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Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 21 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

So if I turn on the global setting, does it mean it will run native linux games with proton as well? I'm mostly playing rimworld and project zomboid, which have native Linux builds.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Probably so, there are a few native Linux builds on Steam that don't have feature parity or segregate multiplayer for silly reasons. (Total War: Warhammer III for example uses an entirely different method to generate random numbers in the native Linux build so you need to use proton to play with 'friends' on Windows)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    It doesn't, as far as I could tell. I enabled the global option, and now I can just install and run windows only games without having to manually force the compatibility layer. Meanwhile, the Linux native games work just as intended.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why are people downvoting? You gave an edge case and an example of it in action... what is there to disagree with?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Probably because that's not the case, native Linux builds don't run the Windows version through proton, unless specifically told to. (As I discovered after asking the initial question)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    They didn't claim the windows version was run through proton by default. They said that some linux versions do not play well with cross-OS multiplayer, and thus the windows version must be run for said functionality.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Oh weird. I had an issue where I couldn’t play Dawn of War II with my brother on windows from my Mac. I solved it by using windows through boot camp, but that’s so lame.

    I wonder if it’s the same issue.

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