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ProtonUp-Qt: v2.15.0 released

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonUp-Qt, a GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris, has now been released in version 2.15.0.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.15.0 Latest GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup. Features Install Proton-GE, …-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support) Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2 Changelog Added the dwproton compatibility tool #599 Fixed Kron4ek. Allows choosing between amd64 and wow64 #582 #590 Fixed the GE-Proton install directory for Lutris to runners/wine #606

Proton 10.0-4 released

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another big update to Proton: Proton 10.0-4.

Proton 10.0-4 Now playable (previously worked with Proton Experimental): Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality Changeling VR Summoners War: RUSH Quantum Threshold REACH Fellowship Metal Slug: Awakening The Obsessive Shadow Drop Dead: The Cabin Zero Caliber 2 Remastered Lost Memories 3 Side Stories Death by Scrolling Stellar Reach Girls’ Frontline Modules Distant Worlds 2 懒人修仙传2 Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages Chronology Fixed Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun not being playable in French. Fixed Far Cry 5 showing old GPU drivers warning with AMD gpus. Fixed Age of Empires IV Anniversary Edition showing GPU driver warning with Intel gpus. Fixed music playback in Transcendence. Fixed Mystery Manor: Hidden Objects not displaying anything on gamescope. Fixed HDR in Far Cry 5 on OLED Steam Decks. Fixed Crystal of Atlan crashing on desktops. Fixed broken account switching in Crystal of Atlan with gamescope. Fixed Adventures Of Fluzz wrongly displaying “No Device” window which made game unplayable with gamescope. Fixed Marvel Rivals crashing in benchmark with AMD GPUs. Fixed Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Wild Assault incorrectly warning about being installed on a HDD. Fixed long wait on every launch of many Xbox Game Studios games including Avowed, Grounded 2, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and The Outer Worlds 2. Fixed Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen crashing on system with long Steam Library path. Fixed in-game browser in Figmin XR. Fixed server / lobby listing in Men of War II. Fixed Ara: History Untold displaying GPU error. Fixed Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 crashing with monitors that support many resolutions. Fixed Arc Riders stutter on systems with non-Nvidia GPUs due to the game seeing and trying to continually load nvapi. Improved support for Sony controllers in Tekken 8. Fixed haptics support for DualSense controllers which should now work in most games that support it. Fixed audio playback in Rocket Jockey. Fixed For Honor not starting on non-Steam Decks. Fixed store in For Honor not working on desktops. Fixed in-game screenshot feature in Mohrta. Fixed Cladun X3 hanging on exit. Fixed Rocket Jockey not being playable on some installations. Fixed Xalia not interacting correctly with dialogs produced by ARC Raiders. Fixed Atelier Resleriana [JP] not working on certain setups. Added support for speech recognition in Phasmophobia. Fixed video playback in Okayunyumu! and AQUARIUM. Fixed Assassin’s Creed Shadows not being playable after a recent game update. Fixed language selection not working in Black Squad’s launcher. Fixed voice line playback in Rigid Force Alpha. Fixed 7.1 audio channel mapping in Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and potentially many other games. Fixed horizontal mouse scroll being incorrectly registered as back / forward buttons. Fixed Thai font rendering in Warframe’s launcher. Fixed Revolver360 Re:Actor crashing on keyboard input. Fixed text input in Secrets of Grindea. Fixed video playback in Conquer the World. Fixed a crash in Marvin’s Mittens after the cutscenes. Fixed Sword of the Stars: The Pit crashing when clicking an enemy. Fixed Lemma randomly crashing. Fixed Ukrainian and Russian font rendering in Trainatic. Fixed Proton 10 regressions: Video should play correctly again in King of Bones and Indivisible. Sackboy: A Big Adventure should no longer display a series of errors on fresh prefix. GodsArena Online is now registering touch/mouse input correctly. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is playable again. Killer Instinct should no longer crash at the end of match. Workshop integration in The Conquest of Go should work again. CHRONO TRIGGER should no longer flicker in fullscreen mode. Camera panning should work as expected in Dungeons & Dragons Online. Blood Rush should no longer crash with new proton prefixes. Added support for SteamWorks SDK 1.63. Updated Wine Mono to 10.4.1. Updated vkd3d-proton to v3.0b. Updated vkd3d to 1.18.

Proton 10.0-3 released

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another big update to Proton: Proton 10.0-3.

Proton 10.0-3 Now playable: Mary Skelter: Nightmares Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force Far Horizon Grim Fandango Remastered (AMD & Intel GPUs) The Crew Motorfest Viking Rise: Valhalla Starlight Re:Volver Gemstones Act of War: Direct Action (with AMD GPUs) SSR Wives: The Murder Of My Winter Crush Demo Firefly Village The Riftbreaker: Multiplayer Playtest Ninja Reflex: Steamworks Edition Arken Age Mitigated OpenSSL-related issues in Agony UNRATED that happen on newer Intel CPUs. Fixed The Quarry not being playable on OLED Steam Decks. Fixed DayZ tools failing to pack a mod. Fixed intro video in Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition having no audio. Fixed DualSense controllers registering spurious touchpad clicks over Bluetooth. Improved AVPro player compatibility in VRChat: fixed distortion, seeking, improved performance - less freezes and video playback should work in more cases than before. Fixed keybindings not working in Hunt: Showdown 1896 when using Programmer Dvorak layout. Fixed METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN having crackling during cutscenes on Steam Deck. Fixed Chinese font rendering in Warage. Fixed screen reader not working in Diablo 4 - requires download of Proton Voice Files. Fixed sending feedback not working in Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander. Fixed a recent update causing Epic Games Store not launching under Proton. Fixed Warrior Maiden Lecia and the Lost Fortress hanging on exit. Fixed long loading times in God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2 Rage Burst. Fixed Crysis 3 getting stuck on an old EA Login page. Fixed The Finals kicking players after a game update. Fixed dropdown menus closing immediately after opening them in Doom Eternal. Improved performance in Rocket League and Unreal Tournament 3. Fixed short freezes happening every 5 min in Deadlock. Fixed Dune: Awakening wrongly displaying warning about hard drive below minimum requirements. Fixed Dune: Awakening displaying warning about graphics drivers with AMD GPUs. Fixed language selection not working in Black Squad’s launcher. Fixed Sony controllers not working in God of War: Ragnarok on Steam Deck in handheld mode. Fixed blue tint in Resident Evil Village videos. Fixed video playback in The Heart of Influencer and Superscout. Fixed Disgaea PC not displaying controller icons correctly. Fixed cutscene pausing / skipping in Dungeon Lords Steam Edition. Fixed Spark & Kling crashing when idling on main menu. Fixed Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora complaining about an HDD when installed on a SSD. Fixed Tales Of Berseria crashing with certain paths used for the location of the Steam Library. Fixed Sea Power not playing background music. Fixed rendering issues in VR Slots 3D. Fixed Teardown hanging when publishing a mod to the workshop. Fixed internet radio in Motor Town: Behind The Wheel. Fixed broken CD key entry field in Age of Empires III. Fixed Counter-Strike rarely crashing when connecting to matches. Fixed Alone in the Dark (2008), DiRT, Disney Universe, Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans / Ex Machina: Meridian 113, Dino D-Day and Prototype 2 not running on CPU with high core count. Fixed drag and drop not working correctly in new Unity version for games including Timberborn and Master of Command Demo. Fixed Proton 10 regressions: Quake IV and DOOM 3 should no longer have issues with mouse input in full screen mode. Marvin’s Mittens sets up correctly on first launch again. Unplugging a controller should no longer break keyboard input in INSIDE. Videos in Resident Evil 7 Biohazard should play at a normal speed again on Steam Decks. Crashlands 2 intro video is no longer distorted. METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN no longer crashes at the start of Chapter 1 video. Assetto Corsa EVO should no longer reset modified autocenter strength. LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures should correctly load controller mapping when using Steam Input. Malody V is playable again. Rockstar Launcher’s birthday date selection dropdowns work again. Resident Evil Village no longer freezes after cutscenes. Alien: Rogue Incursion VR is playable again. Ride 2 should no longer randomly freeze. Updated dxvk to v2.6.2-23-g3cb664e12609. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.14.1-472-g32bffb836cb0. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.9.0-10-g0ea231734d60. Updated vkd3d to vkd3d-1.17-61-g979d7e4b85f2.

Proton 9.0-4 released

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another big update to Proton: Proton 9.0-4.

Proton 9.0-4 Latest Now playable: APB Reloaded Conqueror’s Blade Cube Hero Odyssey Disgaea 4 Complete+ Hard Chip Demo ScarQuest Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 (AMD GPUs only) Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Total War: SHOGUN 2 Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 (requires disabled Steam Overlay) Welcome to Dustown Fixed Hell Let Loose crashing when joining a server after a recent game update. Fixed Final Fantasy XVI having low FPS due to excessive DLL lookup. Fixed Final Fantasy XVI not showing displays in settings. Fixed keyboard input in Rivals of Aether II. Fixed Chromacell crashing on launch on AMD GPUs. Added support for NVIDIA Optical Flow API and DLSS 3 Frame Generation. Fixed Dragon Age: The Veilguard displaying a warning about being installed on a spinning drive. Fixed Crazy Taxi randomly crashing when starting a game. Added a warning in Proton logs when running on system with low max_map_count. Fixed single player game not working in Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Fixed Hard Reset Redux and Shadow Warrior crashing with AMD GPUs. Fixed Skull and Bones not exiting cleanly on systems with Nvidia GPUs. Fixed Dark and Darker not being playable after a game update. Fixed EA Desktop App setup not being configurable. Improved video playback in March of Empires and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. Fixed trigger buttons not registering in I Expect You To Die. Fixed Proton 9.0 regressions: Multiplayer works again in Hotshot Racing. Fablecraft is playable again. I Expect You To Die is playable again. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic no longer launches to a black screen when in fullscreen mode. Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death is playable again. B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th: Redux is playable again. Games now launch on the correct screen on setups with multiple monitors connected to multiple GPUs. Fixed Yakuza 3 Remastered and Yakuza 4 Remastered not being playable on some setups. Fixed Yakuza 6 crash when trying playing Puyo Puyo mini-game. Fixed Knowledge, or know Lady crashing about 10 minutes after launch. Fixed multiplayer in SpellForce 3: Versus Edition. Fixed font rendering in SpellForce 3: Versus Edition. Fixed mod support in DOOM Eternal. Fixed Mary Skelter 2 stuttering on launch. Fixed The Finals not starting with non-English locale. Fixed Traditional Chinese font rendering in Mashiroiro Symphony HD -Sana Edition-. Fixed Korean input in Diablo IV. Fixed newer Unreal Engine games trying to install redistributables on each launch. Fixed Astral Ascent hanging when unplugging a controller. Fixed playback of videos in Max: The Curse of Brotherhood. Fixed controller support in Clash for Crust. Fixed FPS drops in Red Dead Redemption 2 when keys are pressed. Fixed Hunt: Showdown 1896 failing to start after a recent game update. Fixed full screen in Dog Brew on Steam Deck. Fixed support for BattleServer in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Fixed voice chat in For Honor and UNO. Fixed Proton not setting priorities correctly for new threads. Fixed Unreal Engine Crash Report Client not launching properly. Improved loading times in Pharaoh Rebirth+. Fixed missing icons in Age of Mythology: Retold. Fixed video playback in March of Empires. Improved performance in Blood Strike. Enabled Xalia for MultiVersus - prerequisite installation can now be done with a controller. Updated Xalia to 0.4.4 and enabled it for Trackmania United Forever, Trackmania Nations Forever, Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD, Fallout: New Vegas, and WARRIORS ALL-STARS. Updated Wine Mono to 9.3.1. Updated dxvk to v2.5.1 + a regression fix. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.7.1-94-gafb59a8e841b. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.13-241-g4fd7d3ab3d35. Updated vkd3d-shader to vkd3d-1.14 + a hack.

Proton 9.0-3 released

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another big update to Proton: Proton 9.0-3.

Proton 9.0-3 Latest Now playable: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (desktop only) Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! Banyu Lintar Angin Dinner with an Owl, Farlight 84 Flatout 3 KinitoPET Owl Observatory Demo Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Super Sword of Convallaria Syberia THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION To Pixelia Demo Unity of Command II Zaccaria Pinball Fixed 9.0 regressions: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare’s DLC is playable again. Bionic Commando is playable again. Controllers work again in Sonic Forces. GRID Autosport and GRID 2 are playable again. Noita mods no longer fail to update. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide no longer freezes randomly when processing shaders for the cache. Improved language support for Guild Wars 2. Enable controller support in the launchers of Fallout 3 (standard and GOTY edition) via Xalia. Fixed cutscene playback in Iragon games. Fixed Yakuza Kiwami not working on certain setups. Added support for D3D12 in OpenXR. Fixed AVPro playback in VRChat. Fixed video quality of live streamed episodes in Quantum Break. Fixed artifacts in Yakuza 4 Remastered opening video. Improved support for workshop levels in Zeepkist. Improved loading time of Arcanum. Fixed Aimlabs having broken News section. Fixed RAID: World War II randomly hanging on start. Fixed Strip Fighter ZERO not starting on some setups. Fixed Undecember not being playable after a recent game update. Fixed missing cursor in IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition. Fixed a crash in Starfield: Creation Kit. Fixed text not being displayed during the installation of EA Desktop launcher. Fixed “Customize Setup” not working during EA Launcher installation. Fixed Halo Infinite rendering using a weird resolution on a Steam Deck. Improved microphone support in Squad. Fixed License Agreement not displaying correctly in Romance of the Three Kingdoms [JP]. Fixed FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE displaying white screen on launch on Steam Deck OLED. Fixed microphone not working with Helldivers 2 after a recent game update. Fixed freezes in Dinogen Online. Fixed Dinogen Online crashing randomly on start. Fixed SCP Secret Laboratory crashing after a recent game update. Fixed Burnout Paradise Remastered crashing when an input video device is plugged in. Improved memory usage of Burnout Paradise Remastered and lowered the chances of crashing. Fixed font rendering in Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. Fixed Once Human crashing when trying to join a server or opening the EULA on fresh Proton prefixes. Fixed Ubisoft Connect requiring a manual log in with a new prefix with Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (some other games may still suffer from that similarly as on Windows with a clean Ubisoft Connect install). Fixed The Finals not being playable after a recent game update. Fixed video playback in Spirit Hunter: NG. Improved memory usage when playing videos in 32bit games. Fixed font rendering in Shady Brook - A Dark Mystery Text Adventure. Fixed Steam Deck users being forced to use MTL145 nickname in Project Kunai. Fixed connecting with Unreal Insights to games running under Proton. Added a warning that appears in Proton Log for systems that have low file descriptor limit (e.g. non-systemd distributions). Fixed video playback in One Finger Death Punch. Fixed Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit crashing when reaching first boss. Updated Wine Mono to 9.2.0. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.13-64-g47840a4bb614. Updated dxvk to v2.4-40-gd0ea5a4a87c9. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.7.1-19-gbd542144518d.

Proton 9.0-2 released

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another huge update for Proton: Proton 9.0-2.

Proton 9.0-2 Latest Previously playable only with Proton Experimental: Alpha League Battlezone Gold Edition in VR mode Black Desert Online FreestyleFootball R Helldivers 2 Hero’s Land Iragon SimCity 3000 Unlimited Warlords Battlecry III Enabled controller support via Xalia in the launchers of: Clustertruck Fallout 3 (standard and GOTY edition) - partial support only Fallout 4 Mugsters The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (72850) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Tomb Raider: Anniversary Tomb Raider: Legend Limited number of cores seen by the following games making them playable on a high core count CPUs: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Command & Conquer and The Covert Operations Fixed Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon Forbidden West displaying a warning about outdated drivers with Nvidia GPUs. Fixed The Finals crashing on launch after a recent game update. Fixed The Finals wrongly detecting button mashing. Fixed The Finals not working on machines supporting AVX512 without clearcpuid=304 in the kernel command line. Fixed Apex Legends not starting after a recent game update. Fixed Tekken 8 reporting wrong connection type if both WiFi and Ethernet are present. Fixed Ubisoft Launcher not starting games with a fresh Proton prefix. Fixed Halo Infinite crashing randomly during “initializing data”. Fixed Beat Saber not being playable on Nvidia GPUs without using the legacy branch. Fixed Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite crashing when creating multiplayer lobby. Fixed hosting multiplayer games in Foundry. Fixed rendering of Japanese characters in the launcher of Granado Espada Japan. Fixed Nightingale not being able to authenticate with Steam on desktop. Fixed Bloons Monkey City thinking it’s offline with IPv6 support disabled. Fixed Ubisoft Launcher asking for serial number on the first launch of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Fixed Descent 3 not working in GL mode. Fixed Shatterline freezing on loading screen when trying to join a second online match in a session. Fixed Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood failing to launch on a fresh prefix and failing on NVIDIA GPUs. Fixed audio stutter in Viking: Battle for Asgard. Fixed Russian language rendering in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons launcher. Fixed scaling in The Desolate Hope when playing on desktop. Improved controller input support for Tower Princess. Improved performance in We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie. Fixed GRIS showing error window when exiting the game. Fixed issues with transparency in Akka Arrh. Fixed load / save dialogs not working in Idle Spiral on Steam Deck. Added raw HID support for VKB Gunfighter SCG. Fixed random crashes in Cosmoteer Starship Architect & Commander. Fixed font rendering in Cosmoteer Starship Architect & Commander on Steam Deck. Improved Chinese font rendering in Cosmoteer Starship Architect & Commander. Fixed Russian and Hebrew font rendering in Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition. Improved font rendering in Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop on Steam Deck. Fixed Cities: Skylines not being playable on Intel GPUs. Improved compatibility with OpenComposite. Updated support for OpenXR to version 1.1.36. Updated OpenVR support to v2.2.3. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.12-58-gf6d39052afb1. Updated dxvk to v2.3.1-64-g60cfafe. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.7.0-7-gaae4902b6ff7. Updated Wine Mono to version 9.1.0.

Proton 9.0-1 released

Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another big update to Proton: Proton 9.0-1.

Proton 9.0-1 Latest Previously playable only with Proton Experimental: Dinogen Online Photography Simulator Demo George McGeehan Gamer Hero The Finals True Reporter. Mystery of Mistwood Road to Vostok Demo WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT Lord of the Rings: Gollum Sonic Colors: Ultimate Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Yuri’s Revenge Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun and Firestorm Aisling and the Tavern of Elves Snares of Ruin 2 Insanity’s Blade Bloody Walls Limited number of cores seen by the following games making them playable on a high core count CPUs: Far Cry 2 Far Cry 4 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Outcast - Second Contact Prototype Enabled nvapi by default for most games. Started ignoring system mouse acceleration in games using raw input API. Fixed Brawhalla showing a security certificate warning. Fixed audio in BOOMEROAD, DORONKO WANKO, NOTTOLOT. Fixed Civilization V Touch Only option in the launcher not working. Improved cutscene synchronization in Immortals Fenyx Rising. Fixed TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part I and II crashing during boss fights. Fixed crash in Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories epilogue. Improved video playback in BIOMUTANT. Fixed Imperiums: Greek Wars launcher. Fixed memory leaks that caused Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher crash over long time. Fixed crash in Microsoft Flight Simulator when live weather is enabled. Improved support for input devices with 8+ axes. Fixed Savant - Ascent REMIX hitching during certain animations. Fixed Super Robot Wars 30 crashing with languages other than English. Fixed Doom Eternal audio crackling on certain setups. Fixed Lethal Company, Phasmophobia and other Unity games crashing when a controller with a hat switch is plugged in. Improved video playback for the following titles: Lords of the Fallen, Harvestella, Wayfinder, Sea of Thieves, and KING OF FIGHTERS XV. Fixed default scaling for The Last Game on Steam Deck. Fixed audio issues when playing intro video in Airborne Kingdom. Fixed Bayonetta crashing on certain systems. Fixed Escape from Monkey Island getting minimized on a mouse click. Fixed audio controls and spatialization in VRChat with AVPro. Fixed new prefix failing to initialize on filesystem that do not support copy_file_range syscall. Updated file distribution method to save disk space. Rebased on top of upstream Wine 9.0. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.11.1-49-g32ff676b. Updated dxvk to v2.3-47-ge2a46a34. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.4-48-g0951afb. Added support for Steamworks SDK 1.59.

Proton 8.0-5 released

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another update to Proton: Proton 8.0-5.

Note: Proton 8.0 requires a GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3. 8.0-5: Now playable: Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes Welcome to Princeland Red Tie Runner Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition Assassin’s Creed Mirage Made HDR options available on compatible hardware (including Steam Deck OLED) in the following games: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village, Hogwarts Legacy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Injustice 2, Alan Wake 2, Devil May Cry 5. Fixed Baldur’s Gate 3 not starting after a recent game update. Fixed Cyberpunk 2077 crashing with DualSense plugged in after a recent game update. Fixed Forza Horizon 5 not working after a recent game update. Fixed Starfield not saving photos in photo mode. Fixed swapped Start / Select buttons on controllers in Starfield and other games using Windows.Gaming.Input. Fixed Halo Infinite crashes on SteamOS 3.5. Fixed Witcher 3 not being able to switch between windowed and fullscreen correctly on XFCE. Fixed Witcher 3 and other games crashing when monitor is turned off and on again. Fixed Hogwarts Legacy crashing on Intel GPUs. Fixed Resident Evil 2 crashing for some users during gameplay. Fixed Crysis 2 Remastered showing only black screen for some users. Fixed Crysis 3 being unable to launch properly due to failed authorization. Fixed Crysis 3 Administrative Approval EA App Window being corrupted on Nvidia. Fixed outdated driver warning in The Last of Us Part I. Fixed Steam Workshop interface randomly not working in Trivia Tricks. Fixed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster crashing during combat. Fixed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster crashing after Steam Cloud save updates sets resolution to Non-Deck-Native. Improved audio in Final Fantasy VIII and Freefall 3050AD. Improved load times in LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII and FINAL FANTASY XIII-2. Fixed Remnant: From The Ashes and Deep Rock Galactic and possibly other games crashing when too many audio devices are connected. Fixed periodic frame rate drops in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2. Fixed Mighty Switch Force! Collection crashing on some setups when no controllers are plugged in. Fixed Aura: Fate of the Ages missing some audio cues. Fixed games not being able to switch monitors in fullscreen mode on Cinnamon DE. Fixed triple monitor handling in Project Cars 3 and Project Cars 2. Fixed Elite Dangerous crashing when opening external links. Fixed issues with connecting to online services in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2. Fixed wrong scaling in MareQuest: An Interactive Tail and Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on Steam Deck when set to fullscreen. Fixed fonts not rendering in the main menu of Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist. Fixed Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist crashing when clicking on Strategy Guide button. Fixed The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth crashes that mostly happened when using bombs later in a run. Fixed load / save dialogs not working in Idle Spiral on Steam Deck. Fixed font rendering in save / load dialog in Idle Spiral. Fixed multiplayer in NASCAR Heat 5. Fixed multiplayer in DiRT Rally. Fixed The Binding of Isaac cursor desync and focus issues when toggling fullscreen. Fixed video playback in Out of Ore. Fixed multiple memory leaks when playing videos in VRchat using AVPro. Improved support for VKB Gladiator NXT Evo and Virpil Constellation ALPHA-R when hidraw device is accessible. Enabled nvapi for the following titles: Satisfactory Updated Wine Mono to 8.1.0. Updated dxvk to v2.3-21-g1b31aa5d. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.4-20-g0a7c48b. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.11-19-g0e681135.

Proton 8.0-3 and update to Proton Experimental released

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released a new version of Proton: Proton 8.0-3.

Note: Proton 8.0 requires a GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3. 8.0-3: Previously playable only with Proton Experimental: Propnight Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy Bloodrayne Terminal Cut 1/2 Breakout 13 Murasaki Tsurugi PooShooter: Toilet Invaders Purgo Box Olympia Rising Summoners War: Chronicles Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Minecraft Legends Company of Heroes: Battle of Crete STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN Gunfire: Reborn Super Bomberman R Newly playable: StreetStep: 21st Century Basketball. Fixed Battle.net not starting. Fixed EA launcher crashing. Fixed Ubisoft Connect intermittently having an invisible window. Fixed scroll bar in Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher. Fixed EOS error message with Returnal and other EOS games. Fixed a few Proton 8.0 regressions: DJMAX RESPECT V is playable again. Halo: The Master Chief Collection menus no longer are broken. BeamNG.drive no longer crashes when a steering wheel is connected. Cafe Stella no longer crashes with 2 elements on the flowchart. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered no longer ignores controller input. Indiana Jones and The Emperor no longer crashes on the splash screen. Grand Theft Auto V no longer freezes on keyboard input. TRAHA Global no longer crashes at end of second cutscene Logging in online in Gears 5 works again. Doom Eternal no longer crashes with ray-tracing enabled on AMDVLK / NVIDIA. Fixed Creativerse hanging while exiting from a local game. Fixed Call of Duty 2 hanging when loading maps. Fixed New World not starting after a recent game update. Fixed game stutter in Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris. Fixed Last Labyrinth displaying only a black screen on the Steam Deck. Fixed Creativerse not being able to connect to a local game with a VPN connection active. Fixed The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing not rendering text in Polish correctly. Fixed game looking dark and improved performance with Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi. Fixed DXVK HUD not showing the correct git revision used. Improved video playback in Roboquest. Fixed various memory leaks during video playback that were affecting Street Fighter 6. Enabled nvapi for many more games: Chernobylite Enhanced Edition, Dead Space (Remake), Forspoken, Forza Horizon 5, Hi-Fi Rush, Marvel’s Avengers, Monster Hunter Rise, Need For Speed Unbound, Nioh 2, Propnight, Redfall, Returnal, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, SCP: 5K, Scum, The Last Of Us Part I, Watch Dogs Legion. Fixed Tales of Berseria suffering from screen tearing with vsync turned on while in fullscreen / borderless. Improved Final Fantasy XIII loading times. Fixed Red Dead Redemption 2 taking long time to exit with Alt+F4. Fixed multiple Unity titles flickering on the Steam Deck when switching display window options. Fixed The Elder Scrolls Online wrongly claiming not enough space. Fixed The Elder Scrolls Online launcher showing blank window. Fixed Madballs in Babo: Invasion claiming the game wasn’t purchased. Fixed PlanetSide 2 launcher. Fixed various Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty issues around video playback. Fixed video playback in Nioh: Complete Edition. Fixed Pentiment not being playable on desktop. Fixed Grounded not being playable on desktop. Improved cutscene desync in Immortals Fenyx Rising. Fixed Witcher 3 launcher rendering issues. Fixed Call of Duty: Black Ops III graphical glitches when loading Hex Tower. Fixed video playback speed issues in METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. Fixed Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut hanging on exit. Fixed connection error at the end of Chapter 2 in Life is Strange Remastered. Fixed rendering issues in Uru: Complete Chronicles on Steam Deck. Fixed Richman: Classic not starting in OpenGL mode. Updated dxvk to v2.2-34-g4d254b13. Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.3-4-g2483eac. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.9-21-gf52e6482.

Proton 7.0-6 released

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released the new stable version 7.0-6 of Proton.

7.0-6: Now playable: Gotham Knights UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection Heroes of the Dark Super Arcade Racing Crazy Machines 3 King under the Mountain NinNinDays2 雀姬 (Mahjong ladies) Fix Ubisoft Connect launcher failure caused by launcher update. Fix Septerra Core hanging on redistributables installation. Fix Persona 5 Royal crashing when creating game save data. Fix Vampire Survivors intermittent error message. Fix Super House of Dead Ninjas, Enemy Mind, and Out There Somewhere frame hitching every few seconds. Fix Zeepkist freezing when using controller. Fix Overcooked! All You Can Eat being unable to add a second controller-using player. Fix Quake III: Arena and Quake III: Team Arena displaying weird texture over the menu. Fix the new EA launcher displaying a blank window. Fix Marvel Snap not being able connect to online services. Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing during longer flights. Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator not displaying live traffic. Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator not starting after a recent game update. Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing when starting next to big cities. Fix Sackboy: A Big Adventure failing to start the first time it’s launched. Fix Spyro Reignited Trilogy playing intro video in a wrong language. Fix Jurassic World Evolution 2 bad performance with recent Proton versions. Fix multiple monitor support in Project Cars 2 and Project Cars 3. Fix Korean not being rendered correctly in Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII launcher. Fix multiple languages not rendering correctly in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Fix Lost Lands: Dark Overlord, Lost Lands: Dark Lord, Lost Lands: Redemption, and Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters Collector’s Edition crashing when trying to set a wallpaper. Fix video playback regression with Chronos: Before the Ashes. Improve video playback with OUTRIDERS and ToGather: Island. Update wine-mono to 7.4.0. Update dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.

Proton 7.0-3 released

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released the new version 7.0-3 of Proton .

7.0-3: The following games are now playable: Age of Chivalry Beneath a Steel Sky Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamer Edition Cities XXL Cladun X2 Cursed Armor Flanarion Tactics Gary Grigsby’s War in the East Gary Grigsby’s War in the West Iragon: Prologue MechWarrior Online Small Radios Big Televisions Split/Second Star Wars Episode I Racer Stranger of Sword City Revisited Succubus x Saint V Rising Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide We Were Here Forever Add support for Windows.Gaming.Input. Improve FPS in Street Fighter V during online matches. Improve Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice performance in certain areas. Fix Elden Ring crashing during prolonged gameplay. Fix the new Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher. Fix DEATHLOOP crashing after long system suspend. Fix The Turing Test crashing when starting Chapter 4. Fix controller support in Mini Ninja. Fix Resident Evil Revelations 2 not starting on the Steam Deck. Fix video playback in: Disintegration, Dread X Collection: The Hunt, EZ2ON REBOOT : R, El Hijo - A Wild West Tale, Ember Knights, Outward: Definitive Edition, POSTAL4: No Regerts, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Solasta: Crown of the Magister, Street Fighter V, The Room 4: Old Sins. Fix video playback in Ghostwire: Tokyo and other games using VP8 and VP9 codecs. Fix non-steering-wheel controller support in WRC10. Fix S&box not finding any games to join. Fix The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Kai failing to start for the first time. Fix Mortal Kombat Komplete crashing when audio devices with long names are present. Fix handling of external links in Castle Morihisa. Improve text rendering in Rockstar Launcher. Improve steering wheel detection. Support xinput controller reordering on the Steam Deck. Update Wine Mono to 7.3.0. Update dxvk-nvapi to v0.5.4. Update dxvk to v1.10.1-57-g279b4b7e.

Proton 6.3-8 and update to Proton Experimental released

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another update to Proton: Proton 6.3-8.

6.3-8: The following games are now playable: Age of Empires 4 Assassin’s Creed Breath of Death VI Call of Duty: Black Ops II singleplayer (202970) DEATHLOOP FIA European Truck Racing Championship Fly’N Game Dev Tycoon Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered GreedFall Mafia II (Classic) Magicka Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (AMD GPUs only) Mass Effect Legendary Edition (ME1 does not have working audio, see #4823) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Video Game Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Video Game 2 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slicked Precipice of Darkness 3 RiMS Racing The Riftbreaker Sol Survivor TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge 2 Added support for an initial set of BattlEye games. Improve compatibility with games using Valve’s CEG DRM. Support DLSS in DX11 and DX12 games (guarded by PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 and dxgi.nvapiHack = False). Support latest Steamworks SDK. Fix crashes in Project Wingman, Satisfactory and other Unreal Engine 4 games using the Vulkan renderer. Fix a sporadic crash when starting Baldur’s Gate 3. Fix networked multiplayer in RaceRoom Racing Experience. Fix cutscene desync in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Fix audio stuttering in Gahkthun Steam Edition. Fix Atomic Shop and random crashes on start in Fallout 76. Fix Paradox Launcher (used by Europa Universalis IV) failing to display anything. Fix video freezing and causing game to hang in Deep Rock Galactic. Fix Industries of Titan not listing any resolutions and monitors. Fix Bloons TD6 not being able to access account settings, see docs/ICMP_ECHO.md. Fix Project CARS 3 ignoring inputs after Alt+Tab. Fix stuck Alt key after Alt+Tabbing out and back for Warhammer: Chaosbane. Support Thai characters in Mirror and other Unity games. Support Korean and Arabic characters in Cyberpunk 2077 launcher. Fix connection issues in Satisfactory on systems with multiple network interfaces. Fix Biomutant videos not playing. Update dxvk to v1.9.2-13-g714ca482. Update vkd3d-proton to v2.5-50-g0251b404. Update wine-mono to 6.4.1.

Proton 6.3-7 and update to Proton Experimental released

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another update for Proton: Proton 6.3-7.

6.3-7: The following games are now playable: Life is Strange: True Colors Quake Champions (broken after a game update) Divinity Original Sin 2 (broken after a game update) eFootball PES 2021 EVERSLAUGHT VR WRC 8, 9 and 10 Fix Logitech G920 mapping for F1 2020. Fix Resident Evil Village display settings. Improve Forza Horizon 4 windowing. Update DXVK to v1.9.2. Update vkd3d-proton to include the latest development work.

Proton 6.3-5 released

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another update for Proton: Proton 6.3-5.

6.3-5: Many improvements to video rendering. Games known to be improved include: Bloodstained Deep Rock Galactic Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Resident Evil 2 (2019) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Team Sonic Racing Update DXVK to v1.9. Improve GPU device selection. Update vkd3d-proton to include the latest development work. The following games are now playable: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Crypt Stalker Dark Devotion Dorfromantic Far Cry Hard Reset Hogs of War Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Pro Cycling Manager 2020 Sang Froid - Tales of Werewolves Secret of Mana Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019 Improve controller support in Hades and many Unity titles. Fix CyberPunk 2077, Darksburg, and other launchers hanging when external links are clicked. Fix Conan Exiles and other Funcom launchers crashing. Fix missing audio in Project Cars 3. Better support for container-based builds outside of the build VM.

Proton 6.3-4 released

Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released another update to Proton: Proton 6.3-4.

6.3-4: Fix recent 2K Games launcher update Fix error on startup for some Direct3D 12 games Fix Divinity Original Sin 2 and Rise of Venice launcher display issues Fix Star Wars Squadrons VR incorrectly launching to desktop Fix Sacred Gold visual artifacts

Proton 6.3-2 released

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released a small update for Proton: Proton 6.3-2.

6.3-2: Fix stuttering mouse cursor issue during longer play sessions.

Proton 6.3 released

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released the next major version of Proton: Proton 6.3. A manual installation can be forced by doing steam steam://install/1580130 or via the library in the Steam Client (see Tools section).

Available in Proton 6.3: 6.3-1: Newly playable games include: Divinity: Original Sin 2 Shenmue I & II Mass Effect 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012) Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Lockdown XCOM: Chimera Squad Bioshock 2 Remastered Company of Heroes 2 logiCally Rise of the Triad Home Behind 2 Shadow Empire Arena Wars 2 King Arthur: Knight’s Tale Rise of Venice ARK Park Gravity Sketch Battle Arena VR Updated Wine to version 6.3. Updated DXVK to v1.8.1. Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.2. Updated FAudio to 21.03.05. Update wine-mono to 6.1.1. Previously in Experimental: Improvements for non-US keyboard layouts. Previously in Experimental: Improved video support. You may see test pattern videos. This is normal. Previously in Experimental: Support setting thread priorities via RTKit, or Unix priorities if your user has permissions. Previously in Experimental: Controller layout and hotplugging improvements in Slay the Spire and Hades. Previously in Experimental: Improved PlayStation 5 controller support. Previously in Experimental: Improved Virtual Reality startup time and compatibility. Improved Uplay sign-in. Improved G29 steering support in Assetto Corsa Competizione. Fixed Microsoft Flight Simulator in VR mode. Fixed cutscenes in Bioshock 2 Remastered. Overhauled build system to greatly reduce build times. Available in Proton Experimental (as of 2021/04/01): All changes from Proton 6.3-1. Performance improvements around input, windowing, and memory allocation. Added support for Vulkan child window rendering. Better support Anno 1404 - History Edition. Updated file distribution method to save disk space.

Proton 5.13-6 released

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released version 5.13-6 of Proton with the following changes:

5.13-6: Previously in Experimental: Fixed Cyberpunk 2077 world sound issues Previously in Experimental: Improved controller support and hotplugging in Yakuza Like a Dragon, Subnautica, DOOM (2016), and Virginia Nioh 2 is now playable Fixed black screen on focus loss in DOOM Eternal on AMD Restored VR support in No Man’s Sky Voice chat in Deep Rock Galactic is now functional Better support for PlayStation 5 controllers Sound in Dark Sector is working now Fixed Need for Speed (2015) hang on AMD More fixes for game input being active while the Steam overlay is up

Proton 5.0-9 released, fixes problems with EA Origin

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Just one week after the release of version 5.0-8, Valve now releases the version 5.0-9 of Proton:

5.0-9: Fix running games that require the EA Origin client. Fix crash in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.

Proton 5.0-8 released

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released the new version 5.0-8 of Proton:

5.0-8: Dramatically improve loading times for Streets of Rage 4. Fix crashes in Detroit: Become Human, Planet Zoo, Jurassic World: Evolution, Unity of Command II, and Splinter Cell Blacklist. Performance improvements for DOOM Eternal, Detroit: Become Human, and We Happy Few. Support latest Steam SDKs, which fixes games such as Scrap Mechanic, and Mod and Play. Fix some Rockstar Launcher errors on some systems. Update DXVK to v1.7. Update FAudio to 20.06. Pull in latest vkd3d work. On KDE, games being fullscreen should no longer prevent alt-tabbing out of the game. Fix crash on launch in STEINS;GATE 0. Fix missing network ping times in some multiplayer games like Path of Exile and Wolcen. Fix external links in Lords Mobile. Fix crash on launch in TOXIKK. Improve gstreamer performance. Fix WRC 7 crash when using a steering wheel controller. Note that some force-feedback effects may require a kernel >= 5.7.

Proton 5.0-7 released: GTA 4, Street Fighter 5 and Streets of Rage 4 now playable

Sat, 02 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released the latest version 5.0-7 of Proton to the public with the following changes:

5.0-7: Street Fighter 5 and Streets of Rage 4 are now playable. Update DXVK to v1.6.1. Fixes for sound in TrackMania Nations Forever, TrackMania Ultimate Forever, and Zusi 3 Aerosoft. Fix crash in Plebby Quest: The Crusades. Fix connecting to Gearbox SHiFT in Borderlands 3. Grand Theft Auto 4 is now playable. Updates to vkd3d to improve Direct3D 12 compatibility and performance. Improve developer debugging experience.

Proton 5.0-5 released

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has today released the newest version 5.0-5 of Proton with the following changes:

5.0-5: Fix crash in some games introduced in Proton 5.0-4. Fix networking error in Granblue Fantasy: Versus. Support for latest OpenVR SDKs. Add support for new Vulkan extensions used by some recent titles.

Proton 5.0-2 released

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Not even one week after the release of Proton 5.0, Valve already presents the first update to it:

5.0-2: Fix frequent crash introduced in Proton 5.0-1 related to video and audio playback. Fix Planet Coaster crash on launch. Fix Subnautica graphical issue.

Proton 5.0 released

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Today Valve released the next major version of Proton: Proton 5.0. You can install it manually by using the command steam steam://install/1245040 You can also install it via the library in the Steam Client (in the Tools section).

Proton 5.0-1 Update Wine to version 5.0. Since the last major release of Proton, Wine has seen over 3500 changes, which are now integrated into Proton. 207 patches from Proton 4.11 were either upstreamed or are no longer needed. Direct3D 9 games will now use DXVK for rendering by default. Users without Vulkan support can return to the OpenGL-based wined3d renderer with the PROTON_USE_WINED3D configuration option. Improved Steam client integration. This makes more games that use Denuvo playable, including Just Cause 3, Batman: Arkham Knight, Abzu, and more. New Proton environments will report a newer OS version, which some newer games require. Existing environments will not be changed automatically. Wine 5.0 includes the beginnings of real multi-monitor support. Expect major improvements in this area soon. Improved surround sound support for older games. Update DXVK to v1.5.4. Update FAudio to 20.02. Note for users who build Proton: this branch has new submodules, please be sure to git submodule update –init.

Proton Version 4.2.8 released

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Valve has released the Version 4.2.8 of Proton in the Steam Client for Linux:

4.2-8: Fixes for games which embed web browsers using the Steam client. For example, Football Manager 2019. Fix an issue with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and other titles crashing with an error dialog on exit. Upgrade wine-mono to 4.9.0, which includes winforms support. This may help some game launchers. Various window management and alt-tab fixes. Fix for controllers losing force feedback when removed and re-added.

Useful tools and links for Proton / SteamPlay

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

You are already using Proton (aka SteamPlay)? In this new forum post I’m gathering some useful tools and links around this topic! The list is going to be extended in the future - so please let me know, if you find anything. :-)