--- title: D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The... description: D7VK v1.8 has been released, bringing proper CPU-based ProcessVertices call support that fixes rendering issues in various legacy Direct3D games. The release... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/d7vk-v1-8-continues-improving-legacy-direct3d-atop-the-vulkan-api-g5zmfluff twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The Vulkan API | daily.dev og:description: D7VK v1.8 has been released, bringing proper CPU-based ProcessVertices call support that fixes rendering issues in various legacy Direct3D games. 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D7VK implements legacy Direct3D APIs (D3D3 through D3D7) on top of Vulkan, building on DXVK's foundation used in Steam Play (Proton). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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