Steam Play Proton 6.3-8 out with initial BattlEye support, CEG DRM and more games

ME1's audio works if you delete the OpenAL32.dll file.

Magicka seems to fail silently (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/458#issuecomment-978925105)

2021/11/30: It works after an update from the Debian repos :)


Last edited by Bogomips on 1 December 2021 at 9:44 am UTC

It says to use "dxgi.nvapiHack = False" in a dxvk.conf file but where do we put the dxvk file in the first place?

Quoting: HazukiLegendIt says to use "dxgi.nvapiHack = False" in a dxvk.conf file but where do we put the dxvk file in the first place?

Added a link on that: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/wiki/Configuration

Some BattlEye games seem to have enabled the support without really mentioning it anywhere. Been playing a bunch of Planetside 2 with no issues, and that's a BattlEye game.

Is there a list of CEG games?

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIs there a list of CEG games?

There's no real and the existing public databases don't see to track correctly which games use Steam CEG.

The less bad way to create a list is to check Game issues reference on the Steam CEG GitHub issue https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/753

This page states a way to find games using Steam CEG bug it seems to create many false positives https://gitlab.com/z-ray-entertainment/lutris-installers/-/wikis/Knowledge-Base/Known-Issues/Proton/Steam-CEG-DRM

Crossing my fingers for Halo Infinite to work in a near future.

Quoting: AnanaceSome BattlEye games seem to have enabled the support without really mentioning it anywhere. Been playing a bunch of Planetside 2 with no issues, and that's a BattlEye game.

ARMA 3 too.

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIs there a list of CEG games?

No, i tried searching and found nothing helpful, but did find out that FEAR 3 and HomeFront use CEG and now run and work.

Game with CEG that work for me are:

Aliens vs Predator 2010 (DX11 mode)
Fear 3
HomeFront
The Bureau - XCOM Declassified (DX11) - bad performance, DX9 mode is worse
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - works great, starts in low resolution and have to wait until your in-game to set options

Games with CEG that run now but have problems:

BioShock Infinite - Random Freeze crashes
The Darkness 2 - runs but has no voice audio
Duke Nukem Forever - runs but crashes randomly with a crash report dialog box with no text displaying
Just Cause 2 - only loads to a blank black screen and have to force close the Game

Did find this list: https://gist.github.com/Plagman/eac7cf27885df24dec48f1477a447e1f

Hope that's of some help.

Just Cause 2 will will minimize on launch and you cannot focus it unless you use %command% /borderless=1
I have been playing it recently. Picked up from my last save which was around 10 years ago.


Last edited by m2mg2 on 26 November 2021 at 1:40 am UTC

Just tested a few CEG games I have (I was looking forward to Valve figuring out how to support their own DRM )
Just Cause 2: Crashes. The borderless trick mentioned in another comment didn't work for me.
Saints Row: The Third: Runs, but has this weird issue where the game pauses for a second every ~10 seconds. Not very playable as a result. :(
Duke Nukem Forever: Seems to have the SR3 freezing issue but only on the menus. Launched taking up 1/4 of my monitor for some reason. (Switching resolutions fixed this.) Gameplay is... well, it seems to run as intended. I can't call it good since the game itself isn't very good, and Proton isn't going to fix that.

I just tested Homefront and it works, but it start minimized and if I don't maximize it quickly, it keeps playing the audio, but I can not play.

I just tested Homefront and it works, but it start minimized and if I don't maximize it quickly, it keeps playing the audio, but I can not play.

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI just tested Homefront and it works, but it start minimized and if I don't maximize it quickly, it keeps playing the audio, but I can not play.

Works fine on Gnome 41.1, did not have a single problem and have now played from start to finish, its a short'ish game compared to Homefront 2.

I use Cinnamon. I had to use protontricks and config the game prefix for to use a virtual desktop matching the monitor resolution.

I just tried another CEG game, Sniper Elite V2 and the game laucher load, but the game doesn't.

Quoting: obscurenforeignJust tested a few CEG games I have (I was looking forward to Valve figuring out how to support their own DRM )
Just Cause 2: Crashes. The borderless trick mentioned in another comment didn't work for me.
Saints Row: The Third: Runs, but has this weird issue where the game pauses for a second every ~10 seconds. Not very playable as a result. :(
Duke Nukem Forever: Seems to have the SR3 freezing issue but only on the menus. Launched taking up 1/4 of my monitor for some reason. (Switching resolutions fixed this.) Gameplay is... well, it seems to run as intended. I can't call it good since the game itself isn't very good, and Proton isn't going to fix that.

What video cards are you guys using? Also, I forgot but I think I also did a couple proton tricks for Just Cause 2.
protontricks 8190 d3dx10 d3dcompiler_43 d3dcompiler_47

Quoting: Guest@m2mg2, Nvidia RTX 2060 with driver 495.44.

Might be worth trying nvidia 470. I ran into problems running games specifically with proton on 495, but those went away when I downgraded.

Quoting: Guest@m2mg2, Nvidia RTX 2060 with driver 495.44.

Have you tried the protontricks command I posted? If you don't want to mess with protontricks you could try just putting -dx9 in the game command options. Not sure if JC 2 has a directx9 path or not but worth a shot.

Quoting: m2mg2

Quoting: obscurenforeignJust tested a few CEG games I have (I was looking forward to Valve figuring out how to support their own DRM )
Just Cause 2: Crashes. The borderless trick mentioned in another comment didn't work for me.
Saints Row: The Third: Runs, but has this weird issue where the game pauses for a second every ~10 seconds. Not very playable as a result. :(
Duke Nukem Forever: Seems to have the SR3 freezing issue but only on the menus. Launched taking up 1/4 of my monitor for some reason. (Switching resolutions fixed this.) Gameplay is... well, it seems to run as intended. I can't call it good since the game itself isn't very good, and Proton isn't going to fix that.

What video cards are you guys using? Also, I forgot but I think I also did a couple proton tricks for Just Cause 2.
protontricks 8190 d3dx10 d3dcompiler_43 d3dcompiler_47

Radeon 5600 XT here. My profile on here should be publicly visible by now.

Thanks, that protontricks command worked! Though I admit protontricks isn't the most pleasant experience out there. (Do you think Linus Techtip would be able to figure out how to do that? )

Quoting: m2mg2If you don't want to mess with protontricks you could try just putting -dx9 in the game command options. Not sure if JC 2 has a directx9 path or not but worth a shot.

Just Cause 2 has a hard requirement of DirectX 10. In fact, it was the first game I remember ever seeing that required Windows Vista, it wouldn't run on Windows XP. Thankfully Windows 7 was out by then. I remember JC2 motivating me to switch to Windows 7 at the time. (Windows XP was still dominant when JC2 came out.)

Quoting: obscurenforeign

Quoting: m2mg2

Quoting: obscurenforeignJust tested a few CEG games I have (I was looking forward to Valve figuring out how to support their own DRM )
Just Cause 2: Crashes. The borderless trick mentioned in another comment didn't work for me.
Saints Row: The Third: Runs, but has this weird issue where the game pauses for a second every ~10 seconds. Not very playable as a result. :(
Duke Nukem Forever: Seems to have the SR3 freezing issue but only on the menus. Launched taking up 1/4 of my monitor for some reason. (Switching resolutions fixed this.) Gameplay is... well, it seems to run as intended. I can't call it good since the game itself isn't very good, and Proton isn't going to fix that.

What video cards are you guys using? Also, I forgot but I think I also did a couple proton tricks for Just Cause 2.
protontricks 8190 d3dx10 d3dcompiler_43 d3dcompiler_47

Radeon 5600 XT here. My profile on here should be publicly visible by now.

Thanks, that protontricks command worked! Though I admit protontricks isn't the most pleasant experience out there. (Do you think Linus Techtip would be able to figure out how to do that? )

Quoting: m2mg2If you don't want to mess with protontricks you could try just putting -dx9 in the game command options. Not sure if JC 2 has a directx9 path or not but worth a shot.

Just Cause 2 has a hard requirement of DirectX 10. In fact, it was the first game I remember ever seeing that required Windows Vista, it wouldn't run on Windows XP. Thankfully Windows 7 was out by then. I remember JC2 motivating me to switch to Windows 7 at the time. (Windows XP was still dominant when JC2 came out.)

I thought it might and that was why I had so much trouble with it. I agree resorting to protontricks is not very nice. It runs awesome if you're willing to do it though.