Proton 8.0-4

• Previously playable only with Proton Experimental:
  • Arthurian Legends
  • CHAOS CODE -NEW SIGN OF CATSTROPHE-
  • EverQuest 2
  • Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
  • Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
  • STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II
  • The Longest Journey
• Fixed a few Proton 8.0 regressions:
  • A race condition that caused controller hotplug to not work reliably is fixed.
  • Have a Nice Death no longer crashes on launch.
  • Using re4_tweaks no longer breaks mouse support in Resident Evil 4 (2005).
  • Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound is playable again.
  • Echo (751320) works again on Steam Deck.
  • Debug console in Scrap Mechanic is no longer broken.
• Fixed Overwatch 2 stopping to register controller inputs after an online match has started.
• Fixed Battle.net always trying to update itself.
• Fixed EA Desktop having a blank log-in window after its recent update.
• Fixed an issue with EA Desktop sometimes not launching after an update.
• Fixed Baldur's Gate 3 launcher sometimes displaying dxdiag error dialog.
• Fixed Street Fighter 6 claiming that Proton players are always connected via wired interface.
• Fixed periodic stuttering in Street Fighter 6 when playing without internet for a longer time.
• Fixed Garry's Mod, Dark Souls II, Aura: Fate of the Ages and Train Simulator not working on certain setups using very long library paths.
• Fixed videos in Empyrion - Galactic Survival not working on certain setups.
• Fixed flipped videos in Secret of Mana.
• Fixed Aura: Fate of the Ages missing some audio cues.
• Fixed Dwarf Fortress SDL2 beta crashing on launch.
• Fixed some Unreal Engine 4 games (e.g. Stray, System Shock (2023), Dead By Daylight and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun) crashing with Intel GPUs.
• Fixed Final Fantasy XIII having broken input after main window loses focus.
• Fixed Locoland not allowing to select resolution on Steam Deck in desktop mode.
• Fixed Rainbow Six Extraction not working on the Steam Deck.
• Fixed Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation DirectX 12 mode not working.
• Fixed Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition failing to launch after a recent game update.
• Fixed Age of Empires IV crashing when locale is set to Traditional/Simplified Chinese.
• Fixed Age of Wonders 4's Paradox Launcher not working on Nvidia GPUs.
• Fixed games crashing when dragging files / images over a game window.
• Fixed Ubisoft Connect not working after its recent update.
• Fixed not being able to interact with minimum requirements prompt in Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition.
• Fixed Ship of Fools crashing when another player joins online session.
• Fixed controller input in Mamashroom and The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales.
• Fixed not working credits in Dark Parables: The Exiled Prince Collector's Edition.
• Enabled nvapi for the following titles:
  • Alone in the Dark
  • Atomic Heart
  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Demonologist
  • Desordre
  • Doge Simulator
  • Icarus
  • Layers of Fear
  • Portal Prelude RTX
  • Rainbow Six Extraction
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Remnant 2
  • Severed Steel
  • Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
  • Showgunners
  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • Strayed Lights
  • Trepang2
  • Voidtrain
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
• Updated Wine-Mono to 8.0.1.
• Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.10.
• Updated dxvk to to v2.3-5-g83dc4678.
• Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.4.
• Updated vkd3d (shader compiler) to include recent upstream improvements.
• Added support for Steamworks SDK 1.58.

Proton 8.0-3

• Previously playable only with Proton Experimental:
  • Propnight
  • Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy
  • Bloodrayne Terminal Cut 1/2
  • Breakout 13
  • Murasaki Tsurugi
  • PooShooter: Toilet Invaders
  • Purgo Box
  • Olympia Rising
  • Summoners War: Chronicles
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
  • Minecraft Legends
  • Company of Heroes: Battle of Crete
  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN
  • Gunfire: Reborn
  • Super Bomberman R
• Newly playable: StreetStep: 21st Century Basketball.
• Fixed Battle.net not starting.
• Fixed EA launcher crashing.
• Fixed Ubisoft Connect intermittently having an invisible window.
• Fixed scroll bar in Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher.
• Fixed EOS error message with Returnal and other EOS games.
• Fixed a few Proton 8.0 regressions:
  • DJMAX RESPECT V is playable again.
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection menus no longer are broken.
  • BeamNG.drive no longer crashes when a steering wheel is connected.
  • Cafe Stella no longer crashes with 2 elements on the flowchart.
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered no longer ignores controller input.
  • Indiana Jones and The Emperor no longer crashes on the splash screen.
  • Grand Theft Auto V no longer freezes on keyboard input.
  • TRAHA Global no longer crashes at end of second cutscene
  • Logging in online in Gears 5 works again.
  • Doom Eternal no longer crashes with ray-tracing enabled on AMDVLK / NVIDIA.
• Fixed Creativerse hanging while exiting from a local game.
• Fixed Call of Duty 2 hanging when loading maps.
• Fixed New World not starting after a recent game update.
• Fixed game stutter in Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.
• Fixed Last Labyrinth displaying only a black screen on the Steam Deck.
• Fixed Creativerse not being able to connect to a local game with a VPN connection active.
• Fixed The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing not rendering text in Polish correctly.
• Fixed game looking dark and improved performance with Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi.
• Fixed DXVK HUD not showing the correct git revision used.
• Improved video playback in Roboquest.
• Fixed various memory leaks during video playback that were affecting Street Fighter 6.
• Enabled nvapi for many more games: Chernobylite Enhanced Edition, Dead Space (Remake), Forspoken, Forza Horizon 5, Hi-Fi Rush, Marvel's Avengers, Monster Hunter Rise, Need For Speed Unbound, Nioh 2, Propnight, Redfall, Returnal, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, SCP: 5K, Scum, The Last Of Us Part I, Watch Dogs Legion.
• Fixed Tales of Berseria suffering from screen tearing with vsync turned on while in fullscreen / borderless.
• Improved Final Fantasy XIII loading times.
• Fixed Red Dead Redemption 2 taking long time to exit with Alt+F4.
• Fixed multiple Unity titles flickering on the Steam Deck when switching display window options.
• Fixed The Elder Scrolls Online wrongly claiming not enough space.
• Fixed The Elder Scrolls Online launcher showing blank window.
• Fixed Madballs in Babo: Invasion claiming the game wasn't purchased.
• Fixed PlanetSide 2 launcher.
• Fixed various Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty issues around video playback.
• Fixed video playback in Nioh: Complete Edition.
• Fixed Pentiment not being playable on desktop.
• Fixed Grounded not being playable on desktop.
• Improved cutscene desync in Immortals Fenyx Rising.
• Fixed Witcher 3 launcher rendering issues.
• Fixed Call of Duty: Black Ops III graphical glitches when loading Hex Tower.
• Fixed video playback speed issues in METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN.
• Fixed Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut hanging on exit.
• Fixed connection error at the end of Chapter 2 in Life is Strange Remastered.
• Fixed rendering issues in Uru: Complete Chronicles on Steam Deck.
• Fixed Richman: Classic not starting in OpenGL mode.
• Updated dxvk to v2.2-34-g4d254b13.
• Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.3-4-g2483eac.
• Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.9-21-gf52e6482.

Proton 8.0-2

Note: Proton 8.0 requires a GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3.

• Fixed Baldur's Gate 3 getting stuck on a black screen in Vulkan mode.
• Fixed Divinity: Original Sin: Enhanced Edition and Divinity Original Sin II: Definitive Edition crashing on launch.
• Fixed Path of Exile crashing.
• Fixed memory leak in Trackmania and Ubisoft Connect overlay.
• Improved Elden Ring compatibility compared to Proton 8.0-1. It can still be finicky.
• Fixed Red Dead Redemption 2 and other games not starting after switching from Proton Experimental
  to stable.
• Added a temporary workaround for EA Launcher crashing. Steam Deck's on-screen keyboard may not
  pop up automatically while using it.

Proton 8.0-1

Note: Proton 8.0 requires a GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3.

• Now playable:
  • Forspoken
  • Samurai Maiden
  • Dead Space (2023)
  • Creativerse
  • Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
  • Atelier Meruru
  • Atelier Lydie & Suelle ~The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings~
  • Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX
  • Blue Reflection
  • Atelier Rorona ~The Alchemist of Arland~ DX
  • Disney Dreamlight Valley
  • ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
  • ToGather:Island
  • WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition
  • Exceed - Gun Bullet Children
  • Gungrave G.O.R.E.
  • Chex Quest HD
• Fixed 2K launcher failure caused by launcher update.
• Fixed Arabic fonts in FIFA 21 and 22.
• Improved CJK font support in many games including NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou with Power Up Kit, Stardom 3 and Sword and Fairy 3.
• Improved sleep/resume functionality on Steam Deck for Tiny Tina's Wonderland.
• Improved multi-touch support.
• Fixed native scrollbar being always visible in Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher.
• Fixed A Plague Tale: Innocence and A Plague Tale: Requiem showing on-screen keyboard when starting the game on the Steam Deck.
• Fixed rendering issues during cutscenes in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.
• Fixed Japanese keyboard input in Final Fantasy XIV Online.
• Fixed Football manager 2023 crashing when trying to return from a player profile.
• Fixed experimental regression: Fall in Labyrinth started crashing on some setups.
• Improved CJK characters rendering in many games including NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou with Power Up Kit.
• Fixed Life is Strange Remastered crashing at the end of chapter 2.
• Fixed Alt+Tab not working on Gnome 43.
• Improved force feedback compatibility for BeamNG and Forza Horizon 5.
• Fixed regression with Mortal Kombat X performance.
• Fixed OpenGL launch option for Youropa.
• Fixed raytracing in Crysis Remastered.
• Improved multiplayer support in Company of Heroes III.
• Improved fullscreen support for The Last Blade 2.
• Fixed regression: Minecraft Dungeons was hanging when disconnecting from multiplayer game.
• Fixed Story Mode not working in Dead or Alive 6.
• Fixed intermittent hangs with Prototype.
• Enabled nvapi for many games.
• Updated wine to 8.0.
• Updated dxvk to v2.1-4-gcaf31033.
• Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.8-84-g08909d98.
• Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.2.
• Updated wine-mono to 7.4.1.

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Proton 7.0-6

• Now playable:
  • Gotham Knights
  • UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection
  • Heroes of the Dark
  • Super Arcade Racing
  • Crazy Machines 3
  • King under the Mountain
  • NinNinDays2
  • 雀姬 (Mahjong ladies)
• Fix Ubisoft Connect launcher failure caused by launcher update.
• Fix Septerra Core hanging on redistributables installation.
• Fix Persona 5 Royal crashing when creating game save data.
• Fix Vampire Survivors intermittent error message.
• Fix Super House of Dead Ninjas, Enemy Mind, and Out There Somewhere frame hitching every few seconds.
• Fix Zeepkist freezing when using controller.
• Fix Overcooked! All You Can Eat being unable to add a second controller-using player.
• Fix Quake III: Arena and Quake III: Team Arena displaying weird texture over the menu.
• Fix the new EA launcher displaying a blank window.
• Fix Marvel Snap not being able connect to online services.
• Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing during longer flights.
• Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator not displaying live traffic.
• Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator not starting after a recent game update.
• Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing when starting next to big cities.
• Fix Sackboy: A Big Adventure failing to start the first time it's launched.
• Fix Spyro Reignited Trilogy playing intro video in a wrong language.
• Fix Jurassic World Evolution 2 bad performance with recent Proton versions.
• Fix multiple monitor support in Project Cars 2 and Project Cars 3.
• Fix Korean not being rendered correctly in Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII launcher.
• Fix multiple languages not rendering correctly in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.
• Fix Lost Lands: Dark Overlord, Lost Lands: Dark Lord, Lost Lands: Redemption, and Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters Collector's Edition crashing when trying to set a wallpaper.
• Fix video playback regression with Chronos: Before the Ashes.
• Improve video playback with OUTRIDERS and ToGather: Island.
• Update wine-mono to 7.4.0.
• Update dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.

Proton 7.0-5

Released as Proton Next:

• The following games are now playable:
  • Rift
  • Unravel 2
  • Airborne Kingdom
  • Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
  • Re-Volt
  • Aspire: Ina's Tale
  • Battle Realms: Zen Edition
  • Deathsmiles II
  • Primal Carnage: Extinction
  • Pico Park Classic Edition
  • Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
  • Darkstar One
  • Indiana Jones and the Emperor Tomb
  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
• Fix Batman: Arkham City GOTY launching in the background on Steam Deck when set to fullscreen.
• Fix Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered displaying dialog about outdated drivers on AMD systems.
• Fix Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake) having no audio.
• Fix Return to Monkey Island not reacting to mouse clicks after a recent game update.
• Fix upsidedown videos in VRChat and many other games.
• Fix Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies and Multiplayer hanging on exit.
• Fix Bail or Jail crashing when opening the Terms of Serivce.
• Improve GTA V situation with not loading textures.
• Fix Red Dead Redemption 2 crashing after a recent game update.
• Fix Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher functionality after game update.
• Fix cutscene stutter in Disgaea 5.
• Fix Thrustmaster HOTAS having non-functional dial in Elite Dangerous.
• Fix Planet Zoo randomly crashing.
• Fix SCP: Secret Labratory not being playable after a recent game update (again).
• Fix Tekken 7 crashing at launch.
• Fix Armello hanging on exit.
• Fix Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization freezing after the tutorial.
• Fix Space Engineers intro video not playing correctly.
• Fix Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen videos not playing correctly.
• Implement network video support for VRChat.
• Update dxvk to v1.10.3-28-ge3daa699.

Proton 7.0-4

• The following games are now playable:
  • Aquarist - My First Job
  • Trove
  • Chuzzle Deluxe
  • Zuma's Revenge!
  • Karmaflow The Rock Opera Videogame - Act I & Act II
  • The Rising of the Shield Hero: Relive The Animation
  • Disgaea 5
• Fix Elden Ring getting stuck on a white screen on first launch.
• Support automatically bringing up on screen keyboard on Steam Deck in the Final Fantasy XIV launcher.
• Fix Final Fantasy XIV launcher exiting silently when there's not enough space to download the update.
• Fix Chrono Trigger, Adventure Pals crashing during cutscenes.
• Fix The Ball displaying error message on the first launch.
• Fix video playback in: POSTAL: Brain Damaged, Lost Ember.
• Fix Hardspace: Shipbreaker failing to connect to online services.
• Fix Azur Lane: Crosswave hanging on a black screen for some users.
• Fix Dokyusei Bangin' Summer showing only flickering black window on desktop.
• Fix Bloons TD 6 crashing on touch input.
• Fix Sid Meier's Civilization IV crashing on world creation.
• Fix Assassin's Creed Origins hanging during gameplay after recent game update.
• Fix Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Zombies and Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer crashing after connecting online.
• Fix graphical glitches in Cossacs 3 on desktop.
• Fix garbled audio in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.
• Fix Elite Dangerous and other launchers not working properly when cloned displays are present.
• Implement Vulkan other process rendering (used by nw.js games).
• Improve performance of HROT.
• Improve video playback for many games that previously required targeted hacks.
• Reduce space used by game prefixes if filesystem supports copy on write.
• Update dxvk to v1.10.3.
• Update vkd3d-proton to v2.6-1-gc05900da.

Proton 7.0-3

• The following games are now playable:
  • Age of Chivalry
  • Beneath a Steel Sky
  • Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamer Edition
  • Cities XXL
  • Cladun X2
  • Cursed Armor
  • Flanarion Tactics
  • Gary Grigsby's War in the East
  • Gary Grigsby's War in the West
  • Iragon: Prologue
  • MechWarrior Online
  • Small Radios Big Televisions
  • Split/Second
  • Star Wars Episode I Racer
  • Stranger of Sword City Revisited
  • Succubus x Saint
  • V Rising
  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
  • We Were Here Forever
• Add support for Windows.Gaming.Input.
• Improve FPS in Street Fighter V during online matches.
• Improve Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice performance in certain areas.
• Fix Elden Ring crashing during prolonged gameplay.
• Fix the new Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher.
• Fix DEATHLOOP crashing after long system suspend.
• Fix The Turing Test crashing when starting Chapter 4.
• Fix controller support in Mini Ninja.
• Fix Resident Evil Revelations 2 not starting on the Steam Deck.
• Fix video playback in: Disintegration, Dread X Collection: The Hunt, EZ2ON REBOOT : R, El Hijo - A Wild West Tale, Ember Knights, Outward: Definitive Edition, POSTAL4: No Regerts, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Solasta: Crown of the Magister, Street Fighter V, The Room 4: Old Sins. Fix video playback in Ghostwire: Tokyo and other games using VP8 and VP9 codecs.
• Fix non-steering-wheel controller support in WRC10.
• Fix S&box not finding any games to join.
• Fix The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Kai failing to start for the first time.
• Fix Mortal Kombat Komplete crashing when audio devices with long names are present.
• Fix handling of external links in Castle Morihisa.
• Improve text rendering in Rockstar Launcher.
• Improve steering wheel detection.
• Support xinput controller reordering on the Steam Deck.
• Update Wine Mono to 7.3.0.
• Update dxvk-nvapi to v0.5.4.
• Update dxvk to v1.10.1-57-g279b4b7e.

Proton 7.0-2

• Now playable:
  • Atelier Ayesha
  • Devil May Cry HD Collection
  • Dragon Quest Builders 2
  • A Way Out
  • Fall in Labyrinth
  • King of Fighters XIII
  • Montaro
  • ATRI -My Dear Moments-
  • Guilty Gear Isuka
  • INVERSUS Deluxe
  • Metal Slug 2 and 3 and X
  • One Shot and One Shot: Fading Memory
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 3
  • Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul
  • Medieval Dynasty
  • Bright Memory: Infinite
  • Double Dragon Trilogy
  • Baseball Stars 2
  • Elden Ring
• Fix The Last Campfire not starting on the Steam Deck.
• Fix STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy not displaying anything on the Steam Deck.
• Fix Unity games crashing on launch with certain peripherals connected (e.g. Logitech's Unifying Receiver).
• Fix Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing after a recent game update.
• Fix Quake Champions crashing after a recent game update.
• Fix multiplayer in UNO.
• Fix some older games including Deus Ex GOTY, Prey 2006, Quake 4 and Chaser having visible banding especially in shadows compared to older Protons.
• Fix Swords of Legends Online performance regression.
• Fix video playback in Atelier Meruru, Cook-out, DJMAX RESPECT V, Gloomhaven, Haven, Rust, Rustler, The Complex, TOHU, Monster Train, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Car Mechanic Simulator 2021, Nine Sols Demo.
• Fix DiRT Rally 2 and DiRT 4 not being able to connect to the game server.
• Fix Cyberpunk 2077 crashing with 4.0 audio setups.
• Fix random hang on exit in Little Nightmares 2.
• Fix Civilization VI and Chicken Invaders Universe crashing a few minutes into the game.
• Fix Assassin's Creed Odyssey displaying unsupported driver warning in the overlay.
• Fix Persona 4 Golden lacking audio in the cutscenes.
• Fix low Forza Horizon 5 performance with fsync enabled.
• Fix Uplay / Ubisoft Connect reliably failing to update with fsync enabled.
• Fix STAR WARS: Squadrons displaying warning about outdated drivers.
• Fix Devil May Cry 5 and Capcom Arcade Stadium crashing when scrolling through videos too quickly.
• Fix GTA V randomly crashing on certain window managers.
• Fix Teardown randomly crashing.
• Fix Melty Blood: Type Lumina hanging on the intro video.
• Fix Arma 3 launcher.
• Fix VR Chat not handling suspend / resume well.
• Fix Vampyr and The Beast Inside displaying menus a few pixels wide on Steam Decks.
• Fix Apex Legends sometimes starting minimized on Steam Decks.
• Fix Quake Live being unable to connect to multiplayer matches.
• Fix Killing Floor 2 not connecting to the item server.
• Fix Xbox login window lagging with updating window's content.
• Fix Horizon Zero Dawn running in slowmotion.
• Fix Age of Chivalry crashing when starting a match.
• Fix Ride 3 having horizontally squished main menu on the Steam Deck.
• Fix Chrono Trigger intro video stutter.
• Fix Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition crash on resolution or vsync change.
• Update dxvk to v1.10.1.
• Update vkd3d-proton to v2.6.
• Update dxvk-nvapi to v0.5.3

Proton 7.0-1

• The following games are now playable:
  • Anno 1404
  • Call of Juarez
  • DCS World Steam Edition
  • Disgaea 4 Complete+
  • Dungeon Fighter Online
  • Epic Roller Coasters XR
  • Eternal Return
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Gravity Sketch VR
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • NecroVisioN
  • Nights of Azure
  • Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas
  • Order of War
  • Persona 4 Golden
  • Resident Evil 0
  • Resident Evil Revelations 2
  • Rocksmith 2014 Edition
  • SCP: Secret Laboratory
  • Wargroove
  • Wartales
  • Yakuza 4 Remastered
• Added support for EasyAntiCheat if the game has enabled a Linux module.
• Added support for local decoding of H264 videos.
• Fix Sea of Thieves' voice chat.
• Fix Sea of Thieves getting stuck on "locating fresh supplies" when joining multiplayer.
• Improve Steam Input controller support for games running via Origin.
• Fix Beacon crashing when getting into daily/weekly challenge.
• Improve audio support in Skyrim and Fallout 4.
• Fix flickering in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord launcher.
• Fix Age of Empires IV and Marvel's Avengers displaying graphics drivers warnings.
• Fix audio in Mass Effect 1 from Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
• Improve Runescape stability.
• Fix quick save in Castlevania Advance Collection.
• Improve Paradox Launcher support.
• Fix Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous hang on exit.
• Fix Far Cry regression - the game is playable again.
• Fix Doom Eternal's multiplayer.
• Various performance improvements around input, windowing, and memory allocation that were previously in Experimental.
• Update Wine to 7.0.
• Update DXVK to 1.9.4.
• Update vkd3d-proton to 2.5-146-g33f17cc7.
• Update wine-mono to 7.1.2.