d8vk
Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translation for DXVK! (by AlpyneDreams)
vkd3d-proton
Fork of VKD3D. Development branches for Proton's Direct3D 12 implementation. (by HansKristian-Work)
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| 463 | 1,682 | |
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| about 2 months ago | 4 days ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| zlib License | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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d8vk
Posts with mentions or reviews of d8vk.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-11.
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Install D8VK to Lutris prefix, how?
You can find more information about D8VK and its installation here: [D8VK GitHub Repository](https://github.com/AlpyneDreams/d8vk)
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Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translator D8VK 'production-ready' 1.0 is out now
the release has a tabular comparison: https://github.com/AlpyneDreams/d8vk/releases/tag/d8vk-v1.0
If you manually installed a 3rd party d3d8 -> d3d9 translation layer, that would indeed be rendered using DXVK since DXVK implements d3d9. See the table at the bottom of the 1.0 release: https://github.com/AlpyneDreams/d8vk/releases/tag/d8vk-v1.0
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Early 2000s rally games were so good
Ps. d8vk came out today. Helps with some of these old DX8 games.
- D8vk Version 1.0
- D8VK Release v1.0 (Vulkan translation layer of Direct3D 8 for DXVK)
- D8VK Release v1.0 (Vulkan translation of Direct3D 8 for DXVK)
vkd3d-proton
Posts with mentions or reviews of vkd3d-proton.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
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AMD x PCMR - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Worldwide Giveaway - Win a Limited Edition AMD Avatar Kit that includes the Limited-Edition AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU and Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU (Only 500 of each ever made!). There are 23 kits up for grabs!
Exchange my 750W PSU for a stronger one as 7900 XTX is a hungry beast, then some upscaling/AI work on (Arch BTW) Linux, testing Cyberpunk 2077 with RT once this fix is in Proton-GE. For the CPU I would obviously have to get a new mobo, and new RAM and then I would test how fast the Dwarf Fortress world generator is/slow, Cities Skylines I/II, RimWorld, Paradox Interactive games, and so on.
- Linux with proton outperforming windows
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Steam on hyprland is running on the onboard graphics instead of discrete GPU
For DX12 games you must set the env var VKD3D_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME. But currently it might not work for some games.
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Alan Wake 2 Is an Unexpected Visual Marvel Even on Older GPUs
If anyone is playing on Linux with an AMD GPU and has texture issues (missing FBI text on the characters' jackets is the give away), it can be fixed with applying a patch to mesa-git: https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/issues/175.... It should hopefully be implemented soon. I think it's only limited to RDNA2.
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Cyberpunk 2077 + GPTK (1.0.4) - "The Heist" blackscreen during whole mission BUG
Similar issue but different platform - CP77: Black scenery in Konpeki Plaza and No-Tell Motel · Issue #632 · HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton · GitHub
- vkd3d-proton Release Version 2.10
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Major programming faults discovered in Starfield's code by VKD3D dev - performance issues are *not* the result of non-upgraded hardware
Vkd3d (the dx12->vulkan translation layer) developer has put up a change log for a new version that is about to be (released here) and also a pull request with more information about what he discovered about all the awful things that starfield is doing to GPU drivers (here).
- Add special game perf workaround for Starfield and other DGC junkies
- Starfield Linux: i found a fix for a minority of mesa radv users, who experience freezes and crashes!
- [FIX] How to fix crash after selecting new or continue for Linux/Steam Deck
What are some alternatives?
When comparing d8vk and vkd3d-proton you can also consider the following projects:
dxwrapper - Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10/11 by wrapping DirectX dlls. Also allows loading custom libraries with the file extension .asi into game processes.
dxvk - Lutris' DXVK repository for providing custom DXVK versions
d3d8to9 - A D3D8 pseudo-driver which converts API calls and bytecode shaders to equivalent D3D9 ones.
lutris - Lutris desktop client
dxvk-native - D3D9/11 but it runs natively on Linux!
dxvk-async
renderdoc - RenderDoc is a stand-alone graphics debugging tool.
photoshopCClinux - Photoshop CC v19 installer for Gnu/Linux
dxvk - Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Linux / Wine
HeroicGamesLauncher - A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.
ToGL - Direct3D to OpenGL abstraction layer
EldenRingStutterFix - D3D12 modification that might fix stuttering in Elden Ring