I have tried everything but I still can't run vulkan

[SS]

Whenever I try to run doom with vulkan on i always get an error starting with
FATAL ERROR: vkCreateInstance failed with error
I use the rx 480 so it should give me a performance boost
I have tried using ddu, and installing new drivers. Nothing will work.
I already know about using opengl, but I want to use vulkan for the performance boost. Please help.

[SS]

Help please

[i am djent]

i'm having the same problem -_-

[Vyvyvn]

Did either of you actually download and install the Vulkan API? Just running the game without it won't work.

[SS]

i did

[fenderjaguar]

What CPU do you have?

[margalus]

What driver version did you install? And what operating system?

[Michael]

You need to manually install vulkan the nvidia won't do it for you.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Michael:

You need to manually install vulkan the nvidia won't do it for you.

umm, no. If you have the game patched and have the proper drivers, that is all you need.

[Samael]

Originally posted by Michael:

You need to manually install vulkan the nvidia won't do it for you.

No you don't.

[Michael]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Michael:

You need to manually install vulkan the nvidia won't do it for you.

umm, no. If you have the game patched and have the proper drivers, that is all you need.

Originally posted by Samael:

Originally posted by Michael:

You need to manually install vulkan the nvidia won't do it for you.

No you don't.

The drivers I downloaded from Nvidia.com 368.22 didn't auto install vulkan. I had to manually go into c:\nvidia and under Display.driver in the driver folder and run VulkanRT-Installer.exe and then vulkan worked just fine.

[Samael]

Originally posted by Michael:

Originally posted by margalus:

umm, no. If you have the game patched and have the proper drivers, that is all you need.

Originally posted by Samael:

No you don't.

The drivers I downloaded from Nvidia.com 368.22 didn't auto install vulkan. I had to manually go into c:\nvidia and under Display.driver in the driver folder and run VulkanRT-Installer.exe and then vulkan worked just fine.

Well did you check the Vulkan API checkbox in the installation ? The option is there. If you did click it and it didnt install... thats not normal. Not saying it cant happen tho :P

[margalus]

Originally posted by Michael:

Originally posted by margalus:

umm, no. If you have the game patched and have the proper drivers, that is all you need.

Originally posted by Samael:

No you don't.

The drivers I downloaded from Nvidia.com 368.22 didn't auto install vulkan. I had to manually go into c:\nvidia and under Display.driver in the driver folder and run VulkanRT-Installer.exe and then vulkan worked just fine.

I never downloaded anything extra, nor did I have to select any Vulkan API checkbox during install. After the game patch came out I just started the game up and selected Vulkan in the advanced options and it worked. On 2 different computers. One with a 970 and one with a 980Ti. 368.69 drivers.

[Michael]

Originally posted by Samael:

Originally posted by Michael:

The drivers I downloaded from Nvidia.com 368.22 didn't auto install vulkan. I had to manually go into c:\nvidia and under Display.driver in the driver folder and run VulkanRT-Installer.exe and then vulkan worked just fine.

Well did you check the Vulkan API checkbox in the installation ? The option is there. If you did click it and it didnt install... thats not normal. Not saying it cant happen tho :P

I don't remember. I usually do a custom install and so I would have unchecked geforce experience and could have unchecked vulkan, however, unlikely because I uninstalled the drivers for vulkan support but had nothing to test vulkan with till a few days ago when I purchased Doom. I did install the drivers months ago though. I did help one other person that didn't have vulkan installed with there drivers either, so who knows.

I always run each Nvidia drivers through a list of programs and games after install because some drivers will crash my system I quickly remove bum drivers and reinstall the last stable driver because 24/7 stability is more important than a few extra fps. People are even reporting Doom crashing with and without vulkan, I've not experienced anything of the sort with 368.22. I did get my guy stuck on a vent and had to reload the game. Unlike most people I also do system backups to avoid windows corruption. Five minutes to restore a backup is awesome!

[Michael]

Here's a vulkan driver people can try if they are having problems.

https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver