ProtonPlus is a useful tool for managing compatibility layers like Valve's Proton, GE-Proton and more on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.
  • zewm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    10 days ago

    I don’t like the interface tbh. I much rather use ProtonUp-QT for this purpose.

    At least in my experience proton plus is restricted in what you can and can’t do.

    • disco@lemdro.idEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      I haven’t checked, but can protonup QT manage the vk3d and dxvk versions too?

      • zewm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        Not sure. I rarely use it as is. I haven’t done anything in depth. I have only pulled it up on rare occasions I need specific versions.

        Like 98% of my library is just install and play with default steam hotfix version.

    • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      171·
      10 days ago

      Not super so if you wanna mess around with GE-Proton and stuff. Personally I prefer ProtonUp-Qt though. It’s a terrible name, but way less flashy, which it super doesn’t need to be.

      • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        Based on the description elsewhere in the comments, they don’t sound very similar. ProtonPlus is just a download tool that lets you see and download or delete updates for all the various versions of Proton, so you don’t have to visit a bunch of different Githubs. It doesn’t let you see or change which version each game is using, which it sounds like ProtonUp does.

        • ErableEreinte@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          I’m not sure how ProtonUp works with native games, installed outside of Steam or Heroic for instance, but it certainly doesn’t allow for per-game Proton version changes with Steam games.
          EDIT: I was wrong, there’s a separate list I wasn’t aware of where you can change per-game versions. You can do the same thing in ProtonPlus FWIW.

  • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
    42·
    8 days ago

    I just install ProtonGE from AUR and then it is a magic option in Steam. Idk why we need whole programs for this

    • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      8 days ago

      I just install ProtonGE from AUR and then it is a magic option in Steam. Idk why we need whole programs for this

      It’s not that easy for everyone, Debian users have to do it manually or through a third party application like ProtonUp-Qt.