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Let's talk about Steam Play

Let's talk about Steam Play, a way for Steam users to access Windows, Mac and Linux versions of Steam games with a single purchase.


Proton

The new and improved Steam Play for Linux is powered by Proton, a modified distribution of WINE that provides compatibility with Windows game titles.

Testing of the entire Steam catalog is ongoing, but for right now, a limited number of Proton-powered titles are supported in the initial beta release.

The announcement, frequently asked questions, and a full list of officially supported games can be found here.
Want to see your favorite Steam game become playable on Linux? Vote for your favorites using platform wishlisting.
Proton is fully open-source and available on GitHub.

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I’m a Fortnite player and I stream and I’m need a new setup my setup is ass

I play Fortnite

0 Comments
2024/12/01
06:55 UTC

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Lockdown protocol fatal error

I have tried Proton 9.0-3 and experimental and have been completely unable to launch the game.

https://pastebin.com/GC0kzqYY

0 Comments
2024/11/25
22:58 UTC

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How does one run a cheat engine table on a proton game? I'm using zorin (debian based)... online resources are scarce and very old.

I am trying to run this cheat table: https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterworld/mods/2161?tab=files

on this mod: https://github.com/AsteriskAmpersand/Ice-Stable

Mod installation is fine, everything works, but cheat engine installed through regular wine just won't be able to scan any processes. I've tried using protonhax but MHW ICE mod already needs the following launch command: WINEDLLOVERRIDES=version,dinput8=n,b %command% which i dunno how to use alongside the protonhax init %COMMAND%

4 Comments
2024/11/24
20:44 UTC

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Classy free fire live

0 Comments
2024/11/24
06:23 UTC

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Brighter Shores on Termux / Mobox - SteamUser023 error

0 Comments
2024/11/18
00:34 UTC

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Gaming on Linux EP#147: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | Nobara | 3700X 6600XT

1 Comment
2024/11/11
17:42 UTC

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Does not start Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition

Hi all, I recently purchased Fallout 3 GOTY on Steam, but I've run into the fact that none of the advice from Youtube or ProtonDB is helping me.

It goes like this:

  • I click Play

  • Installed dotnet30 after the error comes out: failed, that I need to go to the Control Panel

  • I go into the game

  • I click new game

  • The game crashes on the loading screen

I tried downloading a ready-made pirate for Linux (don't judge harshly, for the test) and it worked...

I tried throwing in xlive.dll, tried making a 32 bit prefix, tried manually putting dotnet30 (no luck). None of these things worked for me

What to do, I can provide a dump with the error, but it is unlikely to help anything Click

PS: Startup parameters: PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=true gamemoderun %command% (vulkan does not work for me)

!!! UPD !!! :

I was able to do it, the game WORKED. So, in order of what I did.

  1. I uninstalled the game from Steam after making a backup copy through the built-in tools
  2. Restored the game and selected Proton 5.13-6. Launched, started a new game and got a crash
  3. Started manually doing all the actions from the YAML script, everything is done except for the moment with InoExtractor and wallpaper. Dependencies as dlls (like quartz) can be installed via protontricks. To make a patch, Fallout3.exe can be moved to the folder with the patcher and CMD to patch it, then move it with replacement back to the folder with the game. If some parameters are not in Fallout.ini, just create them! The main thing that they were in the right category [example Controls]
  4. After all manipulations I launched the game and saw the splash screen! I hope this instruction will help people with a similar problem

Thanks to everyone who tried to help me :D A little later I will upload the folder with the game, prefix and post the link here.

16 Comments
2024/11/05
20:07 UTC

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Gaming on Linux EP#146: Dragon Age The Veilguard | CachyOS | 3700X 6600XT

1 Comment
2024/11/03
16:54 UTC

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DualShock 4 and DualSense both need hidraw disabled

Why on Earth noone talks about disabling hidraw when using Dualshock 4 (and DualSense) via bluetooth?

It's so damn "stupid" I found the solution outside officals Steam channels: https://selfmadepenguin.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/how-i-solved-my-gamecontroller-problems/

0 Comments
2024/11/02
19:22 UTC

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Has anyone been able to get the Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster working under Steam Play?

I've played through HZD and HFW under steam/proton. Both titles didn't work out of the box and required several days to get going. I assume the remaster will be the same. I'm just curios if anyone not on a steam deck has it working as I've seen reports of people playing on the deck.

2 Comments
2024/11/01
19:26 UTC

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Gaming on Linux EP#145: Red Dead Redemption PC | Nobara vs CachyOS vs Windows 10

1 Comment
2024/11/01
10:47 UTC

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2Dark

Has anyone had issues with 2Dark using Proton? It’s labeled as platinum on ProtonDB, but it doesn't start and there are no error messages in the log.

0 Comments
2024/10/30
09:41 UTC

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What's a hidden gem on Steam that you think more players should try out ?

3 Comments
2024/10/18
17:45 UTC

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Witcher 1 and 2, extremely low fps in both games.

Ok, my system is Ubuntu 20.04, GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM.

The thing is I played these games before, coupla years ago, and they were fine, but now something changed.

Witcher 1, doesn't launch under Proton Experimental and 9, only on 7. And then extremely low fps, like 5 on intro and 1-2 on menu.

Witcher 2, the same thing! It's a linux native game, but the same 5 fps on menu screen. Tried launching it under several versions of Proton, but it gave error something about Direct3d 9 initialization.

What to do?

6 Comments
2024/10/11
10:27 UTC

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Gaming on Linux EP#144: Silent Hill 2 Remake | CachyOS vs Windows 10

1 Comment
2024/10/07
18:03 UTC

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Gaming on Linux EP#143: Throne and Liberty | Nobara | 3700X 6600XT

1 Comment
2024/10/04
08:21 UTC

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Anyone have Throne and Liberty working?

I used experimental with no options. It installed fine. Character creation is fine. Cinematics are good. Selected ENTER and it just spins and never loads. I tried multiple times off and on for over an hour no go. I added PROTON_USE_EAC_LINUX=1 to the launch options. Same thing. I'm reading quite a few places that the servers are just overwhelmed and Windows users are getting the same issue.

So can anyone confirm that it does actually work (protondb seemed to indicate it was when it was in beta)? Is this just a server error? (I mean it is Amazon, and they totally kluged up the New World launch...)

t

3 Comments
2024/10/03
19:44 UTC

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