Initially, the game didn't load at all until changing the Engine.ini.
- AppData\Roaming\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\Engine.ini
- <DirectXVersion>9</DirectXVersion>
There is no depth buffer information. Completely flat. It works fine for Anno 2070 which uses the same DirectX9 engine. Other effects work, such as Tonemapping/CAS.
I have tried addon support,
DXVK
(convert to Vulkan).