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Path of Exile, the free to play online action RPG just recently released a huge update that adds in a Beta version of their new Vulkan API rendering system.

To be clear: while Path of Exile does not support Linux officially, getting Vulkan into it is progress towards it since it's a cross-platform open graphics API. The developer talked a bit about this in a previous interview we covered, when they were talking about Path of Exile 2 and Linux was directly mentioned.

For right now though, Vulkan support means that Path of Exile should run dramatically better with the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer on Linux (or plain Wine). This is because it should make it a whole lot smoother, with constant stuttering hopefully becoming a thing of the past. Don't know what Steam Play is? Check here.

In my testing while in the early game on max settings, it was extremely smooth:

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If you do wish to try it, the Vulkan option is available on the first login screen in the Options menu. It will freeze for a little while as it switches the API over. For Proton, I had to use the community-made Proton 5.6-GE-2 (and specifically that version) with NVIDIA otherwise at the character select screen it just crashed to the desktop every single time. If you have an AMD GPU, the Vulkan version currently needs a fix in the RADV driver but it reportedly works fine with the AMDVLK driver. Since this is the first public Beta of Vulkan for PoE, it will no doubt get smoother in terms of driver and Proton compatibility.

Path of Exile can be found free on Steam or the official site.

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Xpander May 29, 2020
Quoting: PatolaPROTON_USE_D9VK=1 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dxgi=n,b" %command%

DXVK(D9VK) is enabled by default anyway and if you run it with Vulkan rendering directly why do you need that?
massatt212 May 29, 2020
Quoting: Xpander
Quoting: PatolaPROTON_USE_D9VK=1 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dxgi=n,b" %command%

DXVK(D9VK) is enabled by default anyway and if you run it with Vulkan rendering directly why do you need that?

if that worked, maybe their is a way to get world war Z to run on Vulkan
PixelJumper May 29, 2020
Does it support gamepads? I just can't go back to clicking after D3 on console.
Akien May 29, 2020
Great news! I tried PoE briefly a few years ago and it filled my Diablo II cravings pretty well. I'll have to give it another try whenever I have enough time on my hands to dive into such a content heavy RPG (so, not anytime soon :D).
rustybroomhandle May 29, 2020
Grinding Gear Games is chummy with Digital Extremes, who make Warframe. Maybe they will compare notes and that too can get Vulkan-fied. :P
Andreas May 29, 2020
If you are on AMD graphics you can set the following environment variable to load the AMDVLK driver until MESA fix lands in release. (e.g. via Lutris)

 
VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/amd_icd64.json
drlamb May 29, 2020
Quoting: PatolaWINEDLLOVERRIDES

Clearly I haven't had enough coffee this morning. Initially I read this as Wined Lover Rides...
CMDR_Kiel42 May 29, 2020
Quoting: DampclothDoes it support gamepads? I just can't go back to clicking after D3 on console.

I don't think so, and I don't see how it could tbh. But there's a console version if you're interested.
Edgarins29 May 29, 2020
For those on RADV and Ubuntu based distros, using Kisak PPA solves the crash.
https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa/+packages
KuJo May 29, 2020
Or:
Quoteanother step closer to ...
... Linux Stadia ...
Quote... support
Maybe ...
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