruption.
Is there a way to install it manually by copying some files somewhere or something?
lucifertdark Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: ageres
Quoting: TheRiddickInstall XACT into the SKSE prefix, also make sure your open files size is large enough.
I tried to do that but unsuccessfully. I execute this:
WINEPREFIX=/2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx/ winetricks --force xact
and get this:
...
Executing cabextract -q -d /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/syswow64 -L -F xactengine*.dll /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_xact/*.cab
/2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_xact/*.cab: No such file or directory
...
Command cabextract -q -d /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/syswow64 -L -F xactengine*.dll /2TB/Games/Linux/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx//dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_xact/*.cab returned status 1. Interruption.
Is there a way to install it manually by copying some files somewhere or something?
Open Terminal from inside the 489830 folder & run WINEPREFIX=$PWD/pfx winetricks --force xact instead, it's probably struggling with the 101 folders (slight exaggeration) deep you have the game, when I used Windows a lot console commands always failed if there were too many folders in the command.

I have mine installed in /$home/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/489830, only a couple less folders for it to dig through but that could make all the difference.


Last edited by lucifertdark on 9 September 2018 at 9:29 am UTC
ageres Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: lucifertdarkOpen Terminal from inside the 489830 folder & run WINEPREFIX=$PWD/pfx winetricks --force xact
Still the same result :(
lucifertdark Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: ageres
Quoting: lucifertdarkOpen Terminal from inside the 489830 folder & run WINEPREFIX=$PWD/pfx winetricks --force xact
Still the same result :(
Actually I just found I'm getting the same thing now, I think they broke something in the latest Beta of Proton, I assume you're using that one too?

edit, I made a copy of the proton 3.7 Beta folder (1.3Gb) & named it proton 3.7, deleted everything in the pfx folder for the game then ran the game to regenerate the prefix, quit the game then run the command again & it worked this time, winetricks for some reason couldn't see the beta folder but can see a non beta folder. It means I now have two copies of the proton folder.


Last edited by lucifertdark on 9 September 2018 at 10:11 am UTC
Solitary Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: ageres
Quoting: lucifertdarkOpen Terminal from inside the 489830 folder & run WINEPREFIX=$PWD/pfx winetricks --force xact
Still the same result :(
Just wait, FAudio should be here very soon (october) and that will fix that.
https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FNA/issues/90
lucifertdark Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: Solitary
Quoting: ageres
Quoting: lucifertdarkOpen Terminal from inside the 489830 folder & run WINEPREFIX=$PWD/pfx winetricks --force xact
Still the same result :(
Just wait, FAudio should be here very soon (october) and that will fix that.
https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FNA/issues/90
That's good to know, but I wanna play it now. ;)
Solitary Sep 9, 2018
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Quoting: lucifertdark
Quoting: SolitaryJust wait, FAudio should be here very soon (october) and that will fix that.
https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FNA/issues/90
That's good to know, but I wanna play it now. ;)
Then go and play it.
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