Proton: REQUEST: DXVK for dx9 apps using proton.

[Kreyren]

Feature Request

I confirm:

• [X] that I haven't found another request for this feature.
• [X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available that
  contain this feature already.

Description

Requesting DXVK support for dx9 apps to be added in proton.

For example dgvoodoo2 can be used as a compatibility wrapper for DXVK to run dx9 apps.

Justification

Provides better optimization and performance supperior to native on windows. (depending on many variables)

Risks

unknown

References

https://lutris.net/games/install/12230/view - Experimental, not working.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIZXfb_7RoA - Proof Of Concept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wt8fnptxfE - The Sims (2000) on DXVK

• https://lutris.net/games/install/9908/view

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Original post will be updated based on comments

[kisak-valve]

Hello @Kreyren, a request for D3D9 via a vulkan implementation is already being tracked at #102, however, I doubt a closed source implementation like dgvoodoo WIP58 is going to get any traction.

Closing in favor of the existing issue report.