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PayPalAnother update to Proton Experimental has landed as of October 11 bringing with it more fixes and even more Windows games are now working on Linux. Proton is a compatibility layer, based upon Wine, allowing Windows games to run on Linux.
Newly playable as of this update are GreedFall, Eve Online and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Additionally there's a fix implemented for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare hanging on exit, the Paradox Launcher has improved "windowing", there's a fix for regressions from a previous release, crashes solved for older CPUs that lack the timestamp counter and crashes also fixed for some FNA/XNA games.
The Proton changelog can be found here.
Need to know how to actually use Proton Experimental? Here's a simple HOWTO (as it's not complicated!). Make sure it's installed by searching for it in your Steam Library, then select it from the Compatibility menu in the Properties section of a game. See our quick video below:
For an explainer in text form:
- Search for Proton Experimental and install if not already.
- Right click any game on Steam and go to Properties.
- Select the Compatibility menu on the right side.
- Ensure the "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" is ticked.
- From the dropdown box that appears select Proton Experimental.
Check out our full guide on Steam Play Proton for more.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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RTheren 12 Oct 2021
Greedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
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MayeulC 12 Oct 2021
Has any EAC title checked that box yet? Or is it only going to be available later?
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XRaTiX 12 Oct 2021
Quoting: MayeulCHas any EAC title checked that box yet? Or is it only going to be available later?https://areweanticheatyet.com/
None games with EAC works yet.
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Derheim 12 Oct 2021
Quoting: MayeulCHas any EAC title checked that box yet? Or is it only going to be available later?Last time I checked, [Paladins](https://www.protondb.com/app/444090) and [Smite](https://www.protondb.com/app/386360) started working some days ago, nice too see some developers,at least, allowing EAC to run (even if they don't provide full linux support)
Personally, I'm waiting for Planetside 2 and Vermintide 2 to start working on linux, I really miss playing those 2 games.
Last edited by Derheim on 12 Oct 2021 at 5:35 pm UTC
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Vasya Sovari 12 Oct 2021
GREEDFALL!!!11111!!!!!
FINALLY
FINALLY
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Vasya Sovari 12 Oct 2021
Quoting: RTherenGreedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.I've thus far bought and refunded GF three times. Just outright could not get it to work (including with mf workarounds). Not even launch. This is the game I've been waiting for.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
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on_en_a_gros 12 Oct 2021
Quoting: MayeulCHas any EAC title checked that box yet? Or is it only going to be available later?I tried the battlefield 2042 beta last week end, I was just walking in the base because of poor performance but I wasn't kicked. And someone [YouTube](https://youtu.be/k9R8ObsAX5E) manage to play it.
I haven't find a statement from EA regarding a eac Linux support, but a working beta is still better than nothing.
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RTheren 12 Oct 2021
Quoting: undeadbydawnI must've been lucky then. I hope you get it running soon, because it's really REALLY good.Quoting: RTherenGreedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.I've thus far bought and refunded GF three times. Just outright could not get it to work (including with mf workarounds). Not even launch. This is the game I've been waiting for.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
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furaxhornyx 13 Oct 2021
Newly playable as of this update are GreedFall,[...]I am also confused, I already played the game (I think it was one of the first non-native game I played when I switched to Linux), and I didn't face any issue ?
I can only agree with RTheren, the game is good (I need to play it again, making different story choices this time :smile:)
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Vasya Sovari 21 Oct 2021
Quoting: RTherenJust got the alert for GreedFall Gold on steam sale. Installing nowQuoting: undeadbydawnI must've been lucky then. I hope you get it running soon, because it's really REALLY good.Quoting: RTherenGreedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.I've thus far bought and refunded GF three times. Just outright could not get it to work (including with mf workarounds). Not even launch. This is the game I've been waiting for.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
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Vasya Sovari 26 Oct 2021
The intro video of Greedfall still doesn't work, but the game proper launches just fine. That's with Proton Experimental. Every other version I've tried (including GE) just instantly crashes
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Vasya Sovari 2 Nov 2021
Quoting: undeadbydawn...Quoting: RTherenJust got the alert for GreedFall Gold on steam sale. Installing nowQuoting: undeadbydawnI must've been lucky then. I hope you get it running soon, because it's really REALLY good.Quoting: RTherenGreedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.I've thus far bought and refunded GF three times. Just outright could not get it to work (including with mf workarounds). Not even launch. This is the game I've been waiting for.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
my Proton Experimental install broke shortly after first boot of GreedFall. I got to play it for the grand total of roughly 3 minutes. So that sucked.
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furaxhornyx 3 Nov 2021
Quoting: undeadbydawnI tried again, and came to the same conclusion: now the game only starts using Proton Experimental, other versions failed.Quoting: undeadbydawn...Quoting: RTherenJust got the alert for GreedFall Gold on steam sale. Installing nowQuoting: undeadbydawnI must've been lucky then. I hope you get it running soon, because it's really REALLY good.Quoting: RTherenGreedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.I've thus far bought and refunded GF three times. Just outright could not get it to work (including with mf workarounds). Not even launch. This is the game I've been waiting for.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
my Proton Experimental install broke shortly after first boot of GreedFall. I got to play it for the grand total of roughly 3 minutes. So that sucked.
I remember playing it a few month after it release, using the Media Foundation fix, without any issues though... I wonder if they changed something to the game since ?
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Vasya Sovari 5 Nov 2021
Quoting: furaxhornyxOK. Got it working. It turns out Proton Experimental can't update while being used by a game. I've never seen this mentioned anywhere, ever. Resolved by switching GreedFall to another Proton, uninstalling PE, reinstalling and restarting Steam. Re-selected PE, which allowed GreedFall to launch perfectly, including the intro video & full menu.Quoting: undeadbydawnI tried again, and came to the same conclusion: now the game only starts using Proton Experimental, other versions failed.Quoting: undeadbydawn...Quoting: RTherenJust got the alert for GreedFall Gold on steam sale. Installing nowQuoting: undeadbydawnI must've been lucky then. I hope you get it running soon, because it's really REALLY good.Quoting: RTherenGreedfall is an absolute must play for any fans of action adventure games with RPG elements.I've thus far bought and refunded GF three times. Just outright could not get it to work (including with mf workarounds). Not even launch. This is the game I've been waiting for.
I played it without problems on Proton GE some time ago.
my Proton Experimental install broke shortly after first boot of GreedFall. I got to play it for the grand total of roughly 3 minutes. So that sucked.
I remember playing it a few month after it release, using the Media Foundation fix, without any issues though... I wonder if they changed something to the game since ?
I'm now mostly just pissed that it took me a full week to figure that out.
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Quoting: undeadbydawnOK. Got it working. It turns out Proton Experimental can't update while being used by a game.Hang on, what? That's potentially very useful information. I tried Proton with the one Windows game I own on Steam (Galactic Civilizations III) some time back and it didn't work, tried Experimental and it didn't work either (the launcher started . . . bloody launchers). Now that quite a bit of time has passed, I tried again, assuming Experimental would have seen a bunch of updating so things might be different. It was just the same . . . but does this mean I was actually just trying the same old version of Proton Experimental from back then? Argh.
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Vasya Sovari 5 Nov 2021
Quoting: Purple Library GuyIt's worth checking, for sure.Quoting: undeadbydawnOK. Got it working. It turns out Proton Experimental can't update while being used by a game.Hang on, what? That's potentially very useful information. I tried Proton with the one Windows game I own on Steam (Galactic Civilizations III) some time back and it didn't work, tried Experimental and it didn't work either (the launcher started . . . bloody launchers). Now that quite a bit of time has passed, I tried again, assuming Experimental would have seen a bunch of updating so things might be different. It was just the same . . . but does this mean I was actually just trying the same old version of Proton Experimental from back then? Argh.
It could be I just got really weirdly unlucky and hit a one-time bug that had a REALLY OBVIOUS tell. Cos trust me, you would know if you hit the issue I did. It was pretty much impossible to miss unless you never ever look at your Steam downloads window. I'm basically assuming PE can't update in use cos that's the most logical conclusion atm
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