Last February 8 Valve released version 5.0 of Proton, the tool integrated into the Steam client that allows run Windows games on Linux. It is a fork of the well-known Wine combined with DXVK, a Vulkan-based translation layer compatible with Direct3D 9, 10 and 11. In the case of Direct3D 12, vkd3d is used.
The main novelty is the integration of the Wine version 5.0 improvements, 3500 improvements total. By default, from this version on, DXVK is used for rendering Direct3D 9 games. In cases where users do not have support for Vulkan, they can continue using OpenGL. It also incorporates the latest DXVK update to version 1.5.4 that corrects problems in some titles.
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Wine 5.0dto the first steps towards better support for multi-monitor setups, more advancements are expected in future releases. Another highlight is the improved integration with the Steam client. Because of this, some games that use DRM systems, such as the well-known Denuvo, can be executed. Among them are Batman: Arkham Knight, Abzu or Just Cause 3.
In my opinion, thanks to the efforts of the developers and collaborators of the different projects, the experience of playing on Linux in the last two years has improved significantly. Check how up run your favorite games on Proton.
In order to use this new version of Proton from Steam, it is necessary to have the client updated to the latest version. Then access the Parameters option in the Steam menu. In the Steam Play section you can change the version of Proton as well as activate Steam Play for all the titles in your library.
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