Update brings demand for Vulkan?

[Gotist]

saw the update this morning. Now it wont start, but its because it needs vulkan. Hoping this is just a bug of the update. Is there any work around for this in the mean time?

[Bitwolf]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Lothar:

Vulkan was a requirement for the Legacy version from the beginning, since compared to the original game, they changed the renderer from the ancient DirectDraw to Vulkan, possibly by using Wined3d as a wrapper.

Without Vulkan support, it previously just crashed (these where the bug reports where installing the VS C++ redists _didn't_ help), and now it crashes with an error message (and not silently) if initializing the Vulkan renderer failed.

So it still has the same requirements, it just fails "gracefully".

WineD3D converts to OpenGL, so it's not that. I also don't think its DXVK, as MangoHud should have listed it as such, nor does it work with DX6, It may be an honest to god Vulkan port.

[scoopy79]

I'm getting this message too. So frustrating

[Jota]

Hi, Windows 11 laptop with only integrated AMD Radeon graphics card, I uninstalled the App "opencl opengl and vulkan compatibility pack" and now finally the game opens, thanks everyone for the support

[Steve T. Diva]

I am trying to get this running on an old laptop (Intel HD 3000 GPU):
- Sims 1 does not run because of missing Vulkan
- Sims 2 does run without any problems

Yes, i know that my gpu is way behind minimum specs, but i am confused why Sims 2 runs, but Sims 1 doesnt. I would have guessed that both games use the same "port"-engine in the Legacy Ports.

Maybe this is really a problem or error in the latest Sims 1 patch.
We will see soon (hopefully).

[Bitwolf]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Steve T. Diva:

Yes, i know that my gpu is way behind minimum specs, but i am confused why Sims 2 runs, but Sims 1 doesnt. I would have guessed that both games use the same "port"-engine in the Legacy Ports.

There is no "port engine" for either, they both use their original engines, Sims 1 just traded DX6 support for Vulkan.

[lianzave]

Same problem but I can't find those programs to uninstall ): I've alredy re installed the game but it doesn't work

[Gotist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Steve T. Diva:

I am trying to get this running on an old laptop (Intel HD 3000 GPU):
- Sims 1 does not run because of missing Vulkan
- Sims 2 does run without any problems

Yes, i know that my gpu is way behind minimum specs, but i am confused why Sims 2 runs, but Sims 1 doesnt. I would have guessed that both games use the same "port"-engine in the Legacy Ports.

Maybe this is really a problem or error in the latest Sims 1 patch.
We will see soon (hopefully).

ive got a dell latitude with Intel HD 3000, i refunded because it sounds like the game just wont be available for older systems

Adding on--- I might try 2 later though if that will work. super bummer to be able to play bioshock, but some how sims 1 is just not doable though

[Bitwolf]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Gotist:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Steve T. Diva:

I am trying to get this running on an old laptop (Intel HD 3000 GPU):
- Sims 1 does not run because of missing Vulkan
- Sims 2 does run without any problems

Yes, i know that my gpu is way behind minimum specs, but i am confused why Sims 2 runs, but Sims 1 doesnt. I would have guessed that both games use the same "port"-engine in the Legacy Ports.

Maybe this is really a problem or error in the latest Sims 1 patch.
We will see soon (hopefully).

ive got a dell latitude with Intel HD 3000, i refunded because it sounds like the game just wont be available for older systems

Adding on--- I might try 2 later though if that will work. super bummer to be able to play bioshock, but some how sims 1 is just not doable though

I mean, the point of this release was to get it working on modern computers, which sometimes means breaking compatibility with older systems.

A majority of Sims 1's problems were caused by the fact it ran DX6, so moving it to a new graphic api was the only option, if not Vulkan it would have been DX12 or 11, none of which work with that particular card.

[Gotist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Bitwolf:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Gotist:

ive got a dell latitude with Intel HD 3000, i refunded because it sounds like the game just wont be available for older systems

Adding on--- I might try 2 later though if that will work. super bummer to be able to play bioshock, but some how sims 1 is just not doable though

I mean, the point of this release was to get it working on modern computers, which sometimes means breaking compatibility with older systems.

A majority of Sims 1's problems were caused by the fact it ran DX6, so moving it to a new graphic api was the only option, if not Vulkan it would have been DX12 or 11, none of which work with that particular card.

I know the intent was for it to work on modern systems. I was just excited to see a legitimate way to play 1, that i hadn't considered if it would work for a dino.

[76561199822914446]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Jota:

Hi, Windows 11 laptop with only integrated AMD Radeon graphics card, I uninstalled the App "opencl opengl and vulkan compatibility pack" and now finally the game opens, thanks everyone for the support

Can someone tell me how to do this?

[Gotist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af gregpphoto:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Jota:

Hi, Windows 11 laptop with only integrated AMD Radeon graphics card, I uninstalled the App "opencl opengl and vulkan compatibility pack" and now finally the game opens, thanks everyone for the support

Can someone tell me how to do this?

They will be found in your add/remove program list. If they are not there you should make sure your system is Vulkan compatible.