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VKD3D_LOG_FILE

18 threads 3 games 29 mentions 2021-03 to 2026-05

VKD3D_LOG_FILE appears in 18 issue threads across the Proton, DXVK, vkd3d-proton and Steam trackers. The values people posted, and the games they posted them for, are listed below.

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VKD3D_LOG_FILE5
VKD3D_LOG_FILE=".../vkd3d_hunt.log"2
VKD3D_LOG_FILE=/tmp/vkd3d.log2
DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_SHADER_DEBUG=trace DXVK_DEBUG=debug DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=debug VKD3D_LOG_FILE=~/zzz.log %command% -use-d3d121
PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 VKD3D_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_LOG_FILE=/tmp/lego.txt %command%1
PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_1 VKD3D_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_SHADER_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_LOG_FILE=/home/SOME_USER/dsvkd3d.log mangohud %command%1
PROTON_LOG=1 VKD3D_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_LOG_FILE=$HOME/re4demo-vkd3d.log RADV_PERFTEST=rt VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 mangohud %command%1
VKD3D_CONFIG=log_memory_budget VKD3D_DEBUG=info VKD3D_LOG_FILE=".../vkd3d_hunt.log" %command%1
VKD3D_CONFIG=log_memory_budget VKD3D_DEBUG=info VKD3D_LOG_FILE=".../vkd3d_hunt.log" gamemoderun %command%1
VKD3D_DEBUG=warn VKD3D_SHADER_DEBUG=warn VKD3D_LOG_FILE=/tmp/vkd3d.log PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 MANGOHUD=1 %command%1
Games discussing it
Dead Space2 mentions
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide2 mentions
Crimson Desert Enhanced2 mentions
Threads
Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo Raytracing not working vkd3dclosed4 mentions
LEGO® Builder's Journey: Will not launch in DX12 mode. vkd3dclosed2 mentions
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide rendering artifacts vkd3dclosed2 mentions
Dead Space protonopen2 mentions
trying to debug ray tracing dragon dogma 2 vkd3dopen2 mentions
Hunt: Showdown 1896 consumes all VRAM until GPU / system hang on Intel Arc B580 + Mesa + xe vkd3dopen2 mentions
R9 380X bugs with allocation and flushing VRAM, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Forza Horizon 4 and 5 vkd3dopen2 mentions
Zenless Zone Zero failed to launch with RTX and DLSS on DX12 vkd3dclosed2 mentions
Crimson Desert protonopen2 mentions
Question about poor performance in Cyberpunk 2077 and Horizon Zero Dawn (d3d12) on older Nvidia cards vkd3dopen1 mentions
Godfall: Missing Audio/Black Screen with FidelityFX vkd3dopen1 mentions
Starfield, i found a vkd3d fix hinting to a possible root cause for some freezes and crashes! vkd3dclosed1 mentions

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