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Black Desert Online Proton 9.0-2

The next stable update for Proton has arrived, and it brings with it tons and tons of game fixes, new playable titles, extra controller support for different launchers, and much more. The launchers themselves are for specific titles rather than other storefronts, and this includes Fallout 3 and 4, Clustertruck, Skyrim, and two of the older Tomb Raider games. This means you should be able to use your controller to navigate the launchers instead of needing to use the touchscreen or trackpads.

As for the new playable games, we have Alpha League, Helldivers 2, Hero's Land, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, Warlords Battlecry 3, and Black Desert Online! Then, we have fixes for a multitude of games like Ghost of Tsushima, THE FINALS, Nightingale, Foundry, Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite, GRIS, Shatterline, and many more. We also have updated components that are included in the Proton layer.

The update should download and install on its own, so you don't have to worry about manually downloading anything on Steam Deck! But this is an exciting update with tons of new fixes and more games we can play without tinkering, which is always awesome.

Proton 9.0-2 Update Changelog:

  • Previously playable only with Proton Experimental:
    • Alpha League
    • Battlezone Gold Edition in VR mode
    • Black Desert Online
    • FreestyleFootball R
    • Helldivers 2
    • Hero's Land
    • Iragon
    • SimCity 3000 Unlimited
    • Warlords Battlecry III
  • Enabled controller support via Xalia in the launchers of:
    • Clustertruck
    • Fallout 3 (standard and GOTY edition) - partial support only
    • Fallout 4
    • Mugsters
    • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (72850)
    • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
    • Tomb Raider: Anniversary
    • Tomb Raider: Legend
  • Limited number of cores seen by the following games making them playable on a high core count CPUs:
    • Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
    • Command & Conquer and The Covert Operations
  • Fixed Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon Forbidden West displaying a warning about outdated drivers with Nvidia GPUs.
  • Fixed The Finals crashing on launch after a recent game update.
  • Fixed The Finals wrongly detecting button mashing.
  • Fixed The Finals not working on machines supporting AVX512 without clearcpuid=304 in the kernel command line.
  • Fixed Apex Legends not starting after a recent game update.
  • Fixed Tekken 8 reporting wrong connection type if both WiFi and Ethernet are present.
  • Fixed Ubisoft Launcher not starting games with a fresh Proton prefix.
  • Fixed Halo Infinite crashing randomly during "initializing data".
  • Fixed Beat Saber not being playable on Nvidia GPUs without using the legacy branch.
  • Fixed Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite crashing when creating multiplayer lobby.
  • Fixed hosting multiplayer games in Foundry.
  • Fixed rendering of Japanese characters in the launcher of Granado Espada Japan.
  • Fixed Nightingale not being able to authenticate with Steam on desktop.
  • Fixed Bloons Monkey City thinking it's offline with IPv6 support disabled.
  • Fixed Ubisoft Launcher asking for serial number on the first launch of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
  • Fixed Descent 3 not working in GL mode.
  • Fixed Shatterline freezing on loading screen when trying to join a second online match in a session.
  • Fixed Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood failing to launch on a fresh prefix and failing on NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Fixed audio stutter in Viking: Battle for Asgard.
  • Fixed Russian language rendering in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons launcher.
  • Fixed scaling in The Desolate Hope when playing on desktop.
  • Improved controller input support for Tower Princess.
  • Improved performance in We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie.
  • Fixed GRIS showing error window when exiting the game.
  • Fixed issues with transparency in Akka Arrh.
  • Fixed load / save dialogs not working in Idle Spiral on Steam Deck.
  • Added raw HID support for VKB Gunfighter SCG.
  • Fixed random crashes in Cosmoteer Starship Architect & Commander.
  • Fixed font rendering in Cosmoteer Starship Architect & Commander on Steam Deck.
  • Improved Chinese font rendering in Cosmoteer Starship Architect & Commander.
  • Fixed Russian and Hebrew font rendering in Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition.
  • Improved font rendering in Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop on Steam Deck.
  • Fixed Cities: Skylines not being playable on Intel GPUs.
  • Improved compatibility with OpenComposite.
  • Updated support for OpenXR to version 1.1.36.
  • Updated OpenVR support to v2.2.3.
  • Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.12-58-gf6d39052afb1.
  • Updated dxvk to v2.3.1-64-g60cfafe.
  • Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.7.0-7-gaae4902b6ff7.
  • Updated Wine Mono to version 9.1.0.

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Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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