Valve updated Proton Experimental for September 19th, adding their usual assortment of fixes for running Windows games new and old on Linux PCs and Steam Deck. The last update was September 10th which pulled in even more fixes.
Not to be now playable includes:
- Act of War: Direct Action (with AMD GPUs).
- Starlight Re:Volver.
- Gemstones.
- Warnament.
Other fixes and improvements include:
- Mitigated OpenSSL-related issues in Agony UNRATED that happen on newer Intel CPUs.
- Fixed Counter-Strike rarely crashing when connecting to matches.
- Fixed Sea Power not playing background music.
- Fixed Alone in the Dark (2008), DiRT, Disney Universe, Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans / Ex Machina: Meridian 113, Dino D-Day and Prototype 2 not running on CPU with high core count.
- Fixed Disgaea PC not displaying controller icons correctly.
- Fixed language selection not working in Black Squad's launcher.
- Fixed video playback in The Heart of Influencer and Superscout.
- Fixed Proton Experimental regressions:
- Some AVPro videos in VRChat should no longer be distorted.
Pictured - Prototype 2
Source: GitHub
This update for Proton Experimental will show up as an update in your Steam Downloads. Or, it will install automatically if Valve have it set by default for a game when you go to play it. Otherwise, search for Proton Experimental in your Steam Library to install it.
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