It appears a small update was pushed out for Proton 8! This one adds a temporary workaround for EA's Launcher crashing, improved Elden Ring compatibility, and fixed some memory leaks as well as some other games!
This update should automatically be downloaded as long as you have Proton 8 installed as well.
Proton 8.0-2 Changelog:
- Fixed Baldur's Gate 3 getting stuck on a black screen in Vulkan mode.
- Fixed Divinity: Original Sin: Enhanced Edition and Divinity Original Sin II: Definitive Edition crashing on launch.
- Fixed Path of Exile crashing.
- Fixed memory leak in Trackmania and Ubisoft Connect overlay.
- Improved Elden Ring compatibility compared to Proton 8.0-1. It can still be finicky.
- Fixed Red Dead Redemption 2 and other games not starting after switching from Proton Experimental to stable.
- Added a temporary workaround for EA Launcher crashing. Steam Deck's on-screen keyboard may not pop up automatically while using it.
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