Proton Experimental updated, fixes Resident Evil Revelations 2 for Steam Deck

Update: shortly after this, another Proton Experimental update for April 21 was put up, with all the changes from Proton 7.0-2 in addition to this:

• All changes from Proton 7.0-2.
• Now playable: Age of Chivalry, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamer Edition, Saviors of Sapphire Wings/Stranger of Sword City Revisited, Iragon: Prologue, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Atelier Meruru.
• Fix Resident Evil Revelations 2 not starting on the Steam Deck.
• Fix non-steering-wheel controller support in WRC10.
• Update file distribution method to save disk space.
• Improve steering wheel detection.
• Update Wine Mono to 7.2.0.
• Update dxvk to include the latest development work.
• Update vkd3d-proton to v2.6.
• Update dxvk-nvapi to v0.5.4.

Original article below:

Valve recently put up a new version of Proton Experimental, the compatibility layer that runs Windows games on Linux and the Steam Deck handheld. Proton has a few stable versions like Proton 7 and Proton 6.3 but Experimental brings in changes quicker than need a little more time testing.

This new build actually went up on April 18, which I completely missed.

Newly playable on Linux (and possibly Steam Deck too) include:

• One Shot
• One Shot: Fading Memory
• Age of Chivalry
• Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamer Edition
• Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited.

Other changes include a fix for Resident Evil Revelations 2 not starting on the Steam Deck, Wine Mono (a replacement for the .NET Framework) was upgraded to version 7.2.0 and dxvk-nvapi (NVAPI implementation on top of DXVK) to version 0.5.4 for a small bug fix. The changelog can be seen on GitHub.

Need to know how to switch to Proton Experimental on a Steam Deck? Here's how:

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Text guide (Steam Deck):

• Pick a game and head to the little COG icon on the right.
• Click Properties, then Compatibility on the left.
• Make sure the tickbox is done, then select it from the dropdown.

On a Linux desktop:

• Right click a game, go to Properties.
• Compatibility on the left.
• Make sure the tickbox is done, then select it from the dropdown.