The day I'm sure many have waited for has arrived, a new Steam Play beta has been officially released today which includes the important FAudio project. On top of that, even more titles have entered the Steam Play whitelist.
Don't know what the heck Steam Play is? The "too long; didn't read" is that it enables you to play a lot of Windows games on Linux.
Linux game porter Ethan Lee, one of the forces behind FAudio also created an "FAudio for Proton" page to read over to give you a lot more information on what it actually is and what it does. In short: more games should work, more games should work better and it may introduce new issues so keep an eye ear out.
First up, here's the changes for Proton 3.16-5 beta:
- Completely new implementation of XAudio2, using the FAudio project. This should provide much higher quality audio for games that use XAudio2. Notably, this now supports volume mixing and audio effect processing features that were missing from the old implementation.
- Better support for embedded Chromium-based web browsers. Games and launchers that contain an embedded web browser may now work better.
- Update DXVK to 0.93. Also include a fix for some Unity VR games when run with DXVK, like SUPERHOT VR and Job Simulator.
- Compatibility improvements for changing paths between Linux and Windows using the Steam API. Among other things, this should fix Steam Controller icon images in certain games.
- Minor fixes for PulseAudio users with certain hardware.
- For developers, optional support for Vagrant, which should ease the process of creating Proton build VMs.
The changelog for Steam Play's Proton can be found any time on the GitHub Wiki. To access it, you will likely need to re-start Steam for it to be picked up.
Additionally, Valve announced the whitelist was updated with 29 more titles that should "just work". These are:
- 20XX
- A Case of Distrust
- Anime Dress Up
- Apocalipsis
- AstroPop Deluxe
- Avernum 3: Ruined World
- BEEP
- Botanicula
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition
- Crash Dive
- Dragon Cliff
- First Strike: Final Hour
- Football Tactics & Glory
- Infinos Gaiden
- Long Gone Days
- Mad Tower Tycoon
- Meteor 60 Seconds!
- Mushihimesama
- O.C.D. - On Completeness & Dissonance
- Objects in space
- Puzzle Agent 2
- Rusty Lake Hotel
- Rusty Lake Paradise
- Rusty Lake: Roots
- SYMMETRY
- Solstice
- Stronghold HD
- Subsurface Circular
- Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena
The whitelist is there so that you can just install them like any other game. For games not on the whitelist that you wish to test, you can check the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" box in the Steam Play section of the Steam client settings.
And I thought this was going to be a pretty normal week…
Sleeping Dogs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWbwKaGzsk
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNPggQ_IMSE
Assasins Creed 1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLyBcT3HvAg
SteamPlay DX9 With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMq0xkzipYo
SteamPlay DXVK With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuES02HzDDs
Saint Seiya Soldier Soul
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1n9TLQd7M
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1EymsuuXxE
Ultra Street Fighter IV
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8UqNYhBi1U
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gO6ZKOvlP8
Bayonetta
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj5OXNJHq0o
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmrIh941ao
Blades of Time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPog2-86knY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZhRiRmr4YI
Venetica
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o__-9tJ0og
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Dragonball Xenoverse
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f17ABA2OHHQ
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1z2Vah4Zlk
Rise of the Argonauts
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBNHlZuVSeU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy31ccgZPNI
Risen 1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Js2y0D0iwQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZzJu7n9JBE
Risen 3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCT7ofvyJ3A
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfMjQgLKdE
Tomb Raider Anniversary
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zcRdsb8uP4
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YObNMvapayo
Tomb Raider Legend
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQir7hTSlw
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxz1WC-cing
Tomb Raider Underworld
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wig1Kfz6-w
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
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Prince of Persia Sands of Time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lVOG_mxvOI
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
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Prince of Persia Warrior Within
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBzpGPdG_I
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
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Prince of Persia Two Thrones
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKJwNldT38E
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Prince of Persia 2008
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZTGUMWu3MU
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Max Payne 1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzU10N0CTqs
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
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Max Payne 2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUd1HjAyeQ0
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Rogue Trooper
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uy9MJQWw70
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Shadow Complex Remastered
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTr3SbNoUeI
SteamPlay DX9 With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxQH6MXWcOY
SteamPlay DXVK With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4qa-2wb2E
H.A.W.X 1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heGomcOswnM
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-tX02THRs
King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_fn4JIzLYw
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X0ys1JbC9s
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8CVgIFgN4k
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_KW2TMX8X0
Bejeweled 3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3CTD_TN04w
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAm0oFGruW8
Luxor Amun Rising HD
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luh0EHWZkt0
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7AseV_9Z1E
Scribblenauts Unlimited
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YCSF7dGtfA
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcbDanTlgeI
Rayman Origins
Last test with Pentium G3258 @ 4.1ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=racmniu5UCI
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pif3eLNvgqQ
Explodemon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu6WDW-Zh24
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQHu8rv2E_Y
Toy Story 3
Last test with Pentium G3258 @ 4.1ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMf7bW45KFg
SteamPlay With Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6kGeiu2_QE
^_^
Last edited by mrdeathjr on 12 December 2018 at 11:14 am UTC
Quoting: GuestOnly unknown games in the whitelist, that’s disappointing.
Avernum's cool. Then again I like everything Spiderweb's put out.
Quoting: GuestOnly unknown games in the whitelist, that’s disappointing.Puzzle Agent 2, Stronghold HD and Botanicula are old, but not that unknown too.
Great to see the FAudio finally there though!
Quoting: tuxintuxedoAlthough the Linux version of Botanicula is not on Steam, but it still exists. I would have preferred something that is not available in any way natively.
Good point.
I remember Amanita Design saying that they are working on a new engine (Twitter). Not 100 % sure, but I also remember they want to replace it also for the older games.
Wasn't Machinarium re-released with a new engine?
Maybe Liam can get back to them on that topic. :)
EDIT:
Oh yeah, Machinarium got a new engine last year and I remember saying them,
the want to support Linux again following that route.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/22/machinarium-rebuild/
It's just that I haven't heard anything again.
Last edited by sub on 11 December 2018 at 9:02 pm UTC
Thanks 4 that.
I can definitely say I haven't had problems with Avernum 5 or 6 via Proton and afaik all have a platinum rating.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1464
Last edited by legluondunet on 11 December 2018 at 9:39 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestOnly unknown games in the whitelist, that’s disappointing.
Idk...Mushihimesama is pretty big news for Cave fans. Although I can vouch that all the Cave games on Steam work great. I see your point though.
Seems 3.16-5 is still not added to ProtonDB - quite a few games got some progress, including Elite: Dangerous (some, but not all fixes were merged), Dead Rising 3 and possiblyt others having audio now (but crashes), UE games not needing winetricks for audio to work properly (Red Orchestra 2 for example), 3D Mark starting (but can't get the actual tests to run), Just Survive and Just Survive Test Server launcher starting (but servers are dead) and my wife can play Dysan: The Shapeshifter now
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