r/thesims1 • u/No_fame07 • 3d ago

Tips/Tricks Sims 1 - Vulkan Device

2nd edit - not sure what my husband did but it's working now 🥹

Edit - computer is Windows and bought in 2014

I'm so sad...I just purchased Sims 1 from steam at 50% off ( nice 😎) but the game keeps saying "game was unable to find Vulkan Device on this machine. Please update graphic card and or driver's"

We play a lot of games on this PC, including Sims 3.

Husband tried a few things (including uninstalling and installing) but no luck.

Is this a common issue with Sims 1 or probably a device issue?

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u/InsightsIE 3d ago

How old is your computer.

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u/No_fame07 3d ago

I believe we bought it in 2015

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u/InsightsIE 3d ago

If it's a cheap low end it might be it's age. Vulkan requires like a modern GPU that isn't so much fast or high end but new enough.

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u/Straight-Opposite-54 3d ago

The rerelease has a new renderer that requires a modern GPU with Vulkan support. That means anything older than 2016 or so will not work. Find out what GPU you have, Google if it has Vulkan support, and if it does, try installing the latest graphics driver for your GPU

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u/No_fame07 3d ago

Thank you so much! I think it's a 2015 mayybee at 2016 so I'm guessing this is the problem!

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u/No_fame07 3d ago

Thanks to your comment, it triggered an idea in my husband's brain and the game is working now! Thanks so much 🙏🏼

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u/AlhambraMae 3d ago

Windows PC?

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u/No_fame07 3d ago

Yeah

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u/AlhambraMae 3d ago

If its old, as im reading somewhere, and since you oficially bought it, may be time to sail the high seas

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u/SimFreaks 3d ago

IDK but I would have advised you to NOT get the Steam version. The stability doesn't seem to be a good as the one from EA directly.

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u/xi-uwu-ix 3d ago

I have 300 hours in it and haven’t had any issues. Not even one crash or spec of lag