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Proton compatibility (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Good morning lemmites, I just installed nobara on my aging gaming laptop, hoping to get a few more years out of it and potentially hook it up as a capture device for my desktop. Most of the process has been seamless but there are a few outliers. First being that I had an issue getting the version of Steam working off of the software portal, so I installed the flatpak to work around it being hung up on installing directX.

Now, I've managed to get some games working through Proton-Qt but I've noticed that it won't detect what version of Proton I'm using for Mass Effect LE due to me installing it originally on the non-flatpak version of Steam which Proton-QT is still detecting. I uninstalled the old version of steam but am not sure what the appropriate method of cleaning the drive of old content is on Fedora linux or any linux distro, really.

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[-] INeedMana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I looked through the webpage and github repo but still don't understand. What is the purpose of Proton-Qt? Lutris and Steam have their "which version to use" settings. What does this tool add?

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

To my knowledge it's how you install the proton compatibility layer. That doesn't just come with steam, right? You're just telling the game which version to attempt to use, right?

[-] juipeltje@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Steam has a list of proton versions to choose from in the compatibility settings of the game. When you select one it downloads it automatically. You should only have to download a proton version manually if you want to use the Glorious Eggroll versions, or if you really need a specific version that steam doesn't list, at least as far as i'm aware.

[-] INeedMana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I install the one provided by steam. I guess it should just install the first time you install a game that uses it. And then you will be getting updates via steam too.

I guess, if you are checking out some patches for a game or something like that, then it would be nice to have a simple way to provide your own. But from my experience it's not needed, steam handles proton versions itself

EDIT: proton compatibility layer is something else than just proton?
EDIT2: This is how it looked in the past but AFAIK now you don't even need to enable proton to install proton-only games. Or am I missing something?

this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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