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Valve has today released a huge upgrade to Proton, the compatibility layer for Linux that allows Windows games to run.

Proton 7.0 pulls in Wine 7.0 which it's based upon along with: upgrades to DXVK 1.9.4 for DirectX 9 / 10 / 11, newer VKD3D-Proton for DirectX 12 to Vulkan and wine-mono to 7.1.2. It also brings over some changes from Proton Experimental like performance improvements around input, windowing, and memory allocation.

In their official changelog, these are listed as newly playable:

  • Anno 1404
  • Call of Juarez
  • DCS World Steam Edition
  • Disgaea 4 Complete+
  • Dungeon Fighter Online
  • Epic Roller Coasters XR
  • Eternal Return
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Gravity Sketch VR
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • NecroVisioN
  • Nights of Azure
  • Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas
  • Order of War
  • Persona 4 Golden
  • Resident Evil 0
  • Resident Evil Revelations 2
  • Rocksmith 2014 Edition
  • SCP: Secret Laboratory
  • Wargroove
  • Wartales
  • Yakuza 4 Remastered

Even more exciting work came in with support for Easy Anti-Cheat if the game has enabled a Linux module, support for local decoding of H264 videos, improvements to Steam Input for games using Origin, better audio in Skyrim and Fallout 4, fixes for the Paradox Launcher and a few other game specific fixes.

Speaking about the release on Twitter, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said: "Proton 7.0 is now available! Highlights include playable Persona 4 Golden, audio fixes for Skyrim and Fallout games, local H264 decoding support, and the foundation for legacy EAC support. SW: Squadrons and Knockout City are currently playable with EAC, with more on the way soon!"

Just like they did for the BattlEye update, there's a new "Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime" available in the Steam client to download, along with Proton 7.0 - which you may need to restart Steam to actually see.

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nenoro Feb 16, 2022
i suggest you to rename the title and edit your article cause on the github it clearly says Added support for EasyAntiCheat if the game has enabled a Linux module.

And you ask why people get hyped so fast you forget to add important things.

Boe Jiden: Come on LIAM

All people will drink your words, will cry and pollute proton DB >.<
Liam Dawe Feb 16, 2022
Quoting: nenoroi suggest you to rename the title and edit your article cause on the github it clearly says Added support for EasyAntiCheat if the game has enabled a Linux module.

And you ask why people get hyped so fast you forget to add important things.

Boe Jiden: Come on LIAM

All people will drink your words, will cry and pollute proton DB >.<
The title is fine, it says "improvements" and that is an improvement. It does not claim anything else.
nenoro Feb 16, 2022
Quoting: Liam DaweThe title is fine, it says "improvements" and that is an improvement. It does not claim anything else.

improvements yeah i saw proton battleeye and easyanticheat runtime available now

Hoping Valve puts pressure on any company who keeps dodging and bends for microwoof.


Last edited by nenoro on 16 February 2022 at 12:56 pm UTC
Schattenspiegel Feb 16, 2022
Funny, menu backgrounds (they are videos star constellation, actually) and in-game videos in Endless Space 2 are now a test picture instead of simply being black. I am not sure I would count that as an improvement ;-)
whizse Feb 16, 2022
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Quoting: SchattenspiegelFunny, menu backgrounds (they are videos star constellation, actually) and in-game videos in Endless Space 2 are now a test picture instead of simply being black. I am not sure I would count that as an improvement ;-)
That probably means the videos have been dumped and should hopefully be transcoded into a playable format soonish.

Would be interesting to see how long that takes.
CatKiller Feb 16, 2022
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Quoting: Liam DaweI can confirm that with Proton 7 there are problems. After 20 minutes or so it stuttered to a crawl and then froze up tight. Could only hard reboot as whole system was unresponsive.
Sounds like out-of-RAM. You could monitor it with mangohud to confirm.
kokoko3k Feb 16, 2022
Quotelocal decoding of H264 videos
I'm a bit puzzled on the meaning of this, why is "local" specified?
StalePopcorn Feb 16, 2022
I thought they'd be automatic updates, I had to search the library and install them. Thanks for the news! I assume trying to play a game with EAC would require selecting/using Proton 7.0…?


Last edited by StalePopcorn on 16 February 2022 at 2:39 pm UTC
rustybroomhandle Feb 16, 2022
Of the Deck Verified titles, some games with native ports still show Proton as the recommended runtime. Falconeer, for example. I checked which ones show "native" as recommended and these are they:

Apologies for it being an image. I'm not sure the data is reliable though, since The Crew, for example, does not actually have a native port as far as I am aware.




Last edited by rustybroomhandle on 16 February 2022 at 2:45 pm UTC
Corben Feb 16, 2022
A quick test shows: Cyberpunk still works, though it crashed for me as well until I used a clean prefix.
Star Wars: Squadrons works now as well online, but also here my first time joining resulted in a crash, and I also used a clean prefix.

Nice improvements!
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