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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Proton |
| 3 | +description: Use Proton to run your Windows game on Linux at near-native speeds. |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +Drop's Proton configuration depends on: |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +- UMU launcher (more specifically the `umu-run` binary) |
| 9 | +- **another application** to download and manage Proton versions |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +## Installing UMU launcher |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Install UMU launcher through their own guide on [their GitHub repo](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher?tab=readme-ov-file#packaging). It covers packaging for a variety of distro. If you're not covered, give it a Google search, or open an issue on GitHub or Discord and we'll try to help you. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +To check it's installed, try running `umu-run` from your terminal. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +:::note |
| 18 | +If you're using Distrobox, it might be a little more complicated to install. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +If you've installed it **outside** of Distrobox (recommended), it should work out of the box. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +If you've install it **inside** of Distrobox, you'll have to export it, and figure out how to pass through your GPU and drivers. |
| 23 | +::: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +## Downloading other Proton versions |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +You can download other Proton versions from a variety of sources: |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- Directly from the project, typically in a GitHub release |
| 30 | +- Through Steam, which downloads official Proton versions |
| 31 | +- 3rd-party application |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +For the 3rd-party application, we recommend [ProtonUp-Qt](https://github.com/DavidoTek/ProtonUp-Qt), an open-source GUI application that supports quite a few different versions of Proton. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## Detecting Proton versions |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Drop searches the following places for Proton versions: |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +- `/usr/share/steam/compatibilitytools.d/` |
| 40 | +- `~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/` |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Most applications support reading and writing to these directories for Proton versions, as they're Steam directories. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Drop can also pick up other Proton versions, if you manually add them. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +:::note |
| 47 | +To be discovered by Drop, the folder you provide, or any folder in one of the above directories **must**: |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +- have the `proton` binary |
| 50 | +- have a `compatibilitytool.vdf` file |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +::: |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Using Proton versions |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +:::caution |
| 57 | +To launch any Windows game, you **must** first set a default Proton version. |
| 58 | +::: |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +Drop uses a global default Proton version to launch games by default. You can override this in a game's options. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + |
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