For those of you sticking with the stable channel of Steam Play's Proton system, Valve have today rolled out all the recent beta changes for everyone.
Previously, you had access to Proton 3.7-3 which was what everyone used by default and you could also use the "Compatibility tool" dropdown in the Steam Play options section to switch to a beta to have the latest updates. Valve must now consider all the changes stable enough, as Proton 3.7-6 is now the default. There's another beta channel now, which is still currently at 3.7-6 but it should remain where the latest changes go.
There's quite a lot of improvements included since the initial release, like: automatic mouse capturing in fullscreen windows by default, performance improvements, certain game compatibility improvements, an updated build of DXVK, more display resolution support and so on. You can see the full changelog here.
If you missed them, we had an interview with the creator of DXVK which is part of Steam Play's Proton and an interview with Linux game porter Ethan Lee recently. We will have another article up having a chat with a few developers about it all in a few days. Given that we're approaching the weekend, it will probably be early next week. We have some interesting people lined up for it, stay tuned.
It's really fun to watch it progress, I'm pretty excited personally to see how it evolves over the next year. It's still early days, but it has been rather promising so far. How have you all been finding it so far? What has been your biggest surprise with it? Let us know in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
GustyGhost Sep 14, 2018
Quoting: elmapulthey should add an icon to compatible games...
but i'm not sure if the steamOS icon is the right icon to use.
Tux should be brought back for Linux compatible games while Steamplay icon remains for translation layer games.
TheRiddick Sep 14, 2018
j/k, obviously they can't do that due to TM laws.
Last edited by TheRiddick on 14 September 2018 at 2:14 am UTC
Cyba.Cowboy Sep 14, 2018
Quoting: GustyGhostQuoting: elmapulthey should add an icon to compatible games...
but i'm not sure if the steamOS icon is the right icon to use.
Tux should be brought back for Linux compatible games while Steamplay icon remains for translation layer games.
That's actually not a bad idea... The "Tux" icon for native Linux titles, and the "SteamOS/Steam Machine icon for titles which "just work" via Steamplay.
I don't see it happening that way, but I think it's a great idea that Valve Software should implement...
Quoting: Guest. If the support isn't all there, then it should not be getting that icon.those games are supported by VALVE, that was their solution for those developers who wont gona bother porting.
they white listed Nier Automata then selves, at least this title (and the other ones white listed by then) should have an icon.
otherwise this effort is pointless, what is the point of being able to run an game if you dont know that you can run it?
how this will bring more users to linux?
I hope they will get Street Fighter V running soon. I have bought this game and still waiting for the Capcom's port.
Quoting: Cyba.CowboyI agree, that would be a great idea.Quoting: GustyGhostQuoting: elmapulthey should add an icon to compatible games...
but i'm not sure if the steamOS icon is the right icon to use.
Tux should be brought back for Linux compatible games while Steamplay icon remains for translation layer games.
That's actually not a bad idea... The "Tux" icon for native Linux titles, and the "SteamOS/Steam Machine icon for titles which "just work" via Steamplay.
I don't see it happening that way, but I think it's a great idea that Valve Software should implement...
However, I also don't quite see it coming that way.
Another icon for Steam Play/Proton should definitely happen, though, (in whatever form) it would just be helpful.
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 14 September 2018 at 6:28 am UTC
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9439-QHKN-1308
Basically a Steam Play icon.
The biggest problem right now are games relying on the .NET Framework 3.5 which doesn't seem to want to install in most cases, thereby breaking the games in question. Beyond that there are a lot of minor glitches which can be easily fixed, even for the less tech-savvy among us. A few hardcore problems just break the games or even the system in one way or another. It's interesting to note how many games run out-of-the-box, though.
Quoting: HoriI know I could enable it for other unsupported games as well, but the problem is it will enable ALL games, making a mess out of my library.
I think it would work much better if non-whitelisted games:
a) continue to be filtered out in the "STEAMOS + LINUX" view
b) show in the "GAMES" view as they do now, but instead of showing the "invalid platform" dialog for Install/Play, it prompts if you want to try it with the (unsupported) Steam Play option.
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