DXVK 1.10.3 out with work for Halo Infinite plus better Stray performance for Proton

DXVK is a Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer used in Proton, to help run Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck. A new release version 1.10.3 is out now.

This is a "minor maintenance release" readying the project for the next version of Proton. While the team mentioned recently that much newer drivers would soon be needed, that's not the case for this release since it's just a minor one. That said, as always, more compatibility and performance improvements is welcome.

Here's what's new in the release:

• Added support for shared fences (PR #2608). This is needed for videos in Halo Infinite to work, alongside corresponding wine and vkd3d-proton patches.
• Fixed a regression introduced in 1.10.2 that would cause rendering issues in various D3D11 games, including Prey, Bioshock Infinite (#2757), and some others.
• Need For Speed 3: Fixed Modern Patch not working (#1699).
• Ninja Blade: Fixed alpha test issues (#2745).
• Stray: Enabled d3d11.ignoreGraphicsBarriers option to work around some GPU-bound performance issues.
• Ys Origin: Work around stutter with the game's built-in FPS limiter (#2750, PR #2754).

As a reminder: you can upgrade the version of DXVK used in Proton, without waiting on a new release. To do so you can just overwrite the existing DXVK files with the release download of DXVK 1.10.3. You can find your Proton install somewhere like this (depending on your Steam Library drives):

path-to-your/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton x.x/dist

Where x.x is whatever Proton version installed you wish to give a new DXVK.

Inside there you will see "lib" and "lib64", for 32bit and 64bit. Inside each of those, there's a "wine" folder and inside there is a "dxvk" folder and that's where you replace the files with new versions. Do so at your own risk but it's usually harmless. If you mess anything up, one way to ensure it gets reinstalled cleanly is just to remove the "/dist" folder.