Valve Company new project release , 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 under the BSD license. Proton allows you to directly run Windows-only game applications on the Steam Linux client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX 9 (based on ), DirectX 10/11 (based on ) and 12 (based on ) 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.
In the new version:
- For games, support is provided for direct access to game consoles without the use of an emulating layer, which has significantly improved the quality of work with various game controllers.
- D9VK layer (Direct3D 9 implementation over Vulkan API) updated to version , which introduced support for the options and functions d3d9.samplerAnisotropy, d3d9.maxAvailableMemory, d3d9.floatEmulation, GetRasterStatus, ProcessVertices, TexBem, TexM3x2Tex, and TexM3x3Tex.
- Fixed crashes and freezes when using fsync patches.
- Added "WINEFSYNC_SPINCOUNT" setting, which can be useful for improving the performance of some games.
- Added support for the latest Steamworks and OpenVR SDKs.
- Improved support for very old VR games.
- Fixed typing crashes in some Unreal Engine 4 based games such as Mordhau and Deep Rock Galactic.
Additionally, the new , add-ons for
emulation of various game consoles, allowing you to run classic games using a simple unified graphical interface. The use of emulators of consoles such as Atari 2600/7800/Jaguar/Lynx, Game Boy, Mega Drive, NES, Nintendo 64/DS, PCEngine, PSP, Sega 32X/CD, SuperNES, etc. is supported. Remotes from existing game consoles can be used, including Playstation 3, Dualshock 3, 8bitdo, XBox 1 and XBox360. The emulator supports advanced features such as multiplayer games, save state, improve the image quality of old games with shaders, rewind the game, hot-plug gamepads and video streaming.
The new release introduces a speech synthesis mode that allows you to detect text displayed on the screen, translate it into a given language and read it aloud without stopping the game. An image substitution mode has also been added, which also detects and translates the text, but tries to replace the original text on the screen with the translation. These modes, for example, can be useful for passing Japanese games that do not have English versions. Translation is carried out through a call to the Google Translate API and .
You can also note compatibility module , allowing you to directly launch in Steam Play using Linux version , without running windows versions of ScummVM or DOSBox through Proton.
Source: opennet.ru