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.
Quoting: GuestQuoting: duyfkenShadow of the Tomb Raider works day 1 of Pre-order early access on Linux with Proton.... Thank you Valve and DXVK! :D
No Feral port, no money. At some point, we need to support those who support us, dude. I love the Tomb Raider reboot games but won't play Shadow without a native port, unless 3 or more years pass and Feral decides not to port it.
I feel this is starting to become a little bit of an issue. With the lack of knowledge about some potential upcoming linux ports, as well as the secrecy, hints and teasing, you no longer know which games are "safe" to buy with Steam Play in mind and which games might at some point gain a native port.(that you´d obviously want to support instead)
For example, I´ve several games that I might buy once I know they work flawlessly with Steam Play: ELEX, Call of Cthulhu, The Sinking City, Vampyr, The Technomancer, Shadow Warrior 2, Grim Dawn, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Just Cause 3, Wolfenstein II...and many others. However, if there´s even the *slightest* chanse that one or more of them will get a native port at some point, I´d naturally abstain from buying until I can buy native.
Quoting: sillyRegarding icon for SteamPlay they have already hinted about it in the steam knowledge base:That's the original Steam Play not this complete rebrand.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9439-QHKN-1308
Basically a Steam Play icon.
Quoting: sillyRegarding icon for SteamPlay they have already hinted about it in the steam knowledge base:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9439-QHKN-1308
Basically a Steam Play icon.
That's ancient (and obsolete) documentation - back when Steam Play simply meant that you could pay once and play the game on more than one operating system.
officernice Sep 14, 2018
lucifertdark Sep 14, 2018
Quoting: DuncThinking about it, perhaps they could find a way to integrate what Winetricks & Winecfg do into Steam directly but keep it under an advanced settings menu that only shows up if you choose the Proton Beta.Quoting: lucifertdark32bit Prefixes for those games that absolutely need it.Definitely. .NET's a big sticking-point for a lot of games. And it really shouldn't be.
.NET working in 64bit prefixes if possible, we wouldn't need 32bit prefixes that way.
QuoteNo more 0byte downloads every time I fire up Steam.I was getting a lot of those for a couple of months before Proton dropped. Whether it's related or not, I don't know. But they do need to figure out a better way of updating Proton itself.
QuoteAn easier way to configure prefixes than Winetricks, or a proper gui for it that makes sense.I don't know if that'll happen, given that the whole point is to make it seamless so you don't have to configure anything.
Something in the Beta channel, to help users try out and suggest fixes, wouldn't be a bad idea though. But I expect Valve probably assume that anyone doing that kind of thing already knows how Winetricks works.
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lucifertdark Sep 14, 2018
Quoting: GuestDo you guys know if Elder scrolls online works with Proton ?Elder Scroll Online reports are hit or miss, it looks like it'll depend on your hardware if you can get it running or not, I don't have it so can't say for definite.
I really want to play this game.
somebody1121 Sep 14, 2018
Quoting: duyfkenShadow of the Tomb Raider works day 1 of Pre-order early access on Linux with Proton.... Thank you Valve and DXVK! :D
You manage to run the game with dx12?
Quoting: doctorx[..] So close to deleting windows, i can taste it. I wish i could figure out how to get Diablo III and other blizzard games working with it.With Lutris and DXVK I got Diablo 3, WoW BfA, Hearthstone and Heroes working without greater problems. But be sure to check the Lutris Wiki for all the pre-requesites otherwise you will have bad luck getting the battle.net app working
Quoting: officerniceWell... I just moved and won't have internet for a month. So I won't get to play with it until then... :( Gotta have fiber digged in. Looking forward to playing around with Skyrim and following the communities tests. :)Where do you live? I live in Poland and if I am outside my home and want to play I can always share connection from my phone. And I have "unlimited" internet (full speed up to 100GB, then no more than 1mbps) on 2 phones for moreless 15 euro. Can't you share internet from your phone or is it expensive where you live?
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