Valve has released the Proton 6.3-8 project update, which is based on the developments of the Wine project and aims to enable the launch of gaming applications designed for Windows on Linux, as listed in the Steam catalog. The developments of the project are distributed under a BSD license.
Proton allows for the direct launch of gaming applications in the Linux Steam client that are only supplied for Windows. The package includes implementations of DirectX 9/10/11 (based on the DXVK package) and DirectX 12 (based on vkd3d-proton), operating through the translation of DirectX calls into the Vulkan API, provides improved game controller support, and enables fullscreen mode regardless of the resolutions supported by the games. To enhance the performance of multithreaded games, support for mechanisms such as 'esync' (Eventfd Synchronization) and 'futex/fsync' is implemented.
In the new version:
- Support for certain games with the BattlEye anti-cheat system, such as 'Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord' and 'ARK: Survival Evolved', has been added.
- Compatibility with games using Valve's CEG DRM (Custom Executable-Generation) protection mechanism has been improved.
- For games utilizing the DX11 and DX12 graphics APIs, support for DLSS technology has been implemented, allowing the use of NVIDIA Tensor cores for realistic image scaling using machine learning methods to increase resolution without sacrificing quality. Setting the environment variable 'PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1' and the parameter 'dxgi.nvapiHack = False' is required.
- Support for the new version of the Steamworks SDK has been added.
- Updated versions of dxvk 1.9.2-13-g714ca482, wine-mono 6.4.1, and vkd3d-proton 2.5-50-g0251b404.
- Support for the following games has been added:
- 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 (only on systems with AMD GPU)
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- 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
- Crashes in Unreal Engine 4 games that use the Vulkan graphics API, such as Project Wingman and Satisfactory, have been fixed.
- Multiplayer mode functionality in RaceRoom Racing Experience has been established.
- Issues in games such as Gate 3, Creed: Odyssey, Gahkthun Steam Edition, Fallout 76, Europa Universalis IV, Deep Rock Galactic, Industries of Titan, Bloons TD6, Project CARS 3, Warhammer: Chaosbane, Satisfactory, and Biomutant have been resolved.
Source: opennet.ru
