Can't launch the game after update

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Hadria
Posts: 4

Can't launch the game after update

Post#1 » Sun Aug 16, 2026 7:04 pm

I press play and get this error message:

DXVK self-test failed (Exception caught). The game will now crash.

This is likely caused by missing Vulkan 1.3 support. The DXVK log file
"VanillaFixes_d3d9.log" may have more information.

If you have an older GPU (R9 200/300, GTX 700), remove "d3d9.dll" to
use VanillaFixes without DXVK. Otherwise, try updating your drivers to
the latest version.

Then I check that log file to see and it shows me this message at the bottom lines:
warn: DXVK: No adapters found. Please check your device filter settings
warn: and Vulkan drivers. A Vulkan 1.3 capable setup is required.

I updated my drivers and also fresh reinstalled the game still same issue, however when I deactivate "dxvk" mod I can launch the game, but I don't see the "General" chat nor anybody talking there, only the guild...

This is all very annoying, I tried solving this myself but I couldn't so hopefully I'm not the only one with this issue and somebody can help.

Blindtongue
Posts: 38

Re: Can't launch the game after update

Post#2 » Mon Aug 17, 2026 2:35 am

same thing for me, only thing that works is deleting the d3g9.dll and starting the game manually via wow.exe....

thanks vanilla fixes for fucking up our game for literally no reason lol what a shitshow

Tinybutwhole
Posts: 31

Re: Can't launch the game after update

Post#3 » Mon Aug 17, 2026 4:57 pm

Same thing happens to me, after i click play and i enter the world the game freezes up every time.

i dont get any erro message tho, im using a gtx 970 gpu.

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