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GTA IV refuses to work when I install DXVK

dxvkclosed d3d9windowsprobably not our bug
doitsujin/dxvk#3772 · opened 2023-12-27 by dypaez · updated 2023-12-27 · 3 comments · github
Ddypaez 2023-12-27 github

Info

GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 Ti
RAM: 8 GB
CPU: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Driver Version: 546.33 GRD

I've been trying to run the latest steam version without any mods but DXVK, yet I can't get it to work.
The game does not show any error messages when it crashes.

GTAIV_d3d9.log

KK0bin maintainer 2023-12-27 github

The game is known to work fine.

If it doesn't work on your system, it's something out of our control and there's most likely nothing we can do.

Ddypaez 2023-12-27 github

I fixed the problem. First I disabled my integrated graphics in BIOS, and tried starting GTA IV, and it worked, but I wanted to keep my integrated graphics on for dual monitor. So then I researched a bit and found out about "DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME", using that in my steam launch parameters solved it for me.

KK0bin maintainer 2023-12-27 github

DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME is an environment variable. Just putting that into your launch options does nothing.

Launch options