Crashes, 5700 XT AMD Issue?

Updated Vulkan Workaround for DX11 crashes
thanks to Svazzz for discovering the workaround
Use on your own risk
Might not work for everyone (but lot of users are reporting fixed crashes)
Should also work for Nvidia (if you somehow got there :)

1) Reboot computer if you have already crashed and did not reboot yet.

2) Set windowed fullscreen or windowed mode in game before applying following steps, then quit the game and:

3) Download dx->vulkan translation layer
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/download/v1.5/dxvk-1.5.tar.gz

4) Unpack d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll files from x64 (or x32 if you run 32bit windows) directory into Path of exile directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile or \Steam\steamapps\common\Path of exile (or whatever steam uses). Note, .tar.gz is native Linux archive format but almost any normal archive manager should be able to handle it.

5) (Optional, might work better for some poeple) To disable shader caching:
for steam version:
right click path of exile -> properties -> set launch options and enter
DXVK_STATE_CACHE=0 %command% --waitforpreload

for non-steam version
Create start.bat file in game directory with following 3 lines:


6) Non-steam - launch the game by executing the start.bat if 5) applied otherwise launch as usual, steam users launch the game as usual

-1) To revert the workaround, simply delete the the copied files from the game directory. and in case of steam, also delete everything from launch settings.

video proof on Old fields (I had 100% crash rate at this location before):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCdlDjO6tNM


Showcasing the vulkan performance on Dried Fields A4 - visited for first time so you have better idea what to expect (5700XT, ryzen7 3600x, 32GB ram) (dont mind the HUD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW4vpjiPYmE


Note: While performance should be improved compared to original workaround, but there still will be some stutters therefore this is not recommended for HC players as they can be deadly :)

Changelog:
- Updated the instructions and use different dxvk fork for which has some game optimization and should fix running out of memory during extended gameplay.
Edit updated step 5:
- shader caching is no-go for some poeple and doing more harm then good. step 5 provides step of disabling it
- got rid of --gc 2, not needed as there should be no memory leak in this version of dxvk

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xonedl wrote:

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julus wrote:

Updated Vulkan Workaround for DX11 crashes

Hmm.. unfortunately it is quite choppy for R9 280x to handle ಥ_ಥ

Sorry to hear that, try without step 5 (or with it if you applied it). Anyway the majority of choppiness should fade off within first few minutes in game