For context

https://www.fatherly.com/life/police-brutality-and-domestic-violence

It’s my favorite device. I’m amazed at how well it runs pretty much everything I throw at it, including unsupported games like DayZ. I take it with me pretty much everywhere, most recently I was playing Fallout 4 at sea world.

I would like to know more

My bad. I’m on steam deck and have that option.

On the dayz game page where you would click play, click the settings cog on the right. Choose developer, then delete proton files.

I didn’t see this mentioned yet in the comments - have you tried going to developer settings and deleting proton files for the game?