Proton 4.11-10 has been released

 Proton 4.11-10 has been released

• Halo: The Master Chief Collection is now playable! Users on older distributions (with gnutls earlier than 3.5.4) will require the Steam Beta client for now. Some game modes are disabled due to missing EasyAntiCheat support.
• Major improvements to mouse handling. In our testing, this improved Fallout 4, Furi, and Metal Gear Solid V mouse behavior.
• Added new integer scaling mode, to give sharp pixels when upscaling. This can be enabled with this environment variable: WINE_FULLSCREEN_INTEGER_SCALING=1.
• Fix a couple of controller mapping issues. This is known to improve Telltale games with Xbox controllers and Cuphead and ICEY when using PlayStation 4 controllers over Bluetooth.
• Improve gamepad force feedback handling, especially for steering wheel controllers.
• Fix Metal Gear Solid V hang on launch.
• Fix Xbox controller performance regression.
• Trine 4 framerate should no longer be locked to 30 FPS.
• Fix frequent crash in IL-2 Sturmovik.
• D9VK updated to 0.40-rc-p
• FAudio updated to 19.12.
• Miscellaneous DXVK bugfixes.

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Proton 4.11-9 has been released

 Proton 4.11-9  has been released

• Fix performance regression in 4.11-8 that affected 32-bit games using DXVK and D9VK.
• Fix reporting too little GPU memory for certain GPUs.
• Restore steering wheel controller force feedback.
• Fix crash launching Crazy Machines 3 with certain GPUs.

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Proton 4.11-8 has been released

 Proton 4.11-8 has been released

• Proton now includes vkd3d, which provides Direct3D 12 support.
• Improvements for the Rockstar Launcher and Grand Theft Auto 5.
• Better controller support in Farming Simulator 19 and Resident Evil 2.
• Fix mouse input in Arma 3.
• DmC: Devil May Cry is now playable.
• DXVK is updated to v1.4.4.
• D9VK is updated to 0.30.
• FAudio is updated to 19.11.
• Wine-mono is updated to 4.9.4.
• Proton's distribution has been improved to use less disk space and decrease the download size for future updates.
• Wine and other libraries are now shipped with debug symbols removed. For developers who wish to have debug symbols, select the "debug" branch for Proton in the Steam client.
• Build system upgrades: new 'redist' makefile target allows for easier redistribution of Proton builds between users; the build is now much faster; the build VM has been upgraded to Debian 10.

 

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Proton 4.11-7 has been released

 Proton 4.11-7 has been released

• Major improvements to controller hotplugging. For games which support it, controllers should now work even if plugged in after the game has started.
• Improve controller support for games that use the Rewired Unity library, like ICEY.
• Upgrade wine-mono to 4.9.3, which improves font rendering and some minor game compatibility problems for games such as Age of Wonders: Planetfall.
• Fix crash launching Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
• Upgrade DXVK to v1.4.2.
• Upgrade D9VK to 0.22.
• Fix possible crash with some VR games.

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Proton 4.11-6 has been released

 Proton 4.11-6 has been released

• The Surge 2 is now playable (currently doesn't work on radv).
• Beginnings of support for Rockstar's new launcher. There is more work to do here, but Grand Theft Auto 5 should be playable again.
• Update DXVK to v1.4.

 

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Proton 4.11-5 has been released

 Proton 4.11-5 has been released

• Fix a crash caused by certain input devices that was introduced in Proton 4.11-4.
• Fix games running in virtual desktops and semi-transparent windows, both problems introduced in Proton 4.11-4.
• Performance optimization when using a controller on amdgpu driver.
• Improvement to fsync implementation when WINEFSYNC_SPINCOUNT is set.

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Proton 4.11-4 has been released

 Proton 4.11-4  has been released

• Improve behavior of PlayStation 4 controllers and controllers connected by Bluetooth.
• More improvements to mouse capture and window focus loss behavior.
• Farming Simulator 19 is now playable.
• Fix some graphics issues in A Hat in Time and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.
• Update DXVK to v1.3.4
• Update D9VK to 0.21-rc-p.
• Update FAudio to 19.09.

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Proton 4.11-3 has been released

 Proton 4.11-3 has been released

• Games will now attempt to access gamepads directly, instead of Proton emulating gamepads as if they were Xbox controllers. This means PlayStation 4 gamepads as well as fighting gamepads and other controllers will behave much more like they do on Windows. If you would like your gamepad to be emulated as if it were an Xbox controller, please use the Steam client controller mapping feature. If the controller cannot be accessed directly, due to a permissions issue, it will continue to be presented like an Xbox controller.
• fsync hang and crash fixes.
• Add support for fsync configurable spin count, might help performance but disabled by default. Try setting WINEFSYNC_SPINCOUNT=100
• Add missing Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language font.
• Fix in-game web browser in some games including Bloons TD 6.
• Fix new crashes related to text input, especially in Unreal Engine 4 games including Mordhau and Deep Rock Galactic.
• Update D9VK to 0.20.
• Improve support for very old VR titles.
• Support for latest Steamworks and OpenVR SDK versions.

 

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Proton 4.11-2 has been released

  Proton 4.11-2 has been released

• Update DXVK to v1.3.2.
• Update FAudio to 19.08.
• Update wine-mono to 4.9.2. This is known to fix DARK and DLC quest.
• For high framerate displays, also report a 60 FPS mode, for older games that require it.
• Earth Defense Force 5 and Earth Defense Force 4.1 will no longer freeze when prompted to input text.

 

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Proton 4.11-1 has been released

 Proton 4.11-1  has been released

• Rebased Proton patches on top of Wine 4.11. This brings more than 3300 improvements from Wine into Proton. 154 patches from Proton 4.2 were upstreamed or are no longer needed.
• Proton now ships with D9VK v0.13f. D9VK is an experimental Vulkan-based Direct3D 9 renderer. It must be enabled by the user with the PROTON_USE_D9VK user setting.
• Proton now includes experimental support for futex-based in-process synchronization primitives, which can reduce CPU usage compared to esync. For now, this requires special kernel support. See this forum thread for testing instructions.
• The display's current refresh rate is now reported to games.
• Update DXVK to v1.3.
• More window management and mouse cursor focus fixes.
• Fix for joystick input lag and rumble support in certain games, especially Unity titles.
• Support for the latest OpenVR SDKs.
• Update FAudio to 19.07.
• Fix for networking in GameMaker games.
• Many Wine modules are now built as Windows PE files instead of Linux libraries. As work in this area progresses, this will eventually help some DRM and anti-cheat systems. If you build Proton locally, you will likely need to re-create the Vagrant VM to build PE files.

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Proton 4.2-9 has been released

 Proton 4.2-9 has been released

 Fixes for multiplayer functionality in Mordhau, SOULCALIBUR VI, and others with problems from 4.2-8.

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Proton 4.2-8 has been released

 Proton 4.2-8 has been released

• Fixes for games which embed web browsers using the Steam client. For example, Football Manager 2019.
• Fix an issue with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and other titles crashing with an error dialog on exit.
• Upgrade wine-mono to 4.9.0, which includes winforms support. This may help some game launchers.
• Various window management and alt-tab fixes.
• Fix for controllers losing force feedback when removed and re-added.

 

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Proton 4.2-7 has been released

 Proton 4.2-7 has been released

 Fix for performance and sound regression that affected some games, like Wolfenstein: The New Order.

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Proton 4.2-6 has been released

 Proton 4.2-6 has been released

• More fixes for the new Steam networking API. A Hat In Time's online multiplayer should be functional now.
• DXVK 1.2.1 has been rebuilt with a modern compiler. This should increase performance especially for 32-bit games. (Note, if you build Proton yourself in Vagrant, you will want to make clean and vagrant provision to take advantage of the new compiler; or simply destroy and re-create the VM.)
• Update FAudio to 19.06.
• Fix for more games on non-English locales, like GRID.
• Fix controller rumble in some games, including Team Sonic Racing.
• Improve font rendering in SpellForce 3.

 

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Proton 4.2-5 has been released

 Proton 4.2-5 has been released

• Update DXVK to 1.2.1.
• Support for new Steam networking APIs. Should fix some newer titles, including A Hat in Time.
• Many controller layout fixes. Should fix controller layout in many Unity-based titles, including Subnautica, and some Ubisoft titles.

 

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Proton 4.2-4 has been released

 Proton 4.2-4 has been released

• Fix crash on launch for RAGE 2. (requires Mesa development builds on AMD)
• Update DXVK to v1.1.1.
• Improve Vulkan support for the new No Man's Sky Vulkan build.
• Better icons in some window managers.
• Fix occasional stuck Wine process when upgrading Proton version.
• Fix controller detection for Yakuza Kiwami and Telltale games.
• Fix terrain generation in Space Engineers.
• Fix for Flower failing to launch.

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Proton 4.2-3 has been released

 Proton 4.2-3 has been released

• Proton now includes wine-mono. Enables many XNA games, Unreal Engine 3 games, game launchers, and more.
• The launcher and updater for Warframe is now functional.
• Fix text input in Age of Empires II HD.
• NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 is now playable.
• Evochron Mercenary is now playable.
• Continue maintaining Uplay functionality.
• Update DXVK to 1.0.3.
• Update FAudio to 19.04-13-ge8c0855.

 

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Proton 3.16-9 has been released

 Proton 3.16-9 has been released

• Update DXVK to 1.0.2.
• Fixed some games failing or crashing in certain locales like Turkish.
• Fix minor xaudio2 and winhttp bugs.

 

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Proton 4.2-2 has been released

 Proton 4.2-2 has been released

• Corrected command line parameters for some games, including Wadjet Eye games like Blackwell Epiphany.
• Fixed some games failing or crashing in certain locales like Turkish.
• Updated FAudio to 19.03-25-g8105923.
• Fixed a crash when alt-tabbing out of Deus Ex.
• Restored previous .NET installer functionality.

 

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Proton 4.2-1 has been released

 Proton 4.2-1 has been released

• Rebased Proton patches on top of Wine 4.2. There are more than 2,400 improvements to Wine between those versions. 166 patches from Proton 3.16 have been upstreamed or are no longer needed.
• Update DXVK to 1.0.1.
• Update FAudio to 19.03-13-gd07f69f.
• Mouse cursor behavior improvements for games including Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5.
• Fixes for networking in NBA 2K19 and NBA 2K18.
• Fixed controller duplication in RiME and other games that use SDL2.
• Improvements to CJK locales and font support.
• Wine's Vulkan now supports version 1.1.104 and advertises support for version 1.1 to applications.
• Proton's fullscreen hack now works for GDI-based games.
• Better support for games that use IVRInput for controller input in VR.
• Further improvements and new features in the "easy path" build system. Run "make help" in the Proton directory for documentation.

 

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