As expected, Valve have pushed out an update to Proton for their Steam Play system with a new beta version.
I wrote about an upcoming update recently going over a few of the changes coming, but I didn't expect them to push it out to a beta so soon.
The changelog is small but the improvements are great:
- Improvements to alt-tab and fullscreen behavior in many games.
- Fix mouse behavior in some games and mice with high sample rates.
- Update DXVK to v0.80.
The is in the Proton 3.7-7 beta version, which you need to opt into manually in the Steam Settings:
The upgrade to DXVK alone should bring much better game compatibility, considering the amount of improvements that has gone into it since Steam Play only had DXVK 0.70 before.
I'm hoping the fullscreen improvements will stop the issue I had with DOOM from happening again, where on a two monitor setup it gave me a tiny screen on the wrong monitor.
Great to see progress. Do let us know how you're getting on with it and your thoughts on the new beta in the comments.
Ps. Apologies for the lack of content today, I am sick.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Joeyboots80 Sep 28, 2018
Valve is killing it! Exciting times friends! :D
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Windousico Sep 28, 2018
Quoting: STiATFor me, not even one game starts with it :D ... not even those reported working.Try this.
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legluondunet Sep 28, 2018
Quoting: Joeyboots80Valve is killing it! Exciting times friends! :D
What do you mean by "Valve is killing it"?
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I hope it won't be too long for stream output support to arrive. The only frustrating thing I'm finding is many games work fine on nvidia but fail to start on my Vega/radv setup, it always seems no matter how good AMD drivers improve, they're always behind in compatibility.
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Sep 28, 2018
Quoting: GuestI think something like stream output support to stream it somewhere else in your house should be on LOW priority myself.Stream Output is used to generate vertex data on your GPU, and I would assume that your GPU is in the same room as you are.
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Quoting: legluondunetQuoting: sarmadIs there a way in Steam to search for games and filter out the ones that don't work on Linux, neither natively nor through Steam Play?
Look here for Steamplay compatibility:
https://spcr.netlify.com/
Wow, nice. It's a bummer that Valve isn't providing the filtering itself. I mean, they already have the white listing feature, so why don't thy give an option to filter search result by whitelisting status?
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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIn my account, the 3.7-7 beta is not yet available.
Go into the menu and click "Check for Steam Client Updates..." to download the latest version. Then restart it.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Sep 29, 2018
3.7-7 beta is here..
Good job, Valve!
But....
Proton must be an "out of the box" experience without any workarounds or Protontricks needed...
And that's why Proton Devs MUST focus first in the compatibility with the Big AAA games and BIG Franchises..
Call of Duty's... The Bioshock's (We have Infinite, now give Us the rest of the franchise).. The Batman games.. The Resident Evil franchise... Fallout 4... The Elder scrolls V: Skyrim... The Witcher's (We have the number 2, We want 1 and 3).. etc..
Unless Valve start to add more and more games to the white list, something tells me that Proton/Steamplay will never leave the Beta stage..
Good job, Valve!
But....
Proton must be an "out of the box" experience without any workarounds or Protontricks needed...
And that's why Proton Devs MUST focus first in the compatibility with the Big AAA games and BIG Franchises..
Call of Duty's... The Bioshock's (We have Infinite, now give Us the rest of the franchise).. The Batman games.. The Resident Evil franchise... Fallout 4... The Elder scrolls V: Skyrim... The Witcher's (We have the number 2, We want 1 and 3).. etc..
Unless Valve start to add more and more games to the white list, something tells me that Proton/Steamplay will never leave the Beta stage..
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Quoting: Comandante Ñoñardo3.7-7 beta is here..
Good job, Valve!
But....
Proton must be an "out of the box" experience without any workarounds or Protontricks needed...
And that's why Proton Devs MUST focus first in the compatibility with the Big AAA games and BIG Franchises..
Call of Duty's... The Bioshock's (We have Infinite, now give Us the rest of the franchise).. The Batman games.. The Resident Evil franchise... Fallout 4... The Elder scrolls V: Skyrim... The Witcher's (We have the number 2, We want 1 and 3).. etc..
Unless Valve start to add more and more games to the white list, something tells me that Proton/Steamplay will never leave the Beta stage..
What makes you think that this is not what they aim for? Please have some patience :). Give it another year and lets see then where we are..
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Quoting: edmondoQuoting: sillyCrysis 2 - For some reason the dxvk hud isnt there anymore, unchanged user_settings.py file and I see nothing in the changelog that would explain it.. strange.
Did you try to set following in the launch options?
DXVK_HUD=1 %command%
Yeah, can ignore my faulty comment. User error of course. I did a simple script yesterday to setup Proton to use system installed dxvk instead.. but when I ported it to Proton Beta i swapped around 32/64 bit in paths and it messed up dxvk. Found it after 2min troubleshooting today.
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