protonscr

PROTON_PREFER_SDL

19 threads 10 games 39 mentions 2025-09 to 2026-10

PROTON_PREFER_SDL appears in 19 issue threads across the Proton, DXVK, vkd3d-proton and Steam trackers. The values people posted, and the games they posted them for, are listed below.

Search every mention All launch options
Values people posted
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=125
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1 %command%5
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=05
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=0 SDL_JOYSTICK_WHEEL_DEVICES="" SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG="" %command%1
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1 SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES_EXCEPT=0x045e/0x0b13 %command%1
PROTON_PREFER_SDL1
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1`:**1
Games discussing it
Heavy Rain4 mentions
Automobilista 23 mentions
SnowRunner2 mentions
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town2 mentions
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™2 mentions
THE FINALS1 mentions
Medieval Dynasty1 mentions
Forza Motorsport1 mentions
The Saboteur™1 mentions
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE1 mentions
Threads
Xbox controller works in Big Picture but not in-game using Proton version > 9.0-4 protonopen8 mentions
Heavy Rain protonopen4 mentions
Add Wayland support to the Steam overlay steamopen3 mentions
Automobilista 2 protonopen3 mentions
Controllers don't work in game anymore protonopen2 mentions
Switch 2 Pro Controller inputs not registering in steam steamclosed2 mentions
Plans to enable a native wayland driver protonopen2 mentions
SnowRunner protonopen2 mentions
[Regression] Proton 11.2+/Experimental: DualSense controller not detected across multiple titles (Works in 11-1) protonclosed2 mentions
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town protonopen2 mentions
THE FINALS protonopen1 mentions
Medieval Dynasty protonopen1 mentions

Recent mentions

Used alongside