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One issue i have with Proton is that it seems to run these popular games fine, but when faced with something more obscure there are issues left and right. For
by badsectoracula 5y ago
One issue i have with Proton is that it seems to run these popular games fine, but when faced with something more obscure there are issues left and right.
For example recently i installed Arch on my GPD Win 1 (which is essentially a much weaker Steam Deck that comes with Windows 10) and tried:
* RoboBlitz - it needed Ageia's PhysX installer which always failed to install at startup
* Clive Barker's Jericho - Didn't start at all
* Cherry Tree High Comedy Club - Worked fine (but it is a very simple 2D game so i kinda expected it)
* Mars: War Logs - It started but 3-4 in the game (actually during a cutscene but was rendered using the game engine) always crashed at random points
* Blood Knights - Worked fine
* Marlow Briggs - Didn't start at all
* Chaser - Didn't start at all
All of the above work under Windows 10 fine which makes me suspect that Valve is just going to make game-specific patches for the next Proton in Steam Deck. After all being able to play "the entirety of your library" sounds implausible when you can't do that even under Windows :-P (many games - especially older games - need custom fixes, etc).