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The configuration file is not loaded

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doitsujin/dxvk#5495 · opened 2026-02-06 by NemesisElectron · updated 2026-02-06 · 8 comments · github
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NNemesisElectron 2026-02-06 github

Software information

Any game, any API (ddraw and d3d8 to d3d12)
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I did those commands:
set --export --global DXVK_CONFIG_FILE $HOME/.wine/dxvk.conf
set --export --global WINEPREFIX $HOME/.wine
set --export --global DXVK_HUD full

My dxvk.conf has these:
d3d11.relaxedGraphicsBarriers = True
d3d9.cachedWriteOnlyBuffers = False
dxvk.enableDescriptorBuffer = True
dxvk.disableNvLowLatency2 = True
d3d11.relaxedBarriers = True
d3d9.floatEmulation = False
dxvk.latencySleep = False
d3d7.emulateFSAA = False
dxvk.lowerSinCos = False
dxvk.useRawSsbo = True
dxvk.tearFree = False
dxvk.hud = devinfo,fps
d3d9.hideAmdGpu = True
dxgi.hideAmdGpu = True

The dxvk.conf format:
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Problem information

The WINEPREFIX and DXVK_HUD works perfectly fine but I can't say the same for DXVK_CONFIG_FILE, I also did reboots and still can't load or sees the dxvk.conf file

System information

  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • Driver: radv
  • Wine version: 11.1
  • DXVK version: 2.7.1
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Mmbriar 2026-02-06 github

It's probably a good thing that all these random options you just pasted in there without knowing what they are actually doing are not applied....

NNemesisElectron 2026-02-06 github

I'm testing those, but I can't test them it they are not loaded.

KK0bin maintainer 2026-02-06 github

First of all: WHY

d3d11.relaxedGraphicsBarriers = True

Don't mess with barriers unless you looked at the game with Renderdoc and apitrace. I somehow doubt you did that...

d3d9.cachedWriteOnlyBuffers = False

That's the default.

dxvk.enableDescriptorBuffer = True

That's the default.

d3d9.floatEmulation = False

This will break a lot of D3D9 games for absolutely no reason. AMD hardware has special instructions for D3D9 floats and Mesa optimizes our shaders to use those. So float emulation is completely free when it comes to performance.

dxvk.disableNvLowLatency2 = True
dxvk.latencySleep = False

Why? Just don't enable Nvidia Reflex in ingame settings.

dxvk.lowerSinCos = False

Also the default for AMD GPUs.

d3d7.emulateFSAA = False

That doesn't exist.

dxvk.useRawSsbo = True

Don't mess with this unless you know exactly what you're doing.

d3d9.hideAmdGpu = True
dxgi.hideAmdGpu = True

Why?

KK0bin maintainer 2026-02-06 github

As for loading the config, please post logs.

NNemesisElectron 2026-02-06 github

I want to see the performance and drawbacks differences on my machine.
I took the options and values from dxvk.conf on this repository and those exist but the d3d7 ones are from d7vk fork.
I can't see any log file on game's directories or any directory on .wine.

NNemesisElectron 2026-02-06 github

The logs are disabled by default?

KK0bin maintainer 2026-02-06 github

To quote the issue template:

Log files

Please attach Proton or Wine logs as a text file:

  • When using Proton, set the Steam launch options for your game to PROTON_LOG=1 %command% and attach the corresponding steam-xxxxx.log file in your home directory.
  • When using regular Wine, use wine game.exe > game.log 2>&1 and attach the resulting game.log file.
  • On Windows, log files will usually appear next to the games exe or in its base folder.

Additionally set DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=info and DXVK_LOG_PATH=/wherever.

NNemesisElectron 2026-02-06 github

I fixed the problem, the dxvk.conf was conflicting with DXVK_HUD environment variable, removing it did the job done.
Thanks for help and have a nice day, sorry for this issue in the first place, it seem I was the issue, XD.

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