Valve Corporation project release , which is based on the developments of the Wine project and aims to enable the launch of gaming applications created for Windows on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The project's developments under the BSD license.
Proton allows the direct launch of gaming applications supplied only for Windows in the Linux Steam client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX 9/10/11 (based on the package ) and DirectX 12 (based on ), which operates through DirectX call translation to the Vulkan API, provides enhanced support for game controllers and the ability to use fullscreen mode regardless of the resolutions supported in the games. To improve performance for multithreaded games, mechanisms like(Eventfd Synchronization) and«.
In :
- Regressive changes affecting games like Rock of Ages, Dead Space, and Elder Scrolls Online have been resolved;
- Performance and graphical quality in Resident Evil 2 have been improved when using Direct3D 12 mode;
- Freezing issues at the launch of Fallout 3 and Panzer Corps have been resolved;
- The problem with browser invocation when clicking external links in certain games, including Football Manager 2020 and Age of Empires II: HD Edition, has been addressed;
- The appearance of the Rockstar Launcher has been improved;
- Wacom tablets will be ignored in joystick mode;
- The crash in DmC Devil May Cry when using game controllers with vibration enabled has been fixed;
- An error occurring when using virtual reality helmets in systems with modified XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable has been corrected.
Source: opennet.ru
