The release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle attracted a whole lot of players to try the game out, but their expectations were met with hiccups. From encountering Failed to allocate video memory errors to high CPU/GPU utilization issues, it just goes to show that the game isn’t well optimized. In addition to this, there’s another issue that’s been restricting players from accessing the game. It is the Missing Vulkan Device Extension error. Due to this, the game fails to launch. So, if you have encountered the same, you must now be thinking about how to fix it, right? We have all the details regarding the same in this guide, so consider reading until the end.
When launching the game, if you encounter a window stating the following, then this means your GPU is at fault:
English: Missing Vulkan device extension(s), please update your graphics driver or GPU:
-VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations
-VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
-VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
-VK_KHR_ray_query
The cause of this error is simple. The commands aren’t available on your Vulkan device (GPU) due to either outdated drivers or the GPU itself doesn’t support them. If it is the former, then a simple driver update will fix the issue. But if it is the latter, a GPU upgrade is necessary to play the game.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Missing Vulkan device extension Error: Is there any fix yet
Update GPU Drivers
This error often occurs when your GPU drivers are outdated. To get rid of this problem, simply head over to the official website of your GPU manufacturer and then download the latest drivers for your GPU. After downloading, install the update and restart your PC. Next, launch the game to check whether the issue persists.
GPU Upgrade
Well, if the above-mentioned workaround didn’t fix the issue, we have bad news for you. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle comes with ray tracing by default. Due to this feature being non-toggleable, you will at least need an RTX 2060 GPU to play the game. So, even if you have a GTX 1080, you won’t be able to run the game because the GPU doesn’t support ray tracing. For this reason, the commands that are required to be run by your GPU to run the game aren’t found. So, a GPU upgrade is the need of the hour if you want to play the game.
So, for now, this is all we know about the Missing Vulkan device extension error in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. If you find this guide informative, consider visiting Android Gram for more such content on a daily basis.
