I need to ask a dumb question. I've only been using the steam provided proton versions. Should I use the GE ones and if so how? Thanks
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
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Thanks. There have been a couple that I look up on Proton DB and they recommend GE over normal and I've been too afraid or lazy to implement it
I upgraded to bleeding edge proton in steam for this issue, works great. Upgrading is very easy.
In steam I am typically using proton experimental or hotfix. If those fail I use whatever proton db users recommend
I am now as well :) Sounds like a simple way to handle it.
Not always. It's largely going to depend on the game. GE is a tweaked version fork. I've had some games run fine with either version. But I've also had a mix of some running better with GE, some without.
I forget the name, but there's a GUI tool now (check your package manger) that makes the setup really easy. Though the manual setup is about as complicated as creating a folder and pasting the GE file in it and restart steam.
Glad to hear it was just a wine bug. It came right as I installed a new GPU and I got worried