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After a short Beta period to help find issues, today Valve / CodeWeavers have release the latest version of Steam Play Proton.

Looking to get started with Steam Play on Linux? Have no idea what it is? Be sure to check our previous beginners guide for some tips and explanations. We'll be keeping that up to date with any major changes.

They're certainly a dedicated bunch when it comes to trying to improve Linux gaming for all Steam users, with Proton helping many more people play their Windows-only favourites on Linux. With Proton 5.0-6 they continue their ongoing compatibility improvements focus with these changes:

  • Fix DOOM Eternal DRM failures. This game requires the very latest video drivers.
  • Performance and graphical improvements for Resident Evil 2 in Direct3D 12 mode.
  • Fix Proton 5.0 regressions in Rock of Ages, Dead Space, and Elder Scrolls Online.
  • Fix Fallout 3, Panzer Corps hanging on launch.
  • Fix external web browser links in some games, including Football Manager 2020 and Age of Empires II: HD Edition.
  • Improve Rockstar Launcher appearance.
  • Ignore Wacom tablets that present as joysticks.
  • Fix DmC Devil May Cry crashing with rumble controllers.
  • Fix VR error when users have a custom XDG_CONFIG_HOME setting.

Looks like a DXVK update didn't make it in this round, due to some "regressions".

You can see the changelog on the Proton Wiki. It should arrive as an update in the Steam client, like you see updates for games.

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Koopacabras Apr 15, 2020
Discharge the Proton Beams!
Comandante Ñoñardo Apr 16, 2020
Wait!
Resident Evil 2 is mentioned... But that game requires WMF support....
Koopacabras Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWait!
Resident Evil 2 is mentioned... But that game requires WMF support....

try Proton 5.6 GE -2 it should work also RE3


Last edited by Koopacabras on 16 April 2020 at 1:27 am UTC
Comandante Ñoñardo Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: The_Aquabat
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWait!
Resident Evil 2 is mentioned... But that game requires WMF support....

try Proton 5.6 GE -2 it should work also RE3

Are you telling me that Valve recommends the "legally problematic" solution that they don't allow to post in their github?
fagnerln Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: The_Aquabat
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWait!
Resident Evil 2 is mentioned... But that game requires WMF support....

try Proton 5.6 GE -2 it should work also RE3

I thought that GE doesn't ship with mf anymore, well, good news.
elmapul Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: fagnerln
Quoting: The_Aquabat
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWait!
Resident Evil 2 is mentioned... But that game requires WMF support....

try Proton 5.6 GE -2 it should work also RE3

I thought that GE doesn't ship with mf anymore, well, good news.

how the fuck this is good news?
Koopacabras Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: fagnerln
Quoting: The_Aquabat
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWait!
Resident Evil 2 is mentioned... But that game requires WMF support....

try Proton 5.6 GE -2 it should work also RE3

I thought that GE doesn't ship with mf anymore, well, good news.

it doesn't have the Microsoft propietary DLL's, just the upstream code from Valve that has the MF open source implementation.
Purple Library Guy Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: The_AquabatDischarge the Proton Beams!
That poster's amazing! It's like a cheap knockoff of things themselves so cheap I wouldn't have believed such a thing possible!
Koopacabras Apr 16, 2020
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: The_AquabatDischarge the Proton Beams!
That poster's amazing! It's like a cheap knockoff of things themselves so cheap I wouldn't have believed such a thing possible!

I think it's a miniseries within the star trek universe that happens on the holodeck... like the Captain Baseball Bat boy of star trek
Sojiro84 Apr 16, 2020
I wonder when we can play DOOM Eternal with MESA and ACO.

I can currently play it with the official AMD drivers and LLVM but still...

I also kinda gave up playing the game where I encountered a insane platforming part where I just keep failing and when you fail, you have to start all over again.

And in this part you need to do 8 to 10 platforming jumps and swings before you land at a checkpoint. Frustrated me to no end so I kinda ragequitted.

I want to shoot stuff, not play a fake Super Mario...
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