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Games Refuse to launch with latest nvidia 511.23 drivers

dxvkclosed windows
doitsujin/dxvk#2435 · opened 2022-01-14 by antisect · updated 2022-01-16 · 4 comments · github
Aantisect 2022-01-14 github

On windows using the latest nvidia 511.23 drivers any game using dxvk doesn't launch, worked fine on the previous drivers.
No error or anything, and all logfiles are blank

System information

  • GPU: rtx 3080ti
  • Driver: 511.23
  • Wine version:
  • DXVK version: 1.9.3
Ddoitsujin maintainer 2022-01-14 github

There's nothing we can do here. If the log files are empty, this means that pretty much none of our code even gets executed.

Aantisect 2022-01-14 github

yeah its weird, just reverted back to the previous NVidia drivers and everything is fine.
tried 511.23 again and nothing launches and no logfiles :/

Ddoitsujin maintainer 2022-01-14 github

Random guess but we had something similar happen on Intel before, if the Vulkan driver or loader loads the D3D runtime it'll be stuck in an infiite recursion. Again, this cannot be fixed on our end and the only solution is to not use DXVK on such drivers.

Aantisect 2022-01-14 github

managed to fix it by disabling Ansel using NvCameraConfiguration.exe.
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4932/~/my-game-ready-driver-no-longer-has-program-files\nvidia-corporation\ansel

Ansel On:
Game refuses to launch even though game is running in taskmanager (have to force close game in task manager)

Ansel Off (using the above nvidia tool):
Everything works fine

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