doesn't open on my laptop?

[Freezie]

i recently downloaded this on my laptop as i've been getting into it the past week. but everytime i try to open it, it just doesn't come up, the little menu does but once i click play it just closes. any ideas?

[Kornstalx]

Your laptop probably doesn't support the Vulkan graphics API, especially if all it has is the iGPU on the processor. You can check this by googling the exact specs on the laptop, or you can test it by trying to bypass the launcher. Goto:

...\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40000 Gladius - Relics of War\Binaries\Windows-x86_64

and try to launch the game directly from the executable ("Gladius").

If you get a Windows error with something about Vulkan, you found the problem.
Unfortunately the game requires Vulkan support and there's no way around it.

[Jey]

Originally posted by Kornstalx:

Unfortunately the game requires Vulkan support and there's no way around it.

That's not quite true.
By switching to the Legacy beta (which allows DLC only up to Chaos excluded), you can play without Vulkan support, albeit an older version and with only a few DLC.

[GreenBeanN1]

It's 2021.

If you don't have a videocard that support Vulcan don't buy this game and save it for a new laptop. It's kind of stupid to buy the game now and run a version of the game from may 2019.

[Freezie]

yep its vulkan that's stopping me, i'll just have to stick with playing this on my pc then.

[Kornstalx]

Originally posted by Freezie:

yep its vulkan that's stopping me, i'll just have to stick with playing this on my pc then.

FWIW, the game works great with RemotePlay if you just want the mobility of the laptop. I play on an old junkie i3 laptop no problem by using Steam to stream it from my desktop.

Only caveat is some desktop drivers don't like fullscreen Vulkan (stream client will show only black screen, but the host is playing just fine). Just set the game to run windowed at your laptop's native res. I use 1366x768 for my old laptop and to be honest you can't even tell the laptop is not rendering it; it looks and plays great over wifi.

[Freezie]

Originally posted by Kornstalx:

Originally posted by Freezie:

yep its vulkan that's stopping me, i'll just have to stick with playing this on my pc then.

FWIW, the game works great with RemotePlay if you just want the mobility of the laptop. I play on an old junkie i3 laptop no problem by using Steam to stream it from my desktop.

Only caveat is some desktop drivers don't like fullscreen Vulkan (stream client will show only black screen, but the host is playing just fine). Just set the game to run windowed at your laptop's native res. I use 1366x768 for my old laptop and to be honest you can't even tell the laptop is not rendering it; it looks and plays great over wifi.

i've tried streaming games before but it's really laggy and i'm not in need of my laptop all the time, just when my dad is working