Quoting: vlademir1WINEPREFIX=[your home directory]/.steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/[App ID of the game]/ ~/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Proton 3.7/dist/bin/wine winecfg
I don't remember seeing this mentioned upthread, but I also didn't read every comment. The first part of that is likely the most important, seeing as you should be able to use any winecfg or winetricks once you know the prefix to dither about with.

Just a few notes:
- The actual prefix is in a subfolder named pfx, so you should add that to the end of the WINEPREFIX path.
- For me at least the "steamapps" folder should be "SteamApps". That should actually be the default, but better check your capitalization just in case.
- Depending on your Steam Play configuration, you might want to replace "Proton 3.7" in the wine path with "Proton 3.7 Beta", and remember to put the whole path in quotes or escape the whitespace with backslashes or that obviously won't work.

Taking these into account, here's what works for me:
WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.steam/root/SteamApps/compatdata/[AppID]/pfx" "$HOME/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/Proton 3.7 Beta/dist/bin/wine" winecfg

Proton doesn't package winetricks, but if you've got it installed locally, you can use it with Proton's wine executable by pointing the WINE environment variable to the right place, like this:
WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.steam/root/SteamApps/compatdata/[AppID]/pfx" WINE="$HOME/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/Proton 3.7 Beta/dist/bin/wine" winetricks

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyHave they (Valve Software) given any indication as to when they're hoping to make this available in the stable version of the Steam client for Linux-based operating systems? Or is this still a mystery?

It's Valve. I bet the answer is "when it's done". Or in this case, as soon as they deem it good enough that it won't be impossible to support.

As of now there are still several stumbling blocks to clear, like the requirement for bleeding edge / beta graphics drivers. They'll also want to expand that whitelist a bit. These things matter if they want to make it easier for gamers to migrate to Linux. This has the potential to result in (undeserved) bad publicity for the operating system so I'd rather they take their time.

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Quoting: serge

Quoting: jardonAm I the only one that hasnt gotten a controller to work in any proton game?

i can confirm that CSGO crash if a joystick is plugged, it was working previously when the game had the old UI.

CSGO isn't running on Proton/Steam Play so that's a separate issue.

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Quoting: sbolokanov

Quoting: KimyrielleSo...

What do people think is the better choice to run Windows games now? regular WINE? Staging? Proton?

As always… WINDOWS.
I'm quite serious. If you really want to game then that would be a good call.

It's also the answer to a question nobody asked.

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Quoting: RoosterAs far as I know, you can't play Skyrim using Proton yet. Or am I wrong?

According to the compatibility chart, you should be able to play the original but not the Special Edition.

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Quoting: legluondunetTekken 7 is on the Steamplay whitelist and it doesn't launch with Proton...Valve should verify his Whitelist before to publish it.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561 [External Link]
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/278 [External Link]

That's why it's only available in the beta client. They're still figuring this out.

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Quoting: GuestI actually didn't complete Rise of The Tomb Raider because the FPS drops I find nauseating, and I'm not an FPS snob and can tolerate some lower degrees of performance here and there, I get drops in the native linux version of Ruiner but I don't really notice it much, but that's a top-down shooter with fixed camera.. in rise of tomb raider it just makes me feel sea sick though :-\

But the port is actually good, and get 60fps is majority of the game but there seem to be alot of spots that just drop in performance randomly.

Not to say the port wasn't quality, who knows it could be a problem on my end but I wasn't able to maintain solid 60fps and the drops personally found unbearable enough to put me off completing it.. would be great to see some more patches for the game because I think with enough love it could perform better

Did you perhaps happen to play with Nvidia driver 396.18 and <16gb of RAM? Because there was a nasty bug that meant a lot of swapping and slowdowns if that's the case. Feral worked around the bug in an early patch and it worked fine for me afterwards, and with more recent drivers the bug should be solved anyway. (I played with a loaner 4gb GTX 1050, I doubt my own 2gb 960 would do as well.)

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Quoting: tonR

Quoting: tonRTotally Linux newbie questions... Should I try it?

Very tempting to play The Sims 3....

Well, currently downloading The Sims 3. I will test it on Saturday evening or Sunday, depends on my laziness...

You could have checked the compatibility spreadsheet [External Link] to avoid wasting your time and bandwidth. (Three reports that it does not work.)

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The game has been creeping up my wishlist since it was announced, currently competing for the first spot with Opus Magnum. Even my wife agreed that HRM was brilliant, I don't see how this sequel could be anything but. I'll be sure to pick it up as soon as my budget allows.

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Quoting: MayeulCHopefully someones builds a few libraries to easily use the native Steam API with regular wine/wine staging. I foresee this happening soon enough :)

How about the option to use your own "compatibility tool" in steam play, as in provide a wine executable path and prefix or something along those lines and let Steam handle the API access? Might be easier said than done of course.

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