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Assassin's Creed 2 fails to show visuals on Windows (DXVK >=2.6)

dxvkclosed windowsamd proprietary
doitsujin/dxvk#4839 · opened 2025-04-09 by colin969 · updated 2026-06-16 · 5 comments · github
Ccolin969 2025-04-09 github

On versions of DXVK >=2.6, Assassin's Creed 2 will present a white box with nothing rendering. Seems that it fails to enter the right mode since it's a fullscreen only game. The game is still playing with audio and controls responding but no visuals.

Issue does not show with apitrace but included the trace anyway.

Software information

Assassin's Creed 2

System information

  • GPU: Steam Deck
  • Driver: August 2024
  • Wine version: N/A
  • DXVK version: 2.6 and 2.6.1

Apitrace file(s)

AssassinsCreedIIGame.zip

Log files

AssassinsCreedIIGame_d3d9.log

BBlisto91 2025-04-09 github

Hi there.

err: Presenter: Failed to create Vulkan swapchain: -13

This from the log is hinting that it is a known Windows AMD driver issue at play. Started happening with drivers newer than 23.8.2, but the specific cause is not known.

Ccolin969 2025-04-09 github

Given it's the Steam Deck I'm using, sadly can't test older driver versions easily.

It's AMD so it doesn't surprise me that it's them breaking something again though.

BBlisto91 2025-04-09 github

Could you attach a log from dxvk 2.5.3? I didn't catch on you said it only happens with 2.6+

Ccolin969 2025-04-09 github
BBlisto91 2025-04-09 github

Still have the same errors at least

Nothing extracted yet.