DXVK: No state cache file found

[RomarioGee]

Hello,

I am actually desperate so decided to create account just to ask this question. Windows 11, dxvk-2.1.tar version. GTA 4 keeps crashing (last time it said I have run out of video memory). I think that might be the missing cache file. I can't find it anywhere. Not in C:\STEAM\steamapps\shadercache nor in the root game directory. I have tried adding dxvk.conf file with DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH=\C:\STEAM\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto IV\GTAIV I also tried putting it in Steam launch options. Tried different combinations with the slashes the other way. Please can someone give me the correct way how to generate that state cache??? Please

info: Game: GTAIV.exe info: DXVK: v2.1 info: Found built-in config: info: d3d9.supportDFFormats = False info: dxgi.emulateUMA = True info: d3d9.customVendorId = 1002 info: Effective configuration: info: d3d9.customVendorId = 1002 info: dxgi.emulateUMA = True info: d3d9.supportDFFormats = False info: Built-in extension providers: info: Win32 WSI info: OpenVR info: OpenXR info: OpenVR: could not open registry key, status 2 info: OpenVR: Failed to locate module info: Vulkan: Found vkGetInstanceProcAddr in vulkan-1.dll @ 0x7bd6b770 info: Enabled instance extensions: info: VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 info: VK_KHR_surface info: VK_KHR_win32_surface info: D3D9: VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT -> VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT info: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: info: Driver: 531.79.0 info: Vulkan: 1.3.236 info: Memory Heap[0]: info: Size: 10067 MiB info: Flags: 0x1 info: Memory Type[1]: Property Flags = 0x1 info: Memory Heap[1]: info: Size: 16336 MiB info: Flags: 0x0 info: Memory Type[0]: Property Flags = 0x0 info: Memory Type[2]: Property Flags = 0x6 info: Memory Type[3]: Property Flags = 0xe info: Memory Heap[2]: info: Size: 214 MiB info: Flags: 0x1 info: Memory Type[4]: Property Flags = 0x7 info: Process set as DPI aware info: Device properties: info: Device name: : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 info: Driver version : 531.79.0 info: Enabled device extensions: info: VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout info: VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization info: VK_EXT_custom_border_color info: VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable info: VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3 info: VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock info: VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive info: VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library info: VK_EXT_hdr_metadata info: VK_EXT_memory_priority info: VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map info: VK_EXT_robustness2 info: VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier info: VK_EXT_transform_feedback info: VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor info: VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 info: VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 info: VK_KHR_pipeline_library info: VK_KHR_swapchain info: Device features: info: robustBufferAccess : 1 info: fullDrawIndexUint32 : 1 info: imageCubeArray : 1 info: independentBlend : 1 info: geometryShader : 1 info: tessellationShader : 0 info: sampleRateShading : 1 info: dualSrcBlend : 0 info: logicOp : 0 info: multiDrawIndirect : 0 info: drawIndirectFirstInstance : 0 info: depthClamp : 1 info: depthBiasClamp : 1 info: fillModeNonSolid : 1 info: depthBounds : 1 info: multiViewport : 1 info: samplerAnisotropy : 1 info: textureCompressionBC : 1 info: occlusionQueryPrecise : 1 info: pipelineStatisticsQuery : 1 info: vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics : 1 info: fragmentStoresAndAtomics : 0 info: shaderImageGatherExtended : 0 info: shaderClipDistance : 1 info: shaderCullDistance : 1 info: shaderFloat64 : 0 info: shaderInt64 : 0 info: variableMultisampleRate : 1 info: shaderResourceResidency : 0 info: shaderResourceMinLod : 0 info: sparseBinding : 0 info: sparseResidencyBuffer : 0 info: sparseResidencyImage2D : 0 info: sparseResidencyImage3D : 0 info: sparseResidency2Samples : 0 info: sparseResidency4Samples : 0 info: sparseResidency8Samples : 0 info: sparseResidency16Samples : 0 info: sparseResidencyAliased : 0 info: Vulkan 1.1 info: shaderDrawParameters : 0 info: Vulkan 1.2 info: samplerMirrorClampToEdge : 1 info: drawIndirectCount : 1 info: samplerFilterMinmax : 0 info: hostQueryReset : 1 info: timelineSemaphore : 1 info: bufferDeviceAddress : 0 info: shaderOutputViewportIndex : 1 info: shaderOutputLayer : 1 info: vulkanMemoryModel : 1 info: Vulkan 1.3 info: robustImageAccess : 0 info: pipelineCreationCacheControl : 1 info: shaderDemoteToHelperInvocation : 1 info: shaderZeroInitializeWorkgroupMemory : 0 info: synchronization2 : 1 info: dynamicRendering : 1 info: VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask info: extension supported : 0 info: VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout info: attachmentFeedbackLoopLayout : 1 info: VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization info: extension supported : 1 info: VK_EXT_custom_border_color info: customBorderColors : 1 info: customBorderColorWithoutFormat : 1 info: VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable info: depthClipEnable : 1 info: VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3 info: extDynamicState3AlphaToCoverageEnable : 0 info: extDynamicState3DepthClipEnable : 1 info: extDynamicState3RasterizationSamples : 0 info: extDynamicState3SampleMask : 0 info: VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock info: fragmentShaderSampleInterlock : 0 info: fragmentShaderPixelInterlock : 0 info: VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive info: extension supported : 1 info: VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library info: graphicsPipelineLibrary : 1 info: VK_EXT_memory_budget info: extension supported : 1 info: VK_EXT_memory_priority info: memoryPriority : 1 info: VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map info: nonSeamlessCubeMap : 1 info: VK_EXT_robustness2 info: robustBufferAccess2 : 1 info: robustImageAccess2 : 1 info: nullDescriptor : 1 info: VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier info: shaderModuleIdentifier : 1 info: VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export info: extension supported : 0 info: VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace info: extension supported : 0 info: VK_EXT_hdr_metadata info: extension supported : 1 info: VK_EXT_transform_feedback info: transformFeedback : 0 info: geometryStreams : 0 info: VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor info: vertexAttributeInstanceRateDivisor : 1 info: vertexAttributeInstanceRateZeroDivisor : 1 info: VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 info: extension supported : 1 info: VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 info: extension supported : 1 info: VK_NVX_binary_import info: extension supported : 0 info: VK_NVX_image_view_handle info: extension supported : 0 info: Queue families: info: Graphics : 0 info: Transfer : 1 info: Sparse : 0 warn: DXVK: No state cache file found info: DXVK: Graphics pipeline libraries supported info: D3D9DeviceEx::ResetSwapChain: info: Requested Presentation Parameters info: - Width: 3840 info: - Height: 2160 info: - Format: D3D9Format::A8R8G8B8 info: - Auto Depth Stencil: false info: ^ Format: D3D9Format::D24S8 info: - Windowed: false info: Presenter: Actual swap chain properties: info: Format: VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM info: Color space: VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR info: Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR info: Buffer size: 3840x2124 info: Image count: 3 info: Exclusive FS: 0 info: Setting display mode: 3840x2160@0 info: Setting display mode: 3840x2160@0 info: DXVK: Using 16 compiler threads info: D3D9: VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT -> VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT info: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: info: Driver: 531.79.0 info: Vulkan: 1.3.236 info: Memory Heap[0]: info: Size: 10067 MiB info: Flags: 0x1 info: Memory Type[1]: Property Flags = 0x1 info: Memory Heap[1]: info: Size: 16336 MiB info: Flags: 0x0 info: Memory Type[0]: Property Flags = 0x0 info: Memory Type[2]: Property Flags = 0x6 info: Memory Type[3]: Property Flags = 0xe info: Memory Heap[2]: info: Size: 214 MiB info: Flags: 0x1 info: Memory Type[4]: Property Flags = 0x7 info: Process set as DPI aware info: D3D9DeviceEx::ResetSwapChain: info: Requested Presentation Parameters info: - Width: 3840 info: - Height: 2160 info: - Format: D3D9Format::A8R8G8B8 info: - Auto Depth Stencil: false info: ^ Format: D3D9Format::D24S8 info: - Windowed: false info: Setting display mode: 3840x2160@144 info: Setting display mode: 3840x2160@144 warn: D3D9DeviceEx::QueryInterface: Unknown interface query warn: 4a5db83a-855b-445d-9bd7-a22b9ad1a220 warn: D3D9DeviceEx::QueryInterface: Unknown interface query warn: db6f6ddb-ac77-4e88-8253-819df9bbf140 info: Presenter: Actual swap chain properties: info: Format: VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM info: Color space: VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR info: Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR info: Buffer size: 3840x2160 info: Image count: 3 info: Exclusive FS: 0 warn: D3D9DeviceEx::SetRenderState: Unhandled render state 182 warn: D3D9DeviceEx::SetRenderState: Unhandled render state 183 info: D3D9DeviceEx::ResetSwapChain: info: Requested Presentation Parameters info: - Width: 3840 info: - Height: 2160 info: - Format: D3D9Format::A8R8G8B8 info: - Auto Depth Stencil: false info: ^ Format: D3D9Format::D24S8 info: - Windowed: false info: Setting display mode: 3840x2160@144 info: Setting display mode: 3840x2160@144

[mbriar]

The state cache missing is never a fatal error and it's also not useful anymore for d3d9 games.

[RomarioGee]

The state cache missing is never a fatal error and it's also not useful anymore for d3d9 games.

But what about all those warnings in the log???

[Blisto91]

Warnings are usually not fatal and most of the time not important. Tho can ofc be useful for debugging some issues types.

The dxvk state cache file is not created anymore unless needed. In the past a empty one would always be created even if it wasn't used.

info: DXVK: Graphics pipeline libraries supported

This is the feature that mostly has made them obsolete.

[mbriar]

None of those warnings matter. Your issue is probably that the game runs out of 32bit address space. You want to make sure that the .exe is patched to be large address aware so that it can use 4 instead of 2GB of RAM. You can find a patcher here: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/

[RomarioGee]

Thnx guys for such promptly response. I just installed big texture pack so that migh have been the problem (game uses 5500 of vram go figure). But I rather remove all mods and jus keep this amazing tool. I managed to make windows autohdr work in this game and it looks amazing. That exe fix might do the trick...I remeber something from Skyrim legendary edition.

[Blisto91]

big texture pack

Could you link it? Then i can try to check it out

[RomarioGee]

big texture pack Could you link it? Then i can try to check it out

I haven't tried the large address aware fix yet. As I am not at the pc right now. But if you have the game installed that would be great https://www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/105?tab=description&BH=1 The only other mod is fusion fix. And it's gta 4 complete edition on steam lateste version no downgrade. The game would crash after about an hour of play with no prompts. But yesterday after the texture pack. It was a popup with red cross sighn...that I ran out of video memory or something. Hope this helps

[Blisto91]

@RomarioGee Is this still an issue today? I tried the mod a while back but i am unsure if i got it running properly or was in the right area.

[K0bin]

Please can someone give me the correct way how to generate that state cache???

It should just work without you having to do anything.

[anthoncast]

It's weird cause sometimes DXVK will create cache, but its size will be just 1kb, even if the vulkan cache through steam is disabled and all.

It worked with Async sooooo, maybe you should try Async, it works for me to create cache and run the game smoothly.

[Blisto91]

State cache isn't used much anymore so that is expected