Proton GE 9-26 Released With Updates For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, GTA 5 Enhanced, And More

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A new Proton GE update was released earlier today with some great new fixes and patches. The components of the compatibility layer have been updated and changes have been imported from Valve's Proton branch. We also have fixes for a multitude of games like PowerWash Adventure, GTA 5 Enhanced, Microsoft Flight Simulator, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, Deus Ex: Invisible War, and Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

For those who don't know about Proton GE, how to get it on the Steam Deck, or how to update, check out our Proton GE guide! We go over all of this and explain why having GE is important.

Proton GE 9-26 Update Changelog:

Upstream:

• wine updated to latest bleeding edge
• dxvk updated to latest git
• vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
• vkd3d updated to latest upstream tag
• dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream tag
• latest game-specific fixes imported from upstream proton

New patches:

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 SU1 needs WerRegisterCustomMetadata -- thanks fxtentacle
• taskschd patches backported from upstream wine, allows NCSoft Purple launcher to work (sadly the games still dont work due to anticheat)
• GetDpiAwarenessContextForProcess patches added for GTA V Enhanced
• webview2 patches added from upstream wine, allows webview2 installer for Vermintide2 to complete instead of crashing out.
• Hid multi TLC and Fanatec wheel-bases hidraw white-list added -- thanks gotzi

Protonfixes:

• Fix account ID determination to allow proper importing of demo save files
• fix: write the game_title file in the prefix.
• Add fix for PowerWash Adventure (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/251[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/82852f8c380e049381ff838b517034fb8cdf619b)
• Yuzusoft Game fixes (Yet Again)
• Add fix for UberSolder (ZP, Steam)
• Handle PermissionError in check_internet
• Add save import fix for Cardfight Vanguard Dear Days 2
• Install d3dcompiler_47 for LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/249[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/a9239c37f2e242fa2d921e3872cb06fdd4dba27b)
• Add fix for Deus Ex: Invisible War (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/248[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/2fed74f9c9de123d31be065811ee9ec8efafa7e8)
• new file: gamefixes-steam/2552410.py (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/246[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/c363db52b2770ddbda4f73d352bcf2a9d19d2a03)

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