Steam2.dll support needed for multiple games

[HonkingGoose]

Feature Request

I confirm:

• that I haven't found another request for this feature. There are multiple requests, but they are scattered over the issue tracker.
• that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available that
  contain this feature already.

Description

Do what's needed to get the Steam2.dll file working, so that more games can run. I'm not sure if the file is missing or corrupt or something else.

Justification

I've collected all issues related to the Steam2.dll problem, so that the Proton developers have a central place to find and track this issue.

I think problems with files named Steam2.dll something should probably be fixed in Valve's Proton? So that would be the reason to integrate into Proton, instead of Wine.

Risks

• Licensing issues.
• Fix for file might break something else.

Affected games

#265
#392
#420
#651
#2280
#2361
#2454
#2609
#2633
#2649
#2650
#2652
#2655
#2679
#2685

False alarms, no steam2.dll found in log:

#567

Seems this is fixed now somehow:

#2645 (comment)

Seem this one is fixed too using proton 4.11.2

#2672

PinballFx 3 gives a new error now:

#346 Proton 4.11-8 : Steam2.dll error is not present anymore but game still crashes. The error is now gameserver.cpp (682) : Assertion Failed: usGamePort != usQueryPort
#346 (comment)

[trenton4k]

Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (458730) now working #2672

[Orochikyocr]

Anyone with a solution? Want to test Proton 5, ACO and D9VK.

[deoxal]

What kind of licensing issues are there?

[Hoff16]

Has this been resolved? Haven’t seen a comment here in a few years.

Is someone able to test?