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Star Wars Outlaws Proton Experimental

A new Proton Experimental update was released yesterday, and it is quite an interesting one. A new game called..."VIDEO GAME" is now playable with Proton, while Star Wars Outlaws and Hell Let Loose got some updates to make sure they are playable and not crashing. There were also some experimental regressions for issues found in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin and Ghostbusters.

Most interestingly, there is initial work for Speech Synthesis that has been added, and has already been confirmed to work with one game so far: Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel. I can't say I am 100% sure what this is exactly, but it appears to be something like text-tp-speech technology. Regardless, you will have to manually download Proton Voice Files to get it working.

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 12/9/24 Update Changelog:

  • Now playable: VIDEO GAME (924310).
  • Included initial work on speech synthesis - requires manual installation of Proton Voice Files (steam://install/3086180), confirmed to work with Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel.
  • Fixed Star Wars Outlaws not being playable on some setups.
  • Fixed Hell Let Loose crashing when joining a server after a recent game update.
  • Fixed Rivals of Aether II crashing with Intel GPUs.
  • Fixed fullscreen mode in The Bright Star Of Seraph-Katis.
  • Improved video playback in Max: The Curse of Brotherhood.
  • Fixed Dread X Collection 3 Bete Grise minigame.
  • Fixed Proton Experimental regressions:
    • Progressbar95 no longer has crackling audio when using mouse.
    • Hell Let Loose again plays audio when showing developer logos.
    • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin no longer requries constant mouse movement to progress.
    • Fixed Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered crashing when playing some of the HD bonus videos.
  • Fixed CPU topology override issues on machines with more than 32 logical cores.
  • Added support for game mods that load via custom dinput8.dll.
  • Fixed Space Engineers not registering trigger input with controllers.

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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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