[Crash] *SOLVED* With X4 7.5 Vulkan crashes when I turn off my monitor

[user1679]

I have an NVIDIA RTX 3060 with driver version 572.60, connected using Display Port on Windows 10 Pro.

** Solution **

The solution for me was to roll back my driver to 566.36 (Studio Version). After the rollback, I started X4 and turned off my monitor. After a little while I heard the background music playing. When I turned on my monitor I noticed a different behavior than with the 572.60 driver. With the newer driver, my display would come on, then after a few seconds it would go blank for a second, then come back on. Almost as if there was some sort of GPU reset happening. Maybe this is why Vulkan would crash, it doesn't do this with the 566.36 driver, it comes on and stays on.


Original post:

Since updating to 7.5, if I turn off my monitor, it will cause the following Vulkan crash. I'm not sure why turning off the monitor would make the GPU undiscoverable:




The interesting thing is if I do it while the game is loading, I get the above error. If I do it after the game has loaded, it crashes without any error.


* 2025-03-13 - edited to specify RTX 3060, not just "3060"

[CBJ]

At a guess, Vulkan no longer having any display devices to use probably makes it rather unhappy. I will also hazard a guess that you're playing in fullscreen mode. If you switch to borderless windowed mode, you might find Vulkan can cope a bit better.

[user1679]

At a guess, Vulkan no longer having any display devices to use probably makes it rather unhappy. I will also hazard a guess that you're playing in fullscreen mode. If you switch to borderless windowed mode, you might find Vulkan can cope a bit better.

Thanks, but I am already in borderless window. I also updated the OP because it actually happens at any time - even after the game has loaded. Turning off the monitor doesn't cause other Vulkan games to crash. This is quite strange.

[CBJ]

Thanks for reporting back your solution. It would be good if you could file a report with NVidia support about the driver issue. They would probably like to know!

[user1679]

Thanks for reporting back your solution. It would be good if you could file a report with NVidia support about the driver issue. They would probably like to know!

I submitted their driver feedback form.