Is it possible to play without Vulkan?

[RX359Z2]

So my brother's gaming computer is what we play no mans sky on, but he leaves to go to college and stuff. I only have an intel HD4400. Is it possible to use opengl or directx as an alternative or should i just downgrade the game to the latest version before vulkan was implemented.

[Lindy Bomber]

You can not play with the Beyond update or anything after that. There is a way to roll the game back to NEXT, and you could play that, but you will not have access to any of the updates.

Ya, I know that sucks.

[Kaeru Gaman]

honestly, not only for NMS but for all recent games I recommend buying a dedicated grafix card.
you should get an older gforce for under 100,-
onboard grafix just isn't worth the hussle.

[Harbingerman]

Ask Spock ... someone else did in another thread ! ( troll alert !? < )

[anonbc2000]

Originally posted by RX359Z2:

So my brother's gaming computer is what we play no mans sky on, but he leaves to go to college and stuff. I only have an intel HD4400. Is it possible to use opengl or directx as an alternative or should i just downgrade the game to the latest version before vulkan was implemented.

I assume you (RX359Z2) have a laptop or notebook???
Unfortunately the Intel 4400 OR 5000 series weren't supported when NMS was new in 2016. Anyways with Vulkan being required in August 2019 it definitely won't run.


Maybe old archived version of vanilla NMS might run if you can actually find the right versions of NMS and old version of the graphics drivers???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfq4yD_mYtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM5P6ipNm3Q

A quick glance at several old topics about this, and seems like very few actually got it to work.

[Liralen]

i7-4790k, with a GTX 1070 GPU (really old stuff) plays NMS with no performance issues at all, without Vulkan.

Even a first gen CPU with a newer GPU works just fine.

[Kaeru Gaman]

1) Vulkan is the successor of openGL.
technically, 'running with Vulkan' means 'running with openGL'

2) 'newer' GForge cards ( I consider the 1070 not old ) support Vulkan automatically (driversides), like older did with openGL

3) an "Intel HD 4400" is an onboard grafix, means, it's integrated in the CPU, this PC has no dedicated grafix card. such machines are suitable for Mahjjong and Candy Crush, not for games with a halfways modern 3D environment, and for sure not for NMS.
even if you would get Vulkan running on that rig, it will mercyless croak in the try running NMS.

buy a grafic card.

[Liralen]

Originally posted by Kaeru Gaman:

1) Vulkan is the successor of openGL.
technically, 'running with Vulkan' means 'running with openGL'

2) 'newer' GForge cards ( I consider the 1070 not old ) support Vulkan automatically (driversides), like older did with openGL

3) an "Intel HD 4400" is an obboard grafix, means, it's integrated in the CPU, this PC has no dedicated grafix card. such machines are suitable for Mahjjong and Candy Crush, not for games with a halfways modern 3D environment, and for sure not for NMS.
even if you would get Vulkan running on that rig, it will mercyless croak in the try running NMS.
buy a grafic card.

Yep, exactly my point. Onboard graphics is not a gaming PC.

[Uriel]

Originally posted by Liralen:

Yep, exactly my point. Onboard graphics is not a gaming PC.

OP mentionned that the gaming pC is his brother's, who leaving for college and likely taking the PC with him. We're talking about 2 different machines here. Also, chances are, if OP only has integrated graphics, he's playing on a laptop and can't upgrade to a real GPU...

[Asmosis]

You will need to run a version of NMS prior to BEYOND update, before Vulkan was required.

*edit*
actually sounds like you might not be able to run NMS (any version) on your computer. might be worth a shot combining old NMS version with other potato performance options.

Here is how to use Steam to download prior versions of games:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1086279994

[manraym]

Originally posted by Asmosis:

You will need to run a version of NMS prior to BEYOND update, before Vulkan was required.

*edit*
actually sounds like you might not be able to run NMS (any version) on your computer. might be worth a shot combining old NMS version with other potato performance options.

Here is how to use Steam to download prior versions of games:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1086279994

Tried this, but the console says the manifest was unaccessible (or something like that, not sure of the exact wording). Tried a workaround by using the process in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HBxzC_RTg&feature=youtu.be
Still no luck, says I need a vulkan driver on launch, any other ideas?

[Rexxer]

I occasionally play on a laptop with a dubious onboard graphics chip. It does work, not well, but it does work. When the Vulkan based NMS was introduced it had a ton of bugs too, so be sure you have the latest version. I basically quit the game for awhile until the bugs were ironed out. Seems ok, loads games faster.

[Wizard of Woz]

Originally posted by User:

Yep, they basically just took your money and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ you right over. Typical modern games. People spend more time having to mod/fix bugs to even make the game playable these days. I'm very tempted to delete my steam account and move on with my life. Gaming is dead.

Wow over react much?

[manraym]

Originally posted by Rexxer:

I occasionally play on a laptop with a dubious onboard graphics chip. It does work, not well, but it does work. When the Vulkan based NMS was introduced it had a ton of bugs too, so be sure you have the latest version. I basically quit the game for awhile until the bugs were ironed out. Seems ok, loads games faster.

What OS and Graphics card you got? I have Win 7 and on board graphics card as well but mine keeps crashing on launch.

[japp_02]

Too much bla, bla here...The answer is a clear NO, without Vulkan you can at best revert to a pre-Beyond game version (if possible with Steam) and you should never update the game so you would need to always play it offline. Lame.

But the initial question is the wrong one, because Intel cards do not support the game (2 or 3 do but I dismiss those), you need a DEDICATED Grafic card with 2+ GB VRAM, one that supports Vulkan with its latest drivers.

[Rexxer]

Originally posted by manraym:

Originally posted by Rexxer:

I occasionally play on a laptop with a dubious onboard graphics chip. It does work, not well, but it does work. When the Vulkan based NMS was introduced it had a ton of bugs too, so be sure you have the latest version. I basically quit the game for awhile until the bugs were ironed out. Seems ok, loads games faster.

What OS and Graphics card you got? I have Win 7 and on board graphics card as well but mine keeps crashing on launch.

The laptop uses Win 10 and the MX150 graphics chip which is a mobile nVidia chip, but it is about half as capable as a 1050. In order to run NMS on this laptop, I have to keep it plugged in as the power drain is too great for the battery to keep up, causing the game to repeatedly crash in a battery loading only situation. Even if an external battery is added, it's not enough to keep NMS from minimizing when the load exceeds its capabilities....at least it just minimizes the game rather than crashing it.

When it's plugged in though, I can get a passably usable game, but the settings are kept at a low to mediocre level.