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L4D2/Left 4 Dead 2 won't launch with Vulkan

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doitsujin/dxvk#5012 · opened 2025-06-14 by Zeytatrons · updated 2025-06-14 · 1 comments · github
ZZeytatrons 2025-06-14 github

L4D2 won't launch on Vulkan, both on Windows and on Linux Ubuntu. Windows and Linux are both up to date. Issue seems to have started since using a 5090, I haven't been able to play on Vulkan since. I was able to play it on my previous 4080 super. I've tried manually updating the 32 bit DXVK file, doesn't work. The game will begin to start, with the icon appearing in task bar, then it closes without an error displayed or warning. Games on different engines like GTA 4 can use DXVK however.

System: 7800x3d, 5090, 32G 6ghz RAM, x870-F board, NV driver 576.52

Ddoitsujin maintainer 2025-06-14 github

Blackwell is known to be broken with 32-bit Vulkan, nothing we can do besides waiting for a driver fix.

See https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/4880

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