Jan 18, 2023 1 min read

GE-Proton 7-44 fixes Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on Steam Deck

A new version of GE-Proton, 7-44, fixes among other things Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Pentiment, and Stronghold HD.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on Steam Deck

Update: GloriousEggroll has updated another fix, removing the deprecated broken dxvk-async patch.

A new update to GE-Proton, version 7-44 has been released, fixing, among other things Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Pentiment, and Stronghold HD.

The full changelog is as follows:

  • wine: updated to latest bleeding edge (includes alt+tab fix)
  • wine-staging: rebased for latest proton-wine bleeding edge
  • dxvk: updated to latest git (includes HDR patches)
  • vkd3d-proton: updated to latest git (includes HDR patches)
  • proton: import upstream changes (includes prefix sync revert/fix)
  • protonfixes: add workaround for pentiment launch failure (thanks tgurr)
  • protonfixes: add multiplayer fix for stronghold hd/stronghold crusader hd/ stronghold crusader extreme hd (thanks jopejoe1)
  • protonfixes: add framerate fix for Battle Fantia Revised Edition (thanks ranplayer)
  • protonfixes: add launcher workaround for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (thanks ranplayer)

To install GE-Proton7-44 switch to Desktop mode on your Steam Deck, open up ProtonUp Qt and click Add version to choose the latest version of Proton-GE.

And if you don't remember, GE-Proton is a custom version of Proton, the compatibility layer for Linux, and is developed by GloriousEggroll.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer
Gamer since the age of 3. Fell in love with tech while hacking PSPs for fun. I have a tri-force on my forearm.
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