Note: Proton Experimental requires a GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3.
All changes from Proton 8.0-4.
Now playable: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Soulworker, Welcome to Princeland, Red Tie Runner, Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Freefall 3050AD, Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition.
Fixed audio in in Final Fantasy VIII.
Fixed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster crashing after Steam Cloud save updates sets resolution to Non-Deck-Native.
Fixed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster crashing during combat.
Fixed The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth crashes that mostly happened when using bombs later in a run.
Fixed Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist crashing when clicking on Strategy Guide button.
Fixed METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version crashing before the opening cutscene. There's still audio missing.
Fixed multiple memory leaks when playing videos in VRchat using AVPro.
Fixed Proton 8.0-4 regression that was causing Midnight Club II to crash.
Fixed Ratchet&Clank: Rift Apart raytracing settings not being exposed on desktops with AMD GPUs.
Fixed Mighty Switch Force! Collection crashing when no controllers are plugged in.
Fixed Forza Horizon 5 not working after a recent game update.
Support Virpil Constellation ALPHA-R and VKB Gladiator NXT EVO controllers when hidraw is accessible.
Fixed Cyberpunk 2077 crashing with DualSense plugged in after a recent game update.
Fixed fonts not rendering in the main menu of Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist.
Fixed Old School Runescape and other games on systems with 128+ virtual cores.
Fixed multiplayer in NASCAR Heat 5.
Fixed issues with connecting to online services in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (previously fixed in Proton Hotfix).
Fixed Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways crashing on AMD GPUs (previously fixed in Proton Hotfix).
Fixed Elite Dangerous crashing when opening external links.
Fixed audio issues when playing intro video in Airborne Kingdom.
Fixed Halo Infinite crashes on SteamOS Beta / Main.
Fixed wrong scaling in MareQuest: An Interactive Tail and Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on Steam Deck when set to fullscreen.**
Fixed crash in Remnant: From The Ashes and Deep Rock Galactic and possibly other games with too many audio devices connected.
Fixed Hogwarts Legacy crashing on Intel GPUs.
Fixed Starfield not saving photos in photo mode.
Fixed Resident Evil 2 crashing for some users during gameplay.
Fixed Crysis 3 being unable to launch properly due to failed authorization.
Fixed Crysis 3 Administrative Approval EA App Window being corrupted on Nvidia.
Fixed Crysis 2 Remastered showing only black screen for some users.
Fixed video playback in Out of Ore and Wayfinder.
Fixed Steam Workshop interface randomly not working in Trivia Tricks.
Fixed recent Proton Experimental regressions:
Crysis 2 Remastered and Crysis 3 Remastered no longer hangs when going in game when raytracing is enabled.
Mouse now works correctly in the main menu in Death Loop.
MechWarrior Online camera no longer behaves weirdly in communication menu on KDE Wayland.
Second cursor is no longer showing in Deus EX: GOTY.
Cursor is now more reliably released when focusing out of game.
World of Warships is playable again.
Improved video playback in THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV.
Fixed a few Proton 8.0 regressions:
Witcher 3 is able to switch between windowed and fullscreen correctly on XFCE again.
Fix Witcher 3 and other games crashing when monitor is turned off and on again.
Improved cutscene FPS in Immortals of Aveum.
Improved video playback in Sea of Thieves and Romancelvania.
Fixed keyboard input registering with a delay and getting stuck in Wild Hearts.
Fixed Escape from Monkey Island getting minimized on a mouse click.
Implemented English speech recognition for Phasmophobia.
Fixed cutscenes freezing in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Fixed audio controls and spatialization in VRChat with AVPro.
Updated file distribution method to save disk space.
Updated dxvk, dxvk-nvapi and vkd3d-proton to include the latest development work.
