Valve has released Proton 11.0-2, the latest update to its compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux through Steam. It brings a sizeable collection of game-specific fixes, Proton 11 regression fixes, and updates to several core components.
The release also expands the list of games considered playable with Proton. Nine additional titles are included this time: AsteroidsHD, Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7, Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions, Otherworld Legends, Plain Sight, Portal Worlds, SMILE GAME BUILDER, Tetrageddon Games, and Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic).
A particularly important part of Proton 11.0-2 is the number of fixes addressing games that stopped working properly after recent upstream updates. Diablo IV is playable again after a recent game update caused problems. Valve has also resolved similar compatibility issues affecting Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Arc Raiders.
Marvel Rivals should no longer crash following a recent update, and Helldivers 2 should once again launch correctly. Trove Public Test Server receives a related launch fix as well.
Forza Horizon players also get several noteworthy improvements. Proton 11.0-2 fixes black screens affecting Forza Horizon 4, 5, and 6 on recent SteamOS versions. Forza Horizon 6 should no longer automatically close after the system goes through a suspend and resume cycle.
Valve also addressed a long list of regressions introduced with Proton 11. Terraria should no longer perform worse than under Proton 10, while CEG-protected games should start faster again. Arma 3 Workshop mods should also stop unnecessarily updating on every launch.
Several Command & Conquer titles regain detection of custom Steam Workshop levels, including Command & Conquer: Generals, Renegade, Generals Zero Hour, Red Alert 3, Kane’s Wrath, and Tiberium Wars.
Other Proton 11 regression fixes cover Natural Selection 2 server connectivity, Source SDK 2007 and 2013 Singleplayer game detection, The Talos Principle login behavior, a memory leak in The King of Fighters XIII Global Match, and fullscreen input in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered on SteamOS.
Crysis 2 Remastered gets a fix for hanging while loading a game with ray tracing enabled, while Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced should no longer fail at startup with an initialization error. The Coma 3: Bloodlines is playable again, and Valve has addressed a performance regression affecting Exanima on certain systems.
There are also graphics fixes relevant to Linux desktop configurations. No Limits 2 Roller Coaster Simulation should now render colors correctly when running under Wayland with NVIDIA GPUs. Vagante should no longer freeze on the character selection screen on similar Wayland/NVIDIA setups.
Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster gets a fix for visual distortions in pre-rendered backgrounds, Call of Duty (2003) receives corrected menu colors, and sprites should render properly again in Zombie Estate 2. Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic) also gets a fix for low-resolution maps on some systems.
Controller handling has received attention as well. Proton 11.0-2 improves controller hotplug reliability and fixes an issue where Rocket League could detect a reconnected DualShock 4 or DualSense controller as an additional device rather than the same controller.
Rocket League, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, and Squad should also start correctly when Steam is configured to use a non-English locale.
Additional fixes cover a memory leak in HITMAN World of Assassination, crashes in DIRT 5 on CPUs with hybrid cores, Path of Exile crashes triggered by specific chat text, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst freezes on non-NVIDIA systems, and occasional War Thunder crashes when selecting “To Battle!”.
Valve has also corrected audio and video playback issues across several titles. Portal 2 gets an audio fix for 7.1 speaker configurations. Dragon Quest Builders receives an audio fix after suspend. Video playback has been corrected in Psycho-Sleuth Demo, STAR WARS Starfighter, Legend of Mana, and several other games.
Under the hood, Proton 11.0-2 updates Wine Mono to version 11.2 and FEX to FEX-2607. The release also moves to newer Proton 11 support-branch snapshots of DXVK and VKD3D-Proton, with DXVK now based on 2.7.1 plus additional commits.
Additionally, VKD3D has been updated to version 2.0, while DXVK-NVAPI moves to version 0.9.2.
For more details, see the full changelog. Proton 11.0-2 is available now through Steam. For most users, Steam will automatically download the new Proton version when needed, but you can also select it manually from a game’s Compatibility settings.
