DXVK

Key points

Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9-11 games used by e.g. Proton to allow Windows games to run on Linux.

Windows is not officially supported, though generally works, and may even improve performance compared to native.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website

Instructions for Windows:

Consult the API section of the PCGW article for the appropriate game for the following details:
- The Direct3D version used by the game (9, 10, or 11).
- The bitness of the game executable (32-bit or 64-bit).
Download the latest dxvk-xxx.tar.gz from the official website.
Open the archive in a archive manager such as 7-Zip.
Extract the appropriate DLL files from the archive based on the information retrieved in step 1 to a temporary location.
- Direct3D 9 games requires the d3d9.dll file.
- Direct3D 10 games requires the dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll, d3d10_1.dll, d3d10core.dll files.
- Direct3D 11 games requires the dxgi.dll and d3d11.dll files.
Move the DLL files to the same folder as the game executable; typically <path-to-game> but might differ.
Launch the game. DXVK should now automatically be used.
- A third-party tool such as MSI Afterburner can be used to verify that the game is rendering using Vulkan.
- If DXVK is not being loaded, see the the official wiki for common issues.

Remove the installed DLL files from the game folder to uninstall DXVK.

↑ It is... debatable... which release version we should use. Technically speaking v1.0 was released on February 25, 2019^[1] but is otherwise not really different than any other releases that predates it and came after, ergo I opted to see the very first public release, v0.20,^[2] as the 'official' release date.^[3]