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Proton 7.0-6 + workaround 1 for AoE2:DE update 87863

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@Arkanosis Arkanosis released this 08 Jul 14:27
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This is a prebuilt custom release of Proton 7.0-6 that includes a smart but ugly workaround to allow running Age of Empires II : Definitive Edition update 87863.

Important: I provide absolutely no guarantee about anything, use it at your own risk, or better: don't use it. This could damage your computer, kill your dog, put your house on fire or even worse, get your account banned from playing AoE2:DE.

Also important: don't run programs shared on the internet by someone you don't know. Prefer building from the source code yourself by following the instructions (just add git checkout --recurse-submodules proton_7.0 after cd proton to base your custom build on Proton 7.0).

You've be warned. Have fun!

Note 1: this prebuilt release is an alternative to the one based on Proton 8.0-2 that should not require Vulkan 1.3. If your GPU supports Vulkan 1.3, you probably want to use the other prebuilt release.

Note 2: it seems that with this new build, the game crashes on startup the first time, but it doesn't crash when you restart it.

Ok, if you still want to use it, here's how:

  • Download proton-7.0-6e-aoe2-wa1.zip;
  • Check the SHA256SUM: 2ed4690551772ae01b6b6d6cd61a78614abfe8a96a9f70522215487b05f9737f;
  • Unzip it in ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d;
  • Restart Steam;
  • Select proton-7.0-6e-aoe2-wa1 as compatibility tool.