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The Finals fails to launch with DX12 on Intel Arc unless "force_vk_vendor" is set to -1.

The Finals fails to launch with DX12 (default) on Intel Arc unless the "force_vk_vendor" env var is set to -1. It also launches fine when using DX11 via the -dx11 launch argument.

Without either the env var or the launch argument, the game is stuck at a black screen after the initial EAC splash screen for a few seconds before simply closing. After a few tries, it doesn't even get to the black screen anymore and simply crashes right after the EAC splash screen.

The game has XeSS, which I was told in this VKD3D-Proton report is most likely causing the issue. The report also includes a Proton log of the game, in case that's necessary.

The application name is "THE FINALS" and the .exe is "Discovery.exe", which I assume are needed for potentially adding a workaround?

System information

System:
  Host: arcbox Kernel: 6.7.0-273-tkg-eevdf-llvm arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: clang v: 16.0.6 Desktop: sway v: 1.8.1 dm: SDDM Distro: Arch Linux
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1275 high: 1400 min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 1196 2: 1400
    3: 1192 4: 1295 5: 1365 6: 1198 7: 1278 8: 1281 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel DG2 [Arc A380] vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-12.7 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:56a5
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: sway v: 1.8.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 d-rect: 3200x1200
    display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: Idek Iiyama PL2595W
    res: 1920x1200 dpi: 91 diag: 633mm (24.9")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: right model: AAA res: 1280x720 dpi: 57
    diag: 660mm (25.96")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel v: N/A glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Arc A380 Graphics (DG2)
    device-ID: 8086:56a5
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
    type: discrete-gpu driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:56a5 device: 1
    type: cpu driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Edited by Vincent N
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