Fixed error if the client tries to enable SWVP on a hardware device.Fixed rendertargets and depth stencils not being cached.Fixed null pixel shaders not being remembered.Fixed ref counting for rendertargets, depth stencils, and textures.Fixed location of Direct3DCreate8 in f.Red Faction: Disable direct buffer mapping by #96.Fixed textures, streams, and indices not clearing on reset.Fixed backbuffers not being cached or referenced by the owning device.Always use at least one backbuffer by #91.Fixed a bug where CreateTexture would try to wrap a null texture.Countless game-specific configurations and minor features and tweaks.Allow preserving current Proton installation by #51.State block types are now supported and should capture the relevant state.Correct surface desc sizes based on format.Vertex buffers may now be stored in the managed pool automatically for improved performance and to prevent write ordering issues.Support overriding vertex shader declaration for games with undefined behavior.New custom batcher for certain drawcall-heavy games.Single combined d3d8.dll (d3d9 is statically linked).Hopefully it can continue to see upgrades over time too, so that we can all enjoy even more classics with great performance across Linux desktop and Steam Deck. So clearly there's a few cases where D8VK is beaten but for an initial 1.0 release, this is a very good show for it.

The developer also included a bunch of benchmarks in 3DMark 2001 SE to show the differences in performance between different translations: Implementation In the release notes the developer mentioned 'This is the first production-ready release of d8vk that has been tested against many hundreds of games with better performance and compatibility than is possible with WineD3D or d3d8to9'. I reported on an earlier release, but now the 'production-ready' 1.0 is available for you to play with.

D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and Steam Deck.

Divine divinity software or direct3d