GE-Proton 11-11 hotfix fixes Star Citizen EAC, MPEG-1 video regressions
GE-Proton 11-11 is a hotfix release that resolves Easy Anti-Cheat violations blocking Star Citizen and Hunt: Showdown, plus multiple video playback regressions introduced in earlier 11.x releases.
Summary
GloriousEggroll released GE-Proton 11-11, a hotfix addressing regressions from the 11.x series. The update fixes Easy Anti-Cheat "Violation 8" errors that blocked Star Citizen since 11-7 and Hunt: Showdown when launched outside Steam. It also resolves three separate MPEG-1 video playback issues causing freezes, upside-down rendering, and heap corruption in affected games. Additional protonfixes cover .NET 4.8 installation for Star Citizen's new launcher, mod loader support, and Windows version handling during winetricks operations.
What GE-Proton 11-11 fixes
- Video playback: Resolves deadlock in MPEG audio decoder when skipping/closing videos with MPEG-1 audio via DirectShow (regression since 11-8)
- Video playback: Fixes AMStream MPEG-1 videos rendering upside-down (regression since 11-1)
- Video playback: Fixes heap corruption from converted/scaled video frames, resolving crashes in games like Target Bravo: Operation G.H.O.S.T.
- Anti-cheat: Fixes EAC "Violation 8 - Untrusted system file" for Star Citizen (since 11-7) and Hunt: Showdown; VKD3D-Proton stops reading parent process executable for Unreal Engine detection
- Protonfixes: Re-applies Windows version fixes after winetricks changes to prevent stuck Windows XP prefixes; adds .NET 4.8 for Star Citizen's RSI Launcher; fixes for BepInEx, MelonLoader, FrostyModManager mod loaders
Why it matters
The EAC fix restores playability for Star Citizen, a high-profile title with significant Linux user investment, and corrects a broader VKD3D-Proton detection method that could affect other Unreal Engine games. The video regression fixes address stability issues that had persisted across multiple 11.x releases.
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