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Final Fantasy 16 Proton Experimental

A new Proton Experimental update was released yesterday, and it has some very interesting fixes included. The most interesting standout is easily the Final Fantasy 16 fixes, which include low FPS fixes and showing displays in settings. It’s rare for a Proton fix to include framerate fixes, so it’s quite interesting to see if this made a difference in the full game.

Other than that, we have a fix for Mary Skelter 2 stuttering on launch, Shadow of the Tomb Raider can be played on DX12 mode now, and Xalia has been updated to work with new games like Fallout: New Vegas and Warriors All-Stars. It also appears that Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is now playable from this update. The game wasn’t playable before due to anti-cheat incompatibility, but after this patch, I can confirm it is now 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 10/7/24 Update Changelog:

  • Now playable: Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.
  • Updated Xalia to 0.4.4 and enabled it for Trackmania United Forever, Trackmania Nations Forever, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, Fallout: New Vegas, and WARRIORS ALL-STARS.
  • Fixed Proton Experimental regressions:
    • Shadow of the Tomb Raider is playable again in DX12 mode.
  • Fixed Final Fantasy XVI having low FPS due to excessive DLL lookup.
  • Fixed Final Fantasy XVI not showing displays in settings.Fixed Mary Skelter 2 stuttering on launch.
  • Fixed Unreal Engine Crash Report Client not launching properly.
  • Fixed Proton 9.0 regressions:
    • Fablecraft is playable again.

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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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