Valve has released Proton 5.0-6, a package for running Windows games on Linux

Valve Company ΠΎΠΏΡƒΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π° project release Proton 5.0-6, 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 regression changes that appeared in Rock of Ages, Dead Space and Elder Scrolls Online.
  • Improved performance and graphics quality in Resident Evil 2 when using Direct3D 12 mode;
  • Fixed a freeze when launching Fallout 3 and Panzer Corps.
  • Resolved an issue that caused the browser to open when following external links in some games, including Football Manager 2020 and Age of Empires II: HD Edition.
  • Improved the appearance of the Rockstar Launcher;
  • Enabled ignoring Wacom tablets in joystick mode;
  • Fixed a crash in DmC Devil May Cry when using game controllers with vibration enabled;
  • Fixed a bug that occurred when using virtual reality helmets on systems with a changed XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable.

Source: opennet.ru

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