Valve are now offering a chance to test a beta of the next version of Proton in their Steam Play system.
As a reminder: Steam Play is the system built into the Linux version of the Steam client to allow you to play Windows games on Linux. Compatibility varies from game to game, you can see the current titles that Valve have whitelisted in their original announcement.
You can track the changelog here. As for what Proton 3.7-4 has: support for Python 3, DXVK updated to v0.70, better keyboard focus for those on GNOME Shell, controllers hopefully no longer causing long delays on startup and more. Seems like a pretty good update and it's going to be fun to watch it progress.
Actually getting it show up is a little finicky. It didn't seem to appear until after I started a Steam Play title and then restarting Steam, so hopefully they will improve that over time too.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Arehandoro Aug 25, 2018
Earlier today I tried Children of the Zodiarcs (worked pretty well in Wine) and runs flawlessly as well. Streams beautifully as well but somehow controller configuration isn't working whilst on the Steamlink.
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Quoting: SuppenMicrosoft have been known to have their software explicitly check if it runs in Wine, and labeling it as a non-genuine windows installation. It was a long time ago, but I guess nothing stops them from doing it againDoes this actually make a difference these days? Is there a difference between non-genuine and non-registered? I've been dual-booting a bit lately, and I just installed Windows from an iso downloaded directly from Microsoft, but just never registered it, and the only thing I've noticed is that I couldn't change my wallpaper. Can't see that within a game no matter what!
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Quoting: OrkultusSo far the games that i have gotten to work are. Darksiders 1 (Menu is blacked out), but if you listen for the menu sounds when you hover your mouse over them, and select them just right, it will load into the game which is fully playable.
I had the black main menu too, but that wasn't the only flaw. There was no HUD other than the minimap, I couldn't see the popups that appear when you find something new for the first time and there was no ingame menu.
I was able to play the game for about half an hour, defeating the first boss and going through several level transitions, but I had to tab out of the game and kill it, as I could not save and quit from within.
On the other hand, Hot Lava runs rather flawlessly for me. Only thing missing is the intro movie, otherwise it's absolutely smooth.
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Am I the only one that hasnt gotten a controller to work in any proton game? In general my controller(s) working is hit or miss. I've tried 360 controllers, PS4, and Steam controllers. They are always recognized and working in steam but only a couple of games work with them. I dont really know what to do as I seem to be the outlier here. Another interesting fact is csgo crashes on startup if a controller is plugged in. Anyone want to assist with troubleshooting? Heres some output when running steam/csgo before it crashes:
System:
Ubuntu 18.04
Intel® Core™ i5-4670 CPU / GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia 396.54
Any help would be appreciated!
Initializing joystick #0 and making it active.
ConVarRef joystick doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Detected supported joystick #1 'Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller Motion Sensors'. Currently active joystick is #0.
Detected supported joystick #2 'Microsoft X-Box 360 pad'. Currently active joystick is #0.
RESZ NOT SUPPORTED!
INTZ NOT SUPPORTED!
RESZ NOT SUPPORTED!
INTZ NOT SUPPORTED!System:
Ubuntu 18.04
Intel® Core™ i5-4670 CPU / GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia 396.54
Any help would be appreciated!
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Quoting: jardonAm I the only one that hasnt gotten a controller to work in any proton game?
With Nier: Automata it worked right away (steam controller). I have not tested the controller in other games. But you should name the games where you have problems.
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Mountain Man Aug 26, 2018
Quoting: KimyrielleSo...I think the only definitive answer is "It depends." I suppose "Whatever works" is also acceptable.
What do people think is the better choice to run Windows games now? regular WINE? Staging? Proton?
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Mountain Man Aug 26, 2018
Tried the beta. Batman: Arkham Asylum and LEGO The Lord of the Rings still refuse to launch. Pity, because those along with Arkham City are really the only Windows-only titles I care about.
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i just wish we could find an way to stop using MS code entirely, even if we arent using the windows kernel and windows, we are still runing direct X and its libraries
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Mountain Man Aug 26, 2018
Quoting: elmapuli just wish we could find an way to stop using MS code entirely, even if we arent using the windows kernel and windows, we are still runing direct X and its librariesWe can only hope developers see the advantages of making their games Linux friendly and start supporting Vulkan.
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