GE-Proton10-33 Released: Custom Wine Layer Adds VR Support And Fixes For Steam Play Games

The Linux gaming community received a fresh distribution of GE-Proton10-33 which includes bleeding-edge Wine updates and patches for outside-of-Steam virtual reality. This version helps users run specific titles like Star Citizen on Meta Quest 3 while also improving how third-party launchers interact with the system. Glorious Eggroll continues to refine the compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components for better performance across various platforms.

Updates And Core Component Changes

The core engine components have received substantial refreshes to ensure smoother performance for games running on the platform. Wine bleeding-edge was updated along with DXVK, VKD3D-proton, and fex tools alongside upstream script fixes. These backend changes address misc issues and help streamline how applications run on Linux systems without requiring heavy manual intervention.

New VR Capabilities With WiVRn Support

A major highlight involves the addition of wineopenvr patches to handle VR games that are not available on Steam directly. Players can now test titles like Project Wingman or Star Citizen with a Meta Quest 3 by setting up WiVRn and using specific environment variables. This capability extends compatibility into Flatpak and standalone package environments without relying solely on the Steam client. Additionally, umu.exe replaces the standard Wine start.exe to mimic how steam.exe processes applications, which helps third-party launchers run correctly on the system.

Game Fixes And Launcher Adjustments

Specific adjustments were made for popular titles including Star Citizen and Planet Crafter in this release cycle. A patch fixes EAC warning popups in Star Citizen while another enables demo save imports for the survival game on the Linux platform. upscalers received version 4.0.3 and 4.1.0 of amdxcffx64.dll alongside utility rate consistency checks. Assetto Corsa users receive a fix for missing dotnet prompts to reduce launch errors during execution while Star Citizen gets vcrun2022 added to resolve code error 3221225477.

Release GE-Proton10-33 Released

Proton:

• wine bleeding-edge updated
• dxvk updated
• vkd3d-proton updated
• vkd3d updated
• dxvk-nvapi updated
• fex updated
• pulled in upstream misc proton script fixes
• pulled in upstream steam_helper fixes

Patches:

• NEW: Added new wineopenvr patches to allow VR to work outside of steam for non-steam games (examples such as GOG version of ProjectWingman, Overload, Star Citizen). Compatibility tested using Meta Quest 3 with WiVRn. To use, setup WiVRn, then launch games with the additional environment variables WiVRn instructs. Tested flatpak system and user modes as well as standalone package install.
• NEW: Rebased em10/wine-wayland patches, should have some new dead-key fixes.
• Patch added to fix Star Citizen EAC warning popup
• More winepulse patches from Vyrolian
• NEW: Added new umu.exe that works the same way steam.exe does -- this is used now instead of the standard wine start.exe, it should help some 3rd party launchers work better by making them run the same way steam runs them.

Protonfixes:

• add vcrun2022 to fix star citizen 3221225477 code error
• upscalers: add version 4.0.3 of amdxcffx64.dll
• upscalers: add v4.1.0 amdxcffx64.dll
• fix: Assetto Corsa CM missing dotnet 4.8 prompts
• utilities: keep DXVK_FRAME_RATE and VKD3D_FRAME_RATE in the proton environment
• upscalers: add url check and automatic fallback for amdxcffx64.dll
• Do not show the zenity dialog when running the winetricks gui
• Add demo save import for Planet Crafter
• fix: add early stage fixes to run when the module is imported
• utils: do not try to access g_session when in {del,set}_environment if it's not instantiated
• gamefix: set gamedrive early for Duet Night Abyss
• gamefixes: set game drive for Zenless Zone Zero early

Release GE-Proton10-33 Released · GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom