With the launch de GE-Proton 10-21, The popular Proton community build for Steam Deck and Linux arrives with a batch of long-awaited fixes. The update addresses recent issues, with a focus on Blue Protocol: Star Resonance.
After several reports, it was suspected that the integration of the ACE anti-cheat had caused the problems, but the root was in a Wine bug. With Proton and GE-Proton built on Wine, the solution has been integrated directly into this version and the game runs normally again on Linux.
Major changes and improvements in GE-Proton 10-21
Beyond the fixes, the project synchronizes its internal pieces with the most recent branches, bringing wine a bleeding edge and updating DXVK extension y VKD3D-Proton, as well as updating the wine-wayland/em-10 patches to improve integration under Wayland.
- Wine updated to the most current development branch.
- DXVK extension y VKD3D-Proton uploaded to the latest revisions of the repository.
- Patches wine-wayland/em-10 refreshed to improve integration under Wayland.
Fixes for games and launchers
In practical terms, a is added hotfix for the crash related to the Blue Protocol player counter (referenced in Wine MR 9218), reverts a GL/VK change that prevented news from loading Black Desert Online and the options are recovered writecopy Wine that had disappeared by mistake, affecting Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect and EA App.
- Temporary patch for the player counter crash in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance.
- Reversal of GL/VK adjustment in em-10 so that reload the news in Black Desert Online.
- Reincorporation of the writecopy options in Wine for Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect, and EA App.
Quick Installation Guide for Steam Deck and Linux
Installing this variant is simple thanks to ProtonUp-Qt, both on Linux computers and Steam Deck. The tool downloads and integrates Proton-GE versions without any hassle.
- On Steam Deck, switch to desktop mode, open the Discover store, search ProtonUp-Qt and install it.
- Open ProtonUp-Qt, click on Add version and choose the latest one Proton-GE. Install it.
- Return to game mode. In your library, go to the Properties of the affected game, the Compatibility section, enable Force use of a compatibility tool, and select GE-Proton.
On a Linux PC the process is the same: open ProtonUp-Qt From your desktop environment, add the latest version of Proton-GE and select it in the properties of each game under Steam Compatibility.
With this release, the Proton Community Edition strengthens its compatibility, updates key components and resolves specific bugs that affected Blue Protocol and Black Desert Online, in addition to improving the integration of Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect and EA App. For those who encounter any of these problems, take the leap to GE-Proton 10-21 may be the most practical.
