Valve has just released Proton 8.0-4 as a stable on the Steam client to enhance the Windows gaming experience on Linux for this Wine-based software that powers Steam Play.
Proton 8.0-4 brings numerous game usability improvements, bug fixes, and many new features to run countless modern games that target Microsoft Windows to “just work” on Linux – whether for your desktop Linux gaming experience or your mobile Steam Deck From Valve. Most of these features were previously available to those who opted for the “Proton Experimental” version while they are now considered stable.
Proton 8.0-4 gets more games that previously only worked when using the Proton Experimental: EverQuest 2, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2, The Longest Journey, and other games now work fine on this stable Proton update.
Proton 8.0-4 also fixes Battle.net that keeps trying to update itself, EA Desktop has a blank login screen after a recent update, the Baldur’s Gate 3 launcher sometimes has an error dialog, and fixes some Unreal Engine 4 games, NVIDIA NVAPI is now enabled for many Windows games, fixes Ubisoft Connect outages from recent releases, as well as a myriad of other bug fixes.
Proton 8.0-4 also pulls Wine Mono 8.0.1, VKD3D-Proton 2.10, DXVK 2.3.5, DXVK-NVAPI 0.6.4, and other dependent software updates.
Linux gamers can launch Steam to get the latest Proton update.
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