GE-Proton, die inoffizielle Proton-Variante von GloriousEggroll, wurde in der Version GE-Proton11-1 veröffentlicht - nach einer viermo­natigen Entwicklungsphase mit einem umfangreichen Video-Rework und einem Rebase auf Proton 11.

Das wichtigste Highlight: Der gesamte Quartz-zu-GStreamer-Videopfad wurde auf Quartz-zu-WineDMO-zu-FFmpeg umgestellt. GStreamer wurde komplett aus dem Build entfernt. Dadurch funktioniert die Videowiedergabe in über 100 Spielen nun ohne Winetricks, DLL-Overrides oder externe Tools.

The long awaited video rework and Proton 11 rebase is finally done! GE-Proton11-1 is now available!

Proton updates:

• d7vk added (not enabled by default). Use PROTON_USE_D7VK=1 to enable.
• discord bridge added (not enabled by default). Use PROTON_DISCORD_BRIDGE=1 to enable.
• optiscaler support added (not enabled by default). Use PROTON_USE_OPTISCALER=1 to enable.
• winealsa channel count override option added. Use WINEALSA_CHANNELS to tune (e.g. 2, 4, 6, 8).
• winealsa spatial downmix override option added. Use WINEALSA_SPACIAL=1 to enable.
• xrandr added to build for auto-detection of default monitor with wine-wayland.
• Updated Star Citizen patches.
• Added patches for Task Bar Hero and VRChat webcam face tracking.
• Entire build rebased onto latest Proton 11 bleeding-edge.
• Standalone VR patches rebased onto Proton 11 (for use with umu outside of Steam).
• wine-native rsx3d library created for older games.
• Enable .exe dynamic relocation fix for Final Fantasy XIV plugin stability.

The video playback rework: The entire quartz->gstreamer path was converted to quartz->winedmo->ffmpeg, and completely gutted all gstreamer libraries from the proton build. This took 4 months to complete. As a result, games no longer need quartz, dshow, amstream, lavfilters, klite, rsx3d, wmp9, wmp11, or any other DLL overrides for video playback.

Known issues: Some older WMV videos can occasionally start distorted/pixelated but correct themselves after a few seconds (notably in Ghosts ’n Goblins Resurrection). WRC 4 has some intro logo videos with a frame-splitting issue.

Protonfixes updates:

• d7vk protonfix for Tex Murphy: Overseer
• Font fix for Ground Control 2
• Protonfixes for several older ID Tech games (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest, Soldier of Fortune, Quake, Hexen II, Star Wars Jedi Knight/Jedi Knight II, Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
• Protonfixes for: Senren*Banka, The Fruit of Grisaia, Need for Speed Underground 2, GOG Quake II, Zero Zone, Gray Zone Warfare, Persona 5: The Phantom X, MONGI: Star Drive, cxbx-reloaded, Assassin’s Creed 1