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VK_DRIVER_FILES

13 threads 8 games 17 mentions 2024-04 to 2026-06

VK_DRIVER_FILES appears in 13 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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SteamOS=1 STEAMDECK=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 WINE_GSTREAMER=1 GDK_BACKEND=x11 VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json %command% -dx113
WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b VK_DRIVER_FILES=/home/<user>/mesa-fp8/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%3
VK_DRIVER_FILES=/etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.x86_64.json %command%2
VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json %command%2
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/mesa-git/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" OCL_ICD_VENDORS="/opt/mesa-git/etc/OpenCL/vendors" VK_DRIVER_FILES="/opt/mesa-git/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json" %command% +com_skipI1
PROTON_LOG=1 VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json prime-run gamemoderun %command%1
VKD3D_CONFIG=no_upload_hvv VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json RADV_PERFTEST=gpl,rt mangohud gamemoderun %command%1
VK_DRIVER_FILES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json" OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 mangohud %command% -dx11 -d3d11 -novid -nomenuvid -noborder -windowed +cl_showfps1
VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/lvp_icd.x86_64.json DXVK_HUD=full %command%1
VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json %command%1
Games discussing it
Wuthering Waves2 mentions
The Talos Principle 22 mentions
Assassin’s Creed Shadows2 mentions
DOOM: The Dark Ages1 mentions
ELDEN RING1 mentions
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN1 mentions
Titanfall® 21 mentions
Brotato1 mentions
Threads
FSR4 Support - AGS vkd3dclosed3 mentions
The Talos Principle 2 protonopen2 mentions
Wuthering Waves protonopen2 mentions
Proton crashes on startup no matter what game I try to start protonclosed1 mentions
Brotato protonopen1 mentions
Elden Ring protonopen1 mentions
Last Epoch Failed to create Vulkan swapchain on Nvidia laptop with 4GB VRAM dxvkopen1 mentions
DOOM: The Dark Ages protonopen1 mentions
Titanfall 2 protonopen1 mentions
Elden Ring Nightreign protonopen1 mentions
Flickering graphics when using DXVK with Vulkan in Wuthering Waves dxvkclosed1 mentions
Assassin's Creed Shadows hangs on RTX 5080 / NVIDIA open 610.43.02, stuck in vkd3d waits protonclosed1 mentions

Recent mentions

  • 2026-06-09 · Assassin's Creed Shadows
    VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json %command%
  • 2026-06-09 · Assassin's Creed Shadows hangs on RTX 5080 / NVIDIA open 610.43.02, st
    VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json %command%
  • 2026-02-24 · Wuthering Waves
    SteamOS=1 STEAMDECK=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 WINE_GSTREAMER=1 GDK_BACKEND=x11 VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json %command% -dx11
  • 2025-11-23 · Wuthering Waves
    SteamOS=1 STEAMDECK=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 WINE_GSTREAMER=1 GDK_BACKEND=x11 VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json %command% -dx11
  • 2025-11-23 · Flickering graphics when using DXVK with Vulkan in Wuthering Waves
    SteamOS=1 STEAMDECK=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 WINE_GSTREAMER=1 GDK_BACKEND=x11 VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json %command% -dx11
  • 2025-06-02 · Elden Ring Nightreign
    VKD3D_CONFIG=no_upload_hvv VK_DRIVER_FILES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json RADV_PERFTEST=gpl,rt mangohud gamemoderun %command%
  • 2025-05-20 · Titanfall 2
    VK_DRIVER_FILES="/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json" OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 mangohud %command% -dx11 -d3d11 -novid -nomenuvid -noborder -windowed +cl_showfps
  • 2025-05-16 · DOOM: The Dark Ages
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/mesa-git/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" OCL_ICD_VENDORS="/opt/mesa-git/etc/OpenCL/vendors" VK_DRIVER_FILES="/opt/mesa-git/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json" %command% +com_skipI
  • 2025-05-02 · FSR4 Support - AGS
    WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b VK_DRIVER_FILES=/home/<user>/mesa-fp8/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%
  • 2025-05-02 · FSR4 Support - AGS
    WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b VK_DRIVER_FILES=/home/<user>/mesa-fp8/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json %command%

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