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Valve has released Proton 5.13-1 for testing, this compatibility layer for Steam Play brings with it many advancements for getting more Windows games working on Linux.

This is the first proper public release of Proton since 5.0-9 back in June, while they also had 5.0-10 left in testing back in July so no doubt this will be very exciting for fans of Proton. However, it seems this is being classed as a Beta release. If you're not clear on what Proton and Steam Play are, be sure to check out our constantly updated dedicated page.

Before getting started, be aware this comes with a known issue with controllers / gamepads where hotplugging is currently broken in some titles. Apart from that, it sounds like a huge release including lots of new playable titles like: Red Dead Redemption 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, DEATH STRANDING, Sea of Thieves, Age of Empires III, Call of Duty: WWII, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and others.

Even more came with it though, there's better Steam client integration to fix Call of Duty titles, Spelunky 2, Torchlight III, Path of Exile and RPG Maker MZ. Video Playback is a big one, a constant nuisance for Proton and that's been worked on also with improved support for older video libraries and work continues on newer video libraries. Additionally titles like Halo 3, Beyond: Two Souls and Tomb Raider 2 should see better audio playback.

They also upgraded the Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer DXVK to 1.7.2, FAudio to 20.10, pulled in the latest Direct3D 12 to Vulkan code from vkd3d-proton and they're even now building it against the next generation of the Steam Linux Runtime too. If you have more than one monitor, rejoice, as they also mentioned "improved" support for that too.

The version of Wine that Proton is based upon, as the version suggests, has also been bumped up to Wine 5.13 and they said at least 256 of their changes from Proton 5.0 have either been up-streamed or they're just not needed.

Full changelog can be found here. You may need to manually install it in Steam, it will show up as Proton 5.13 in the Tools section in your Steam Library. You can then select to force it onto games individually to test with by right clicking on a game, going to Properties and then the Steam Play section at the bottom:

Note: if you're having issues, ensure you have "Steam Linux Runtime - Soldier" installed on Steam. Just search for it in your Steam Library in Tools. You can find a list of other currently known issues here.

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bisbyx Oct 15, 2020
Hopefully this contains the esync/fsync changes necessary for GloriousEggroll to move past 5.9? Or is that still a core wine issue.
ziabice Oct 15, 2020
We waited a lot, but this new release is very impressive. Thanks to all the developers and testers!
vipor29 Oct 15, 2020
omg they got the call of duties working.awesome news
dpanter Oct 15, 2020
Proton log says esync: up and running with proton-5.13-1b
mylka Oct 15, 2020
does it break mangohud?
DadSchoorse Oct 15, 2020
Quoting: bisbyxHopefully this contains the esync/fsync changes necessary for GloriousEggroll to move past 5.9? Or is that still a core wine issue.
No, it contains a fully rebased esync and fsync patchset by zf, without the revert hacks that GE and TKG used.
Palanca Oct 15, 2020
<3 VALVE <3

The wait has been worthwhile. Now an update from Alyx and everyone's happy
Comandante Ñoñardo Oct 15, 2020
Something must be wrong with this version...
I can not even create proton logs.
gustavoyaraujo Oct 16, 2020
I hope GRID 2019 will not crash my entire system with this release, going to test it in some minutes...
Salvatos Oct 16, 2020
Oh boy oh boy, does Horizon: Zero Dawn run out of the box with this version? If anyone finds videos of it running on this version of Proton, I'd love to see :)
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