I tried converting a 15 year old game from DX9 to VUL, but I'm not sure if it worked

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doitsujin/dxvk#4784 · opened 2025-03-20 by OP404OP · updated 2025-03-20 · 4 comments · github

OOP404OP 2025-03-20 github

Through MSI AFTERBURNER, you can see that running on VULKAN，The MSI AFTERBURNER OSD monitoring panel also automatically updates to VULKAN information.

It is difficult for me to tell whether it works or not. When I used the latest version, I ran it for about 1-2 hours in a scene with a relatively large drawing, and then the game crashed. This may be a bug in the original game.

I'm playing the 32-bit client from 2015, Blade & Soul. It's quite old and uses DX9. Here's the log. If you have time, can you help me see if DXVK works for this game? Because this game is UE3, the optimization is really rubbish.

Log:

info:  DXVK: v2.5.3
info:  Build: x86 gcc 14.2.0
info:  Vulkan: Found vkGetInstanceProcAddr in vulkan-1.dll @ 0x5b1c16f0
info:  Built-in extension providers:
info:    Platform WSI
info:    OpenVR
info:    OpenXR
info:  OpenVR: could not open registry key, status 2
info:  OpenVR: Failed to locate module
info:  Enabled instance extensions:
info:    VK_EXT_surface_maintenance1
info:    VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2
info:    VK_KHR_surface
info:    VK_KHR_win32_surface
info:  D3D9: VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT -> VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT
info:  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060:
info:    Driver : NVIDIA 552.22.0
info:    Memory Heap[0]: 
info:      Size: 5955 MiB
info:      Flags: 0x1
info:      Memory Type[1]: Property Flags = 0x1
info:      Memory Type[2]: Property Flags = 0x1
info:    Memory Heap[1]: 
info:      Size: 8106 MiB
info:      Flags: 0x0
info:      Memory Type[0]: Property Flags = 0x0
info:      Memory Type[3]: Property Flags = 0x6
info:      Memory Type[4]: Property Flags = 0xe
info:    Memory Heap[2]: 
info:      Size: 214 MiB
info:      Flags: 0x1
info:      Memory Type[5]: Property Flags = 0x7
info:  Process set as DPI aware
info:  Game: Client.exe
info:  DXVK: v2.5.3
info:  Build: x86 gcc 14.2.0
info:  Vulkan: Found vkGetInstanceProcAddr in vulkan-1.dll @ 0x5b1c16f0
info:  Built-in extension providers:
info:    Platform WSI
info:    OpenVR
info:    OpenXR
info:  OpenVR: could not open registry key, status 2
info:  OpenVR: Failed to locate module
info:  Enabled instance extensions:
info:    VK_EXT_surface_maintenance1
info:    VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2
info:    VK_KHR_surface
info:    VK_KHR_win32_surface
info:  D3D9: VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT -> VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT
info:  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060:
info:    Driver : NVIDIA 552.22.0
info:    Memory Heap[0]: 
info:      Size: 5955 MiB
info:      Flags: 0x1
info:      Memory Type[1]: Property Flags = 0x1
info:      Memory Type[2]: Property Flags = 0x1
info:    Memory Heap[1]: 
info:      Size: 8106 MiB
info:      Flags: 0x0
info:      Memory Type[0]: Property Flags = 0x0
info:      Memory Type[3]: Property Flags = 0x6
info:      Memory Type[4]: Property Flags = 0xe
info:    Memory Heap[2]: 
info:      Size: 214 MiB
info:      Flags: 0x1
info:      Memory Type[5]: Property Flags = 0x7
info:  Process set as DPI aware
info:  Device properties:
info:    Device : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
info:    Driver : NVIDIA 552.22.0
info:  Enabled device extensions:
info:    VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout
info:    VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization
info:    VK_EXT_custom_border_color
info:    VK_EXT_depth_bias_control
info:    VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable
info:    VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
info:    VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
info:    VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
info:    VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
info:    VK_EXT_hdr_metadata
info:    VK_EXT_line_rasterization
info:    VK_EXT_memory_priority
info:    VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map
info:    VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory
info:    VK_EXT_robustness2
info:    VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
info:    VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1
info:    VK_EXT_transform_feedback
info:    VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
info:    VK_KHR_external_memory_win32
info:    VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32
info:    VK_KHR_maintenance5
info:    VK_KHR_pipeline_library
info:    VK_KHR_present_id
info:    VK_KHR_present_wait
info:    VK_KHR_swapchain
info:    VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex
info:    VK_NV_descriptor_pool_overallocation
info:  Device features:
info:    robustBufferAccess                     : 1
info:    fullDrawIndexUint32                    : 1
info:    imageCubeArray                         : 1
info:    independentBlend                       : 1
info:    geometryShader                         : 1
info:    tessellationShader                     : 0
info:    sampleRateShading                      : 1
info:    dualSrcBlend                           : 0
info:    logicOp                                : 0
info:    multiDrawIndirect                      : 1
info:    drawIndirectFirstInstance              : 0
info:    depthClamp                             : 1
info:    depthBiasClamp                         : 1
info:    fillModeNonSolid                       : 1
info:    depthBounds                            : 1
info:    wideLines                              : 1
info:    multiViewport                          : 1
info:    samplerAnisotropy                      : 1
info:    textureCompressionBC                   : 1
info:    occlusionQueryPrecise                  : 1
info:    pipelineStatisticsQuery                : 1
info:    vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics         : 1
info:    fragmentStoresAndAtomics               : 0
info:    shaderImageGatherExtended              : 0
info:    shaderClipDistance                     : 1
info:    shaderCullDistance                     : 1
info:    shaderFloat64                          : 0
info:    shaderInt64                            : 0
info:    variableMultisampleRate                : 1
info:    shaderResourceResidency                : 0
info:    shaderResourceMinLod                   : 0
info:    sparseBinding                          : 0
info:    sparseResidencyBuffer                  : 0
info:    sparseResidencyImage2D                 : 0
info:    sparseResidencyImage3D                 : 0
info:    sparseResidency2Samples                : 0
info:    sparseResidency4Samples                : 0
info:    sparseResidency8Samples                : 0
info:    sparseResidency16Samples               : 0
info:    sparseResidencyAliased                 : 0
info:  Vulkan 1.1
info:    shaderDrawParameters                   : 1
info:  Vulkan 1.2
info:    samplerMirrorClampToEdge               : 1
info:    drawIndirectCount                      : 1
info:    samplerFilterMinmax                    : 0
info:    hostQueryReset                         : 1
info:    timelineSemaphore                      : 1
info:    bufferDeviceAddress                    : 0
info:    shaderOutputViewportIndex              : 1
info:    shaderOutputLayer                      : 1
info:    vulkanMemoryModel                      : 1
info:  Vulkan 1.3
info:    robustImageAccess                      : 0
info:    pipelineCreationCacheControl           : 1
info:    shaderDemoteToHelperInvocation         : 1
info:    shaderZeroInitializeWorkgroupMemory    : 0
info:    synchronization2                       : 1
info:    dynamicRendering                       : 1
info:  VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask
info:    extension supported                    : 0
info:  VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout
info:    attachmentFeedbackLoopLayout           : 1
info:  VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  VK_EXT_custom_border_color
info:    customBorderColors                     : 1
info:    customBorderColorWithoutFormat         : 1
info:  VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable
info:    depthClipEnable                        : 1
info:  VK_EXT_depth_bias_control
info:    depthBiasControl                       : 1
info:    leastRepresentableValueForceUnormRepresentation : 1
info:    floatRepresentation                    : 0
info:    depthBiasExact                         : 1
info:  VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
info:    extDynamicState3AlphaToCoverageEnable  : 1
info:    extDynamicState3DepthClipEnable        : 1
info:    extDynamicState3RasterizationSamples   : 1
info:    extDynamicState3SampleMask             : 1
info:    extDynamicState3LineRasterizationMode  : 1
info:  VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
info:    fragmentShaderSampleInterlock          : 0
info:    fragmentShaderPixelInterlock           : 0
info:  VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
info:    graphicsPipelineLibrary                : 1
info:  VK_EXT_line_rasterization
info:    rectangularLines                       : 1
info:    smoothLines                            : 1
info:  VK_EXT_memory_budget
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  VK_EXT_memory_priority
info:    memoryPriority                         : 1
info:  VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map
info:    nonSeamlessCubeMap                     : 1
info:  VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory
info:    pageableDeviceLocalMemory              : 1
info:  VK_EXT_robustness2
info:    robustBufferAccess2                    : 1
info:    robustImageAccess2                     : 1
info:    nullDescriptor                         : 1
info:  VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
info:    shaderModuleIdentifier                 : 1
info:  VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export
info:    extension supported                    : 0
info:  VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
info:    extension supported                    : 0
info:  VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1
info:    swapchainMaintenance1                  : 1
info:  VK_EXT_hdr_metadata
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  VK_EXT_transform_feedback
info:    transformFeedback                      : 0
info:    geometryStreams                        : 0
info:  VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
info:    vertexAttributeInstanceRateDivisor     : 1
info:    vertexAttributeInstanceRateZeroDivisor : 1
info:  VK_KHR_external_memory_win32
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  VK_KHR_maintenance5
info:    maintenance5                           : 1
info:  VK_KHR_present_id
info:    presentId                              : 1
info:  VK_KHR_present_wait
info:    presentWait                            : 1
info:  VK_NV_descriptor_pool_overallocation
info:    descriptorPoolOverallocation           : 1
info:  VK_NV_raw_access_chains
info:    shaderRawAccessChains                  : 0
info:  VK_NVX_binary_import
info:    extension supported                    : 0
info:  VK_NVX_image_view_handle
info:    extension supported                    : 0
info:  VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex
info:    extension supported                    : 1
info:  Queue families:
info:    Graphics : 0
info:    Transfer : 1
info:    Sparse   : 0
info:  Memory type mask for buffer resources: 0x3b, usage: 0x1ff
warn:  DXVK: No state cache file found
info:  DXVK: Graphics pipeline libraries supported
info:  D3D9DeviceEx::ResetSwapChain:
info:    Requested Presentation Parameters
info:      - Width:              1280
info:      - Height:             768
info:      - Format:             D3D9Format::A8R8G8B8
info:      - Auto Depth Stencil: false
info:                  ^ Format: D3D9Format::Unknown
info:      - Windowed:           true
info:      - Swap effect:        3
info:  Presenter: Actual swap chain properties:
info:    Format:       VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
info:    Color space:  VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR
info:    Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR (dynamic: yes)
info:    Buffer size:  1280x768
info:    Image count:  3
info:  DXVK: Using 8 compiler threads
info:  D3D9DeviceEx::SetRenderState: MinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization is unsupported
info:  Presenter: Actual swap chain properties:
info:    Format:       VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
info:    Color space:  VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR
info:    Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR (dynamic: yes)
info:    Buffer size:  1280x768
info:    Image count:  3
info:  Device reset
info:  D3D9DeviceEx::ResetSwapChain:
info:    Requested Presentation Parameters
info:      - Width:              1920
info:      - Height:             1080
info:      - Format:             D3D9Format::A8R8G8B8
info:      - Auto Depth Stencil: false
info:                  ^ Format: D3D9Format::Unknown
info:      - Windowed:           true
info:      - Swap effect:        3
info:  Device reset
info:  D3D9DeviceEx::ResetSwapChain:
info:    Requested Presentation Parameters
info:      - Width:              1920
info:      - Height:             1061
info:      - Format:             D3D9Format::A8R8G8B8
info:      - Auto Depth Stencil: false
info:                  ^ Format: D3D9Format::Unknown
info:      - Windowed:           true
info:      - Swap effect:        3
info:  Presenter: Actual swap chain properties:
info:    Format:       VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
info:    Color space:  VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR

BBlisto91 2025-03-20 github

If afterburner/rtss sees the game is using Vulkan then it should be working yes

OOP404OP 2025-03-20 github

如果 Afterburner/RTSS 检测到游戏正在使用 Vulkan，那么它应该可以正常工作

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's working, but I'm not sure whether DXVK can improve this UE3 DX9 game to any extent, so I'm looking for an answer.

BBlisto91 2025-03-20 github

You'll have to compare the game yourself between d3d9 and Vulkan to see if one runs better than the other

OOP404OP 2025-03-20 github

你需要自己在 d3d9 和 Vulkan 之间比较游戏，看看哪一个运行得更好

okay, thanks for your answer.

DLLs

vulkan-1.dllx1 2025-03