To install the layer: Take the .json and .so files from the release or from your build. Place them in a Vulkan Implicit Layer load directory, such as "~/.local/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/" This installs the layer, but no game will load it unless instructed via the next step. To enable the layer: Before running the game, set the following environment variable: ENABLE_VK_NULLVRS_1=1 In Steam, this can be done by right clicking the game, Properties, and placing the following in the launch options: ENABLE_VK_NULLVRS_1=1 %command% I do not recommend setting the ENABLE_VK_NULLVRS_1 envrionemnt variable in any global, system-wide, or user-wide environment. I do not know how various anticheats would react to the layer being loaded. So, please only use it on a game-by-game basis.