For NVIDIA Users:
For AMD Users:
For Intel Integrated GPU Users:
Why this works: Modern GPU drivers (released after 2018) include Vulkan 1.3+ support. The function
vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2is present in all Vulkan 1.1+ drivers. For NVIDIA Users:
Some emulators or older games bundle their own vulkan-1.dll inside their installation folder. If that bundled DLL is ancient, it will cause this error regardless of your system drivers. For AMD Users:
Once fixed, you can prevent this error from returning by following these best practices: For Intel Integrated GPU Users:
On Windows, you might need to verify that the Vulkan libraries are properly installed and registered. This can sometimes involve reinstalling the Vulkan runtime or ensuring that the correct version of the vulkan-1.dll file is present in your system directories or the directory of the application you're running.