[10.1.1 “Horizon”] – February 24, 2026
Wine/Proton Support, Branch Management & Linux Enhancements
This major update introduces full Wine/Proton support for running Windows games on Linux, adds a powerful branch management system for accessing testing and experimental builds, and delivers extensive Linux compatibility fixes and performance improvements.
➕ Additions
Ascendara Core
- Wine/Proton game and trainer launch support
- Wine/Proton settings card with default configuration values
- Branch management system (stable, public-testing, experimental)
- Branch selector UI with subscription requirement validation
- Branch-specific version checking with platform headers
- Branch badges in the menubar for non-stable branches
- Automatic cloud backup on game close
- Display currently running app branch in UI
🛠 Improvements
Ascendara Core
- Reduced Firestore read operations
- Wine/Proton settings UI grayed out on non-Linux platforms
- Automatically begin updating when manually triggered (instead of opening website)
🐛 Fixes
Ascendara Core
- Guarded
CREATE_NO_WINDOWflag for Linux compatibility across modules - Replaced
USERPROFILEenvironment variable with cross-platform alternatives - Improved cross-platform environment variable handling (
APPDATA,USERPROFILE) - Platform-aware trainer launching
- RAR extraction now uses system
unrarsubprocess instead of Python library - Setup script now installs
unrarsystem package and includesbeautifulsoup4/rarfiledependencies - Fixed Settings and
userDatadependency array issues - Discord RPC ready event handler now sets unconditionally
- Fixed Discord RPC visual display and toggle functionality
Download Manager
- Replaced blocking subprocess RAR extraction with Python library in Gofile helper
Debrid Services
- Fixed TorBox plan display showing incorrect subscription tier