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This release overhauls how it runs GE-Proton, making use of the modern umu launcher to keep it all running nicely. So it should, in theory, offer a better experience than before when running Windows games. It also improves support for Wayland, adds support for the ZOOM Platform store, there's improvements for the EA App, some settings have been cleaned up and much more.
Here's the full list of changes:
- Proton-GE launched via umu is now the default. Umu takes care of keeping Proton-GE up to date.
- Fix Proton integration bugs so Proton-fixes are applied
- Do not offer VKD3D, D3D Extras or DXVK-NVAPI on Proton versions; Proton will handle these.
- The "Enable Esync" and "Enable Fsync" and "DXVK" settings are now passed on to Proton
- DXVK's integrated D8VK will be enabled in Proton
- Wine runner adds an option to select Wine's "Wayland driver"
- Add little buttons to select covert-art, banner and icons via URL in game configuration
- Cover-art or banners from sources will be used when Lutris media is not available
- Emulator BIOS file location (used by libretro) may be set in Preferences
- Fix for updated Flathub API
- Change Itch.io over to the use of API keys instead of usernames and passwords
- Update EA App source to their new API
- Simplify Itcho.io collections- if you have no collection named "Lutris", we will show all games
- MAME Machine setting uses a searchable entry for its enormous list
- Obtain the release year from GOG and Itch.io
- Add "Azahar" runner
- Add "ZOOM Platform" source
- Add "Steam Family" source to support Steam Families
- Updated versions of runners for TIC-80, EasyRPG, mGBA, Rosalie's Mupen GUI, Ruffle, 86Box
- Ryujinx runner can now specific 'application ID' for your multi-game XCIs.
- Support for importing Commodore 64 ROMs
- Support ICDs for Intel Xe GPUs
- Add option for 'ptyxis' terminal
- Redundant "Add Games" menu item removed; use the plus button in the corner
- Option to hide a source's games from also appearing in the Games view
- "Manual Script" for the context menu will now see the game's environment variables
- Add "Create Steam Big Picture shortcut" to the context menu
- Add a file association to run .lutris installer files via double-click
- Fix compatibility with Python 3.14
Source: GitHub
See more on the Lutris website.
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A month ago I had to switch to Heroic Game Launcher because there was no news from Lutris until the end of 24th year.
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mr-victory 9 hours ago
Proton-GE launched via umu is now the default. Umu takes care of keeping Proton-GE up to date.About time.
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Nostalgia_Realm 5 hours ago
Quoting: mr-victoryCould anyone enlighten me how this is better than how Proton-GE previously functioned? I am clueless about this topic. All I know is that Proton-GE has always worked fine for me on Lutris.Proton-GE launched via umu is now the default. Umu takes care of keeping Proton-GE up to date.About time.
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mr-victory 4 hours ago
Quoting: Nostalgia_RealmCould anyone enlighten me how this is better than how Proton-GE previously functioned? I am clueless about this topic. All I know is that Proton-GE has always worked fine for me on Lutris.First things first I wrote that comment not because of umu but because of Proton-GE. The default runner was Wine-GE until this update which caused installation of Battle.net to mysteriously fail, some Windows apps to detect no available storage etc. I had had enough telling people to use Proton GE in Bazzite discord😆
Now about umu, it does 2 things:
* Running Proton with Steam Linux Runtime: This replicates how Steam runs proton, aiming to reduce unusual bugs.
* Game fixes: Umu contains a database of game fixes for both Steam & non Steam games, launchers capable of parsing the data automatically benefit from the unified effort of assembling game fixes. Things like passing SteamOS=1 to Wuthering Waves, enabling DLLs etc.
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I've just installed it but it couldn't find my steam games. When I gave it the exact directory it complained that it cannot load them and I should make my profile public (whatever that means). So I tried GOG and it found my games at least but for the installation it prompted which file I want to install ..
Whatever the functionality may be, it feels like you need to read the code to just configure the program. No tool tips, no manual, no hints. Deinstalled, IMHO not really usable.
Whatever the functionality may be, it feels like you need to read the code to just configure the program. No tool tips, no manual, no hints. Deinstalled, IMHO not really usable.
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Caldathras 2 hours ago
Quoting: Nostalgia_RealmCould anyone enlighten me how this is better than how Proton-GE previously functioned? I am clueless about this topic. All I know is that Proton-GE has always worked fine for me on Lutris.
Let's see: on version 0.5.18, I had to basically employ a workaround to install a game using UMU.
1) Under Add Games to Lutris, I would select Add locally installed game;
2) manually enter the game's name and select the WINE runner in the Game Info tab;
3) enter/select the location of the WINE prefix in the Game Options tab;
4) then make sure to select a WINE version that was either Proton or Proton-GE in the Runner Options tab;
5) I would save the configuration then run the installer using the menu option to Run EXE inside Wine prefix;
6) This would start up UMU, which would configure the prefix and install the game;
7) I may have had to enter the game's launch executable after the install was completed. I don't recall.
As far as I recall, UMU would not initiate if you assigned a Proton runner as the default runner in version 0.5.18.
In Heroic Games Launcher, you enter the game's name, confirm the prefix location and provide the installer. UMU is run automatically and everything is configured for you. As a result, I stopped using Lutris to install Windows games.
With Proton-GE being launched via UMU as the default, this should simplify the process and, at least, put Lutris back on par with Heroic again.
Whether I go back to Lutris remains to be seen. There are some nice QoL features in Lutris that are not yet available in Heroic (like launching the game from its Windows shortcut, for example).
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