• LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    25 days ago

    Proton is Wine with dipping sauces and gaming stuff. When it comes to running Windows Programs they’ll run basically the same things.

    • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      25 days ago

      Not necessarily.

      I’ve had a couple instances where a game would run in Wine but not in Proton or even GE-Proton.

      It was Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Lol. In Proton (or GE-Proton), the game would run but it wouldn’t save games, not even autosaves. But I played it using Wine and it worked totally fine.

      My point is it’s very rare but it can happen.

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        25 days ago

        Good point.

        Ironically … i’ve played exactly the same game in Proton on Steamdeck (I’m assuming that’s using Proton; i did not check TBH) just few weeks ago and it all worked just fine. Maybe they fixed it in the meantime or it depends…

        (But yeah your point stands.)