Valve has released Proton 5.0-4, a package for running Windows games on Linux

Valve Company ΠΎΠΏΡƒΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π° first release of a new project branch Proton 5.0, which is based on the developments of the Wine project and is aimed at enabling gaming applications created for Windows and presented in the Steam catalog to run on Linux. Project achievements extend under the BSD license.

Proton allows you to directly run Windows-only gaming applications on the Steam Linux client. The package includes the implementation of DirectX 9/10/11 (based on the package DXVK extension) and DirectX 12 (based on vkd3d) that work by translating DirectX calls to the Vulkan API provides improved support for game controllers and the ability to use full screen mode regardless of screen resolutions supported in games. To increase the performance of multi-threaded games, the mechanisms "esync" (Eventfd Synchronization) and "futex/fsyncΒ«.

Π’ new version:

  • Fixed problems with the launcher of Electronic Arts Origin and the performance of the game Jedi Fallen Order;
  • Fixed a crash when launching Grand Theft Auto V Online.
  • Fixed crashes in Denuvo DRM when launching Just Cause 3 and Batman Arkham Knight.
  • The DXVK layer, which provides a DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 9, 10, and 11 implementation that works via call translation to the Vulkan API, has been updated to release 1.5.5;
  • Improved performance of screen resolution change emulation;
  • Increased the performance of the Monster Hunter World game;
  • Fixed loss of focus due to mouse cursor issues in Ryse: Son of Rome.
  • Reduced game launch time.

Source: opennet.ru

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