DXVK extension It is a translation layer to pass the instructions of the Microsoft DirectX 10 and 11 graphical API to instructions of the powerful open source graphical API Vulkan, which is the one that is gradually being imposed due to its virtues. Remember that Vulkan is now under Khronos Group, as are others like OpenCL, OpenGL, etc. Remember that Vulkan in turn comes from AMD's Mantle project. Well, the developers of this marvel continue to develop it, and it is of special interest to the gaming world within GNU / Linux, such as for use in projects such as Wine or Valve's Proton. This way you can translate these instructions and make native video games compatible for the Microsoft Windows platform.
Well, with the DXVK 1.4.6 release interesting new features have been incorporated into this project. Of course, as is usual in releases, work has also been done on existing bugs in the code of the previous version, which have been partially corrected. In fact, there are no big new features, instead they have focused on improving those problems that were when some Windows video games were running on top of this translation layer when used with Wine or Proton. If you want to know the fixed problems, they are:
- Fixed a rather important and annoying bug that caused the application stops working. This happened while you were making changes to the screen mode or when you closed a video game that you were using.
- The developers have also done a good job fixing another bug that was causing the CPU performance degrades over time. This caused annoyance to the user, especially when working with workloads related to the DirectX Deferred Contexts.
- Simulation video games like Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, which are so popular, also have improvements in DXVK 1.4.6 to make them work better. Specifically, they correct problems with rendering.
- Fans of Final Fantasy XIV They are also in luck, as a major problem has been solved that caused it to stop working.
- And finally, there are also changes for the strategy video game Warcraft III Reforged. In this case, a new feature has been implemented that allows the game to run.