Release of Proton 4.2-3, a package for running Windows games on Linux

Valve Company опубликовала project assembly Proton 4.2-3, 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. As soon as it is ready, the changes developed in Proton are transferred to the original Wine and related projects, such as DXVK and vkd3d.

Proton allows you to directly run Windows-only game applications on the Steam Linux client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX 10/11 (based on DXVK extension) and 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. Compared to the original Wine, the performance of multi-threaded games has been significantly increased thanks to the application of patches "esync"(Eventfd Synchronization).

All changes in Proton 4.2-3:

• Wine-mono components were added to the composition, which made it possible to add the ability to run many XNA games and games on the Unreal Engine 3;
• Compatibility with the interface for launching and updating the Warframe game is ensured;
• Problems with text input in the game Age of Empires II HD have been resolved;
• Added support for games "Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4" and "Evochron Mercenary“;
• Continued development of support for service functionality Uplay;
• DXVK layer with Direct3D 10/11 implementation on top of Vulkan API updated for release 1.0.3;
• FAudio components implementing DirectX sound libraries (API XAudio2, X3DAudio, XAPO and XACT3) have been updated to release 19.04-13-ge8c0855.

Source: opennet.ru