Proton 8.0-5 Release Candidate testing

[ivyl]

Hey all!

We've put together a new 8.0 Release Candidate build for you to test.

In the Steam client the Proton 8.0 app should have a release-candidate beta branch (look for Proton 8.0 in your Steam Library, right click -> Properties... -> BETAS) which you can choose to start testing the 8.0-5 Release Candidates (note that the name of the build in the Steam Settings dialog will not be updated). I will post changes here when we push new builds. The source for the latest RC build is available on the proton_8.0-rc branch in this repository. This branch may be force pushed.

We are interested only in issues that are new to the 8.0-5 RC builds. If you believe that something broke please confirm that the problem does not occur with 8.0-4 (the "none" beta branch) before reporting it here.

The changelog is tentative - it has not yet been verified by our QA staff, and can change before the final release as we add or remove features during RC testing.

All of the fixes listed below were deployed previously via Proton Experimental or Proton Hotfix. Appropriate Proton version was used automatically on a game basis on the Steam Decks. This release stabilizes those changes after extensive testing.

• Now playable:
  • Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
  • Welcome to Princeland
  • Red Tie Runner
  • Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition
  • Assassin's Creed Mirage
• Made HDR options available on compatible hardware (including Steam Deck OLED) in the following games: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village, Hogwarts Legacy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Injustice 2, Alan Wake 2, Devil May Cry 5.
• Fixed Baldur's Gate 3 not starting after a recent game update.
• Fixed Cyberpunk 2077 crashing with DualSense plugged in after a recent game update.
• Fixed Forza Horizon 5 not working after a recent game update.
• Fixed Starfield not saving photos in photo mode.
• Fixed swapped Start / Select buttons on controllers in Starfield and other games using Windows.Gaming.Input.
• Fixed Halo Infinite crashes on SteamOS 3.5.
• Fixed Witcher 3 not being able to switch between windowed and fullscreen correctly on XFCE.
• Fixed Witcher 3 and other games crashing when monitor is turned off and on again.
• Fixed Hogwarts Legacy crashing on Intel GPUs.
• Fixed Resident Evil 2 crashing for some users during gameplay.
• Fixed Crysis 2 Remastered showing only black screen for some users.
• 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 outdated driver warning in The Last of Us Part I.
• Fixed Steam Workshop interface randomly not working in Trivia Tricks.
• Fixed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster crashing during combat.
• Fixed Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster crashing after Steam Cloud save updates sets resolution to Non-Deck-Native.
• Improved audio in Final Fantasy VIII and Freefall 3050AD.
• Improved load times in LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII and FINAL FANTASY XIII-2.
• Fixed Remnant: From The Ashes and Deep Rock Galactic and possibly other games crashing when too many audio devices are connected.
• Fixed periodic frame rate drops in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2.
• Fixed Mighty Switch Force! Collection crashing on some setups when no controllers are plugged in.
• Fixed Aura: Fate of the Ages missing some audio cues.
• Fixed games not being able to switch monitors in fullscreen mode on Cinnamon DE.
• Fixed triple monitor handling in Project Cars 3 and Project Cars 2.
• Fixed Elite Dangerous crashing when opening external links.
• Fixed issues with connecting to online services in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.
• Fixed wrong scaling in MareQuest: An Interactive Tail and Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on Steam Deck when set to fullscreen.
• Fixed fonts not rendering in the main menu of Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist.
• Fixed Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist crashing when clicking on Strategy Guide button.
• Fixed The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth crashes that mostly happened when using bombs later in a run.
• Fixed load / save dialogs not working in Idle Spiral on Steam Deck.
• Fixed font rendering in save / load dialog in Idle Spiral.
• Fixed multiplayer in NASCAR Heat 5.
• Fixed multiplayer in DiRT Rally.
• Fixed The Binding of Isaac cursor desync and focus issues when toggling fullscreen.
• Fixed video playback in Out of Ore.
• Fixed multiple memory leaks when playing videos in VRchat using AVPro.
• Improved support for VKB Gladiator NXT Evo and Virpil Constellation ALPHA-R when hidraw device is accessible.
• Enabled nvapi for the following titles:
  • Satisfactory
• Updated Wine Mono to 8.1.0.
• Updated dxvk to v2.3-21-g1b31aa5d.
• Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.4-20-g0a7c48b.
• Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.11-19-g0e681135.

[simifor]

Clustertruck and bionic commando would crash at launch on 8.0.4 due to the audio devices bug, they launch on RC. Edit: Dirt 3, Dirt Showdown, and Civilization beyond earth which were also affected now launch as well

[christofin]

Looks like the online is working again in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2, but HDR is unavailable even on Proton Experimental.

[ivyl]

RC2 is up. We had some further improvements to stop Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster from crashing. No new changelog additions.

[alasky17]

RC3 is up - Devil May Cry 5 HDR support improved (thanks @waspennator!)

[sdornan]

HDR seems to work in Red Dead Redemption 2 with 8.0.5 when set to fullscreen mode on the Steam Deck OLED. It did not work with 8.0.4.

[waspennator]

Dunno if it's too late to pull in a few more fixes, but could it be possible to pull in the fix for Savant Ascent REMIXs performance that landed in experimental? Since the game is still set to use proton stable on deck?

[alasky17]

@waspennator Unfortunately it was a bit late for that already, and since the regression is unlikely to impact more games (Savant Ascent REMIX is doing something "special"), the fix didn't make it in. We are aware of the awkward state and in the process of setting the game to use 7.0-x in the meantime so that users can avoid the regression with the default configuration :)

[waspennator]

@waspennator Unfortunately it was a bit late for that already, and since the regression is unlikely to impact more games (Savant Ascent REMIX is doing something "special"), the fix didn't make it in. We are aware of the awkward state and in the process of setting the game to use 7.0-x in the meantime so that users can avoid the regression with the default configuration :)

That's fine, mostly just wanted to ask. Tbh you should probably set it to Experimental instead of 7.0-x since it has the fix implemented in then.

[ranplayer]

Videos from ShadowGrounds: Survivor play fine now with this RC (tested with Mesa 23.3.1 (radv) and Kernel 6.1.69)

[gapg64]

Road To Vostok Don't work with proton 8.0-5

[nisehime]

There is a regression in current Proton (Steam Deck). Darius Cozmic collection and Super Robot Wars 30 do not launch in Proton 8/Experimental until English language is set in game properties (from Japanese/Korean).

It worked on Proton 7

[Riot20058]

Also burnout paradise remastered fail to boot up every work proton Experiment unless fixed not add all chaged made in proton Experiment made before first ver come out.

[Blisto91]

Please keep the reports isolated to changes that have occurred from 8.0-4 to this 8.0-5RC specifically. For anything else use the issues dedicated to the games in question.

[eldaphin]

Launcher from Final Fantasy XIV Online quits with System Error -2146697208 (HTTPS System Error) under Wayland with 8.0-5RC. No problems under X11. Both Proton 8.0-4 and current Proton Experimental work (X11 and Wayland).

[alasky17]

@eldaphin I was able to reproduce the error, but only intermittently (with both Wayland and X11, although Wayland seems more frequent) and I've been unable to get a log with the logging channels that we need to try to see the problem. Could you try to get a log of the error with PROTON_LOG=+secur32 %command%?

[eldaphin]

@alasky17 Sure, I hope it helps. :)

steam-39210_proton-8.0-5-rc3_wayland.log

[alasky17]

@eldaphin Thank you! We had missed reverting a problematic commit in the original 8.0-5. We just pushed an update to the 8.0 release candidate branch that should fix the error. Could you please retest and let me know if you still see the error?

[eldaphin]

@alasky17 I tested with the new version 8.0-5b under Wayland and didn't notice any more errors. 👍

[ivyl]

8.0-5 is now live! Thanks for your feedback and helping us iterate on this release :-)