PC Version crashing with DX12 Only launches with Vulkan mod

[lewisjones]

PC Version crashing with DX12 Only launches with Vulkan mod

Hello everyone,

Just bought the last of us yesterday on steam and tried booting it up for the first time last night and it just straight up refuses to launch past the spinning coin intro screen tried all the various fixes online I could come across to no avail.

Until I stumbled upon the vulkan mod, which I was reluctant to use because it takes away dlss. But downloaded the mod to see if it is the API of directx12 and what would you know it launched first time and pre loaded the shader cache which I couldn’t even get to with dx12 just constantly crashing on the intro screen

I am still reluctant to be using Vulkan tho as I feel I shouldn’t have to comprise my experience just to get the game to work, is there any suggestions anyone has to get dx12 to work?

Specs (4070ti, RYZEN 7600x, 32GB DDR5 RAM)

All drivers up to date and latest version of windows installed.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by lewisjones:

latest version of windows installed.

What version and build are you on?

[Big Boss]

I just want to say that I’ve gone through every known and unknown fix to get this game to launch. I believe the game has some weird DirectX issue with the latest Windows 11 builds because, in the past, it launched and ran smoothly. The sad thing is that the developers will likely never update it or acknowledge the issue. You can check Event Viewer for crash logs, which provide an error code that might indicate certain problems you can "fix." However, I know it's not related to my hardware. I refuse to use the Vulkan mod due to the lack of DLSS and other issues.

I wish I could help, but for now, people experiencing this issue are stuck.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by Big Boss:

I just want to say that I’ve gone through every known and unknown fix to get this game to launch. I believe the game has some weird DirectX issue with the latest Windows 11 builds because, in the past, it launched and ran smoothly. The sad thing is that the developers will likely never update it or acknowledge the issue. You can check Event Viewer for crash logs, which provide an error code that might indicate certain problems you can "fix." However, I know it's not related to my hardware. I refuse to use the Vulkan mod due to the lack of DLSS and other issues.

I wish I could help, but for now, people experiencing this issue are stuck.

Have you tried to contact ND or open a ticket thru MSFT?

[Vox Maximus]

Originally posted by Big Boss:

I just want to say that I’ve gone through every known and unknown fix to get this game to launch. I believe the game has some weird DirectX issue with the latest Windows 11 builds because, in the past, it launched and ran smoothly. The sad thing is that the developers will likely never update it or acknowledge the issue. You can check Event Viewer for crash logs, which provide an error code that might indicate certain problems you can "fix." However, I know it's not related to my hardware. I refuse to use the Vulkan mod due to the lack of DLSS and other issues.

I wish I could help, but for now, people experiencing this issue are stuck.

W11 is a real menace.