I've been trying to get an Apitrace on windows and I can consistently get it to crash with the d3d9.dll from the 1.10.3 download, but when I try using the Apitrace version of the dll, it doesn't crash. Don't know if i'm doing something wrong or not.

That is fine an expected.
Apitrace doesn't go trough dxvk on windows by default. It's used to capture all api calls of the game, in this case native directx, and then the devs can replay it themselves with or without dxvk to see if anything stick out.
So if you are able to make a trace to after the point where it usually crashes that would be great.

Alright then, made a trace log accordingly. It usually crashes as soon as you try to start a new game from what i've noticed. ProtonDB reports seem to vary on what was the last version that worked, some say it was 4.11-13 on Deck, others say it's 4.26 or 4.29. I can also say that it works fine when using wined3d too.

Raiden3.zip

You mean it usually crashes before it gets to the part in the screenshot below right?

Yep, on my end it starts the screen transition (Futuristic gate closes on screen, covering it up for a little bit), then halfway I hear the sound stutter and stop, then it just silently exits on Deck and Windows.

Can confirm the crash in the actual game with wined3d (nvm, it works), dxvk and dxvk on windows.
Mostly tested with dxvk on windows and i found that it's been crashing like that ever since d9vk 0.13 which is also the first version that could really display anything with the game.
0.12 doesn't crash but instead there are no visuals and the whole screen is just one big color like white, orange or green depending on scene. But i can hear from the music i get past the crash when i press start new game.

Haven't found any config options that change the outcome.

Surprised it's still crashing with wined3d, unless it's something with proton or Linux, since I was able to get the game working with it on deck.

Oh really? 🤔
I will have to try messing around with that again then

Edit: oh right you wrote that

Oh yea. It does work with wined3d :sweat_smile:
Dunno why i thought it didn't. My bad :grin:

Made a couple of traces myself.
One with dxvk so it crashes while tracing and one with wined3d where it doesn't so they can be compared.

https://mega.nz/file/doJgyDiC#c1tsSpOnraq5oMM65NYHGJPNRTvqryYlKUvPHitub9g

I can't reproduce the crash with the apitrace and I don't have the game.

Was it with the latest devbuild of dxvk? Dunno why it wouldn't be crashing on your end, but only crashing on my and Blistos devices

No i can only reproduce the crash in the actual game. The trace is fine for me too

Oooohhhhhh, yeah I wonder what dxvk is doing then that the apitrace isn't picking up?

Tested again on deck. Still seems to crash running with the latest proton Experimental with dxvk. Didn't even stutter before dying on my end, it just instantly died twice on the spot the 2 times i tested it.

Tested out Raiden 3 Digital Edition on my Windows 11 laptop with the latest dev build of DXVK and yep, seems like it's actually working, thanks again for fixing this.

Chad @WinterSnowfall