runs fine without dll files

Then just don't use them. Vkd3d-proton is almost assuredly slower and more buggy on old nvidia on windows.

@mbriar I just wanted to see if it runs or not but under linux messa 25 and intel UHD 620 you get the same error wanted to see if it would be different here.

Make sure to have DXVK's dxgi.dll installed as well, it's required for vkd3d-proton to work. You can also try VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_0 VKD3D_SHADER_MODEL=6_6 as environment variable: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

If it still doesn't work there is probably not any point in trying further. I'm 99.99% sure that the game works fine on linux on modern gpus.

@mbriar With DXVK 2.6 dll it doesn't even wants to start - just appears in task manager and disappears no error whatsoever with dxgi dll

It might be working great on 99% of gpu but that doesn't change the fact that the information i posted here will be interesting for devs

With DXVK 2.6 dll it doesn't even wants to start - just appears in task manager and disappears no error whatsoever with dxgi dll

Just to be clear you need both the dxgi.dll from dxvk and d3d12core.dll from vkd3d-proton.

It might be working great on 99% of gpu but that doesn't change the fact that the information i posted here will be interesting for devs

Without speaking for anybody, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that nobdoy cares about vkd3d-proton on old gpus on windows, like it is also stated in the readme.

@mbriar This is not the place to share your opinions on life so keep it to yourself