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Soul Calibur 6 Proton Experimental

A new Proton Experimental update was released that makes one very big change to the layer. There is a new media source that has been implemented, which fixes and improves playback in numerous different titles, including Soul Calibur 6, Greedfall, Agony, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and Call of Cthulu. There may be some games with issues, and the team has noted that Resident Evil 7 and Village, Quantum Break, and Shin Megami Tensei 3 have some playback failures with this change.

If you are playing a game on Experimental and want to go back to the old media source, you can find a branch called "old-media-source" in the beta settings in preferences for Proton Experimental. There were also two reports that Raiden V Directors Cut and Moero Chronicles are now crashing on startup too.

The new Proton Experimental update should automatically download if you already have the experimental layer. If not, just search for Proton Experimental in the Steam store on your Steam Deck and download.

Proton Experimental 10/23/24 Update Changelog:

  • Switched to a new media source implementations (see this for details/issues) that fixes or improves video playback in:
    • Gal*Gun 2
    • SOULCALIBUR VI
    • Call of Cthulhu
    • All-Star Fruit Racing
    • Greedfall
    • Onimusha: Warlords
    • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
    • Indigo Park: Chapter 1
    • Agony Unrated
    • TELEFORUM

Known issues:

  • Resident Evil 7 videos fail to play.
  • Resident Evil Village videos fail to play.
  • Quantum Break videos have green flashes and intermittent crashes.
  • Shin Megami Tensei III has intermittent video playback failure.

Users also report Raiden V Directors Cut and Moero Chronicles crashing on startup after this update.

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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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