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Proton Experimental - Once Human

A new Proton Experimental update was released yesterday with some fixes for different games, as well as for different launchers. Ubisoft Connect should stop requiring a manual login with a new prefix for some games, like Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, and text should now be displayed for the EA Desktop Launcher. As for the games, Once Human won't crash when trying to join a server on fresh Proton Prefixes, Burnout Paradise Remastered won't crash when an input video device is plugged in, and Alan Wake 1's American Nightmare DLC should be playable again on Steam Deck.

Your Steam Deck will automatically add the new update to the download queue if you already have the layer, and if you don't, you can find it by searching "Proton Experimental" in the search bar.

Proton Experimental 7/22/24 Update Changelog:

  • Fixed AVPro playback in VRChat.
  • Fixed cutscene playback in Iragon games.
  • Fixed font rendering in Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
  • Fixed Burnout Paradise Remastered crashing when an input video device is plugged in.
  • Fixed Knowledge, or know Lady crashing about 10 minutes after launch.
  • Fixed Once Human crashing when trying to join a server or opening the EULA on fresh Proton prefixes.
  • Fixed Ubisoft Connect requiring a manual log in with a new prefix with Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (some other games may still suffer from that similarly as on Windows with a clean Ubisoft Connect install).
  • Fixed text not being displayed during the installation of EA Desktop launcher.
  • Fixed 9.0-2 regreesion: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide no longer freezes randomly when processing shaders for the cache.
  • Fixed 9.0 regressions:
    • Alan Wake's American Nightmare's DLC 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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