PC5 1.9.4

Rumble that reaches the controller's motors again, and fixes for older games.

Install

• ProsperoStore: update PC5 from its page in the store.
• PC5's own updater: Settings › System › Update now, or Update now when PC5 asks as it opens. It downloads only the files that changed. PC5 restarts by itself when the update is installed.

What's new

• Rumble: a game's rumble moves the controller's motors again. The PS5 opened controllers in its advanced haptics mode, where the classic two-motor rumble games send was accepted but moved nothing, while the adaptive triggers still played. PC5 now sets each player's controller to the compatible vibration mode.
• Older games' Direct3D and DirectDraw: in games drawn through DXVK, Wine's own Direct3D now draws with Vulkan too. A game's DirectDraw parts, and system checks that ask for the graphics card's memory, found no graphics at all before: a picture drawn wrong, or a check saying the video memory is too small.
• Folders a game lists: a folder whose listing failed with "invalid handle" is listed again. A game that loads its maps from such a folder showed modes that did nothing and an empty screen for Load Game.
• Windows version: a game whose own system check refused the Windows version Wine reports is told it runs on the Windows it was made for.
• Everything in 1.9.3 is unchanged: SteamGridDB covers and backgrounds, menus read in full, updates that download only what changed, and all since 1.8.2.

Which games run

See the game compatibility list, made from players' reports and issues. Got a game running? Add it: the form takes a minute.

Reporting a problem

Please report problems as an issue on GitHub, not in ProsperoStore's comments: A game doesn't run for a game, A problem with PC5 for PC5 itself. Attach the game's zip from /data/prospero-win/logs/ (issue-…zip, or the game's newest log-…zip when nothing crashed): the form asks for it, as the cause can't be found without it. △ on PC5's crash message opens the form for you, filled in. If an update from PC5 fails, the message says why; turn on Settings › System › Keep all logs, try again and attach PC5's own log. See Logs and debugging for what an issue may ask for.

Not supported

Games that need a store's launcher or client running (Steam, EA app, Ubisoft Connect, Rockstar Games Launcher), anti-cheat, and games that need kernel drivers. .NET programs that mix .NET and C++ (C++/CLI). 16-bit Windows and DOS programs. Recording or saving video from inside a game. Frame generation for DirectDraw games, games drawn without 3D, and HDR output. Changing a game's controller mode, resolution or aspect ratio while it runs. DRM protected. PC5 installed as a package (.pkg) can't update itself: it updates from a folder only.