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VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS

13 threads 8 games 14 mentions 2021-01 to 2026-09

VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS 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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Values people posted
VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation DXVK_DEBUG=validation PROTON_LOG=1 %command%3
DXVK_HUD=full DXVK_ASYNC=1 RADV_PERFTEST=aco DRI_PRIME=1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=debug DXVK_LOG_PATH="$HOME/dxvk_log" %command%1
PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 DXVK_HDR=1 PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE=1 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug,descriptor_heap,enable_experimental_features VKD3D_DEBUG=info1
PROTON_LOG=1 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug %command%1
PROTON_LOG=1 WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=2:8,9 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay VK_LAYER_MESA_OVERLAY_CONFIG=fps,format=0 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3d9=n,b" %command%1
VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation VKD3D_DEBUG=debug MESA_LOG_LEVEL=debug WINEDEBUG="+timestamp,+pid,+tid,-all,+err" PROTON_LOG=1 %command% -FastLaunch1
VKD3D_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation PRESSURE_VESSEL_DEVEL=1 %command%1
VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=debug DXVK_LOG_PATH="c:\\dxvk_log" %command%1
VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation PROTON_LOG=1 %command%1
WINE_DISABLE_HARDWARE_SCHEDULING=0 DXVK_NVAPI_VKREFLEX=1 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_NMS_fix NMS_FIX_SHADOW=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command%1
Games discussing it
Crimson Desert Enhanced1 mentions
Pioneers of Pagonia1 mentions
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut1 mentions
Flight Simulator1 mentions
Black Myth: Wukong Benchmark Tool1 mentions
No Man's Sky1 mentions
Portal with RTX1 mentions
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition1 mentions
Threads
Planet Coaster dxvk no subtable 3d graphic adpater dxvkclosed2 mentions
Far Cry 3 - waterfalls show corruption with MSAA dxvkclosed1 mentions
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 proton experimental validation error dxvkclosed1 mentions
Dino D-Day corrupted output with Intel vendor id dxvkclosed1 mentions
Divinity Original Sin 2 protonopen1 mentions
Pioneers of Pagonia protonopen1 mentions
Fallout 4 stuck after loading screen. dxvkclosed1 mentions
Black Myth: Wukong Benchmark Tool - VVL SYNC-HAZARD-READ-AFTER-WRITE vkd3dclosed1 mentions
Flight Simulator Crash on DX12 vkd3dclosed1 mentions
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut protonopen1 mentions
Crimson Desert protonopen1 mentions
No Man's Sky protonopen1 mentions

Recent mentions

  • 2026-09-30 · Portal with RTX
    WINE_DISABLE_HARDWARE_SCHEDULING=0 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_NMS_fix NMS_FIX_DEDUP=1 NMS_FIX_PRESIGNAL=1 NMS_FIX_REWAIT=1 NMS_FIX_SHADOW=1 %command%
  • 2026-09-30 · No Man's Sky
    WINE_DISABLE_HARDWARE_SCHEDULING=0 DXVK_NVAPI_VKREFLEX=1 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_NMS_fix NMS_FIX_SHADOW=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command%
  • 2026-05-24 · Crimson Desert
    PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 DXVK_HDR=1 PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE=1 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug,descriptor_heap,enable_experimental_features VKD3D_DEBUG=info
  • 2026-04-19 · Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
    PROTON_LOG=1 WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=2:8,9 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay VK_LAYER_MESA_OVERLAY_CONFIG=fps,format=0 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3d9=n,b" %command%
  • 2025-11-02 · Flight Simulator Crash on DX12
    VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation VKD3D_DEBUG=debug MESA_LOG_LEVEL=debug WINEDEBUG="+timestamp,+pid,+tid,-all,+err" PROTON_LOG=1 %command% -FastLaunch
  • 2025-09-20 · Black Myth: Wukong Benchmark Tool - VVL SYNC-HAZARD-READ-AFTER-WRITE
    VKD3D_DEBUG=trace VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation PRESSURE_VESSEL_DEVEL=1 %command%
  • 2024-10-25 · Fallout 4 stuck after loading screen.
    VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation DXVK_DEBUG=validation PROTON_LOG=1 %command%
  • 2023-12-14 · Pioneers of Pagonia
    PROTON_LOG=1 VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation VKD3D_CONFIG=vk_debug %command%
  • 2023-04-16 · Divinity Original Sin 2
    __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE=1 _PERFTEST=aco VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 PROTON_LOG=1 %command%
  • 2023-01-21 · Dino D-Day corrupted output with Intel vendor id
    VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS=VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation DXVK_DEBUG=validation PROTON_LOG=1 %command%

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