Cant switch renderer after reinstalling Windows

Hi there,

so after my performance went downhill after the last patch where GGG changed the particle system I decided to completely reinstall my Windows.

But now the renderer option is greyed out in-game.



There are alot of different posts here on the forum and on reddit but no solution helps. The game runs in 64bit. I tried changing it before and after the login screen, no change.

Funny enough I can switch to DirectX12 in the production_Config file by changing renderer_type=DirectX11 to DirectX12



But that doesnt work with Vulkan. The game just starts with DirectX11.

As you can see in the picture I have a fairly old GPU but I could still use Vulkan before I reinstalled.

I use the 536.67 driver version from Nvidia. Do I have to activate something in my Nvidia settings or something? Since I used an older driver before.


Edit: I just checked my GPU with GPU-Z and it really says my card doesnt support vulkan.. how the hell is that possible now



Do I need a seperate driver for it to work?

I solved the problem. I need the "Visual C++ 2008 / 2015 package".

Heres the link for Windows 10 if someone has the same problem in the near future:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Lifesaver. Thanks!