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Two new updates for community-build versions of Proton are out now. As is tradition for GE-Proton, a hotfix arrived to fix problems and a new version of Proton-Sarek (that I recently wrote about) for older GPUs is also out.

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GE-Proton 9-20 quickly followed on from the recent GE-Proton 9-19 release that includes these changes:

  • Revert DRI_PRIME auto-setting (broke too many non-standard setups)
  • DXVK updated with dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = True for Diablo IV (doitsujin/dxvk@125f0ac) to resolve the grey screen issue on systems with AMD iGPU + dGPU.

See more on the GitHub.


Pictured - Diablo IV

Additionally there's Proton-Sarek 9-20, for older GPUs which includes the GE-Proton hotfix above, plus Proton-Sarek 9-19 also includes these changes:

Global Prefix Update:

  • Restored Global Prefix to Valve’s/GE default configuration.
  • Removed outdated customizations initially added to resolve issues that are now addressed in current versions of Wine and Proton.
  • Two-week testing confirmed that previous issues are resolved, allowing removal of these customizations to avoid potential conflicts.
  • No impact on other customizations: Changes only apply to the Global Prefix. Custom prefixes for specific games, including those from GE-Proton, Wine-GE, and additional Sarek-specific prefixes, remain unaffected.

Need for Speed (2003-2008) Mod Support:

  • Added custom prefixes for Need for Speed games from 2003-2008 to improve compatibility with mods.
    • Supported games:
      • Need for Speed: Underground
      • Need for Speed: Underground 2
      • Need for Speed: Most Wanted
      • Need for Speed: ProStreet
      • Need for Speed: Undercover
  • Executable naming requirement: Ensure your game executable matches one of the following for mod compatibility:
    • speed.exe, speed2.exe, nfs.exe, or nfsc.exe

See more on the GitHub.

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Pengling a day ago
I briefly misread Proton-Sarek in the headline as "Proton-Shrek" - that'd be quite a different piece of gaming software!
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