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Valve has released Proton 5.0-8, a package for running Windows games on Linux

Valve Company ΠΎΠΏΡƒΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π° project release Proton 5.0-8, 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:

  • Significantly reduced the loading time of the game "Streets of Rage 4";
  • Fixed crashes in Detroit: Become Human, Planet Zoo, Jurassic World: Evolution, Unity of Command II and Splinter Cell Blacklist.
  • Made optimizations that increased the performance of games
    DOOM Eternal, Detroit: Become Human, and We Happy Few;

  • Added support for the latest Steam SDK, which fixes issues in Scrap Mechanic and Mod and Play.
  • Fixed errors when launching the Rockstar Launcher that popped up on some systems;
  • DXVK layer with Direct3D 9/10/11 implementation on top of Vulkan API updated prior to release 1.7;
  • Components FAudio with implementation of DirectX sound libraries (XAudio2, X3DAudio, XAPO and XACT3 APIs) updated to release 20.06;
  • Moved fresh developments related to vkd3d (DirectX 12 implementation based on the Vulkan API);
  • KDE fixed an issue preventing Alt+Tab from being used to switch to other applications when running in full screen mode.
  • Fixed an issue with network ping not working in some multiplayer games such as "Path of Exile" and "Wolcen";
  • Fixed the problem with the work of external links in "Lords Mobile";
  • Fixed a crash in TOXIKK;
  • Improved performance of gstreamer;
  • Fixed a crash in the game "WRC 7" (FIA World Rally Championship) when using the game steering wheel (for correct operation of some feedback effects, the Linux 5.7 kernel is required in the system).

Source: opennet.ru

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