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Force the newest proton version for whitelisted games

steamclosed Feature RequestSteam clientProton
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7410 · opened 2020-10-16 by MartinX3 · updated 2023-07-01 · 4 comments · github
MMartinX3 2020-10-16 github

Feature Request

I confirm:

  • [X] that I haven't found another request for this feature.
  • [X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available that
    contain this feature already.

Description

I would like to have an option forcing already whitelisted games to use the newest proton version.
It seems for me that usually games which got whitelisted will stay on the in the past used proton version for ever and I need to force them individually to use a newer one to be able to remove older proton versions.
But then with every new proton release I need to modify every game setting again to use the newer one.

As example Stronghold HD wants Proton 3.16 by default but runs great on 5.13 and the Soldier runtime on my Arch Linux rolling release distribution.

Justification [optional]

It's an feature for the proton integration in steam.

Risks [optional]

Bugs may occur, but because it should be opt-in, the user should be aware what he did and that he need to report bugs.

References [optional]

Probably every issue about

  1. can't remove older proton runtime
  2. several games wanting an old proton runtime by default
Ttingvarsson 2020-10-16 github

already possible on a per-game basis. => "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" exist as a per game option.

MMartinX3 2020-10-16 github

already possible on a per-game basis. => "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" exist as a per game option.

Thank you, but I mentioned that in my issue ticket. :P
And I also don't want to always change this settings every time a new proton version got released for every whitelisted game.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-10-16 github

Hello @MartinX3, this is a feature request for the Steam client, not Proton itself, so I've transferred this issue to the steam-for-linux issue tracker.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-07-01 github

Hello @MartinX3, the Proton whitelist was phased out, so this request no longer makes sense.

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