Feature Request: A770 enable vulkan "shaderStorageImageMultisample" to be able to run X-Plane 12

[ThomasW]

Hi all,

First time posting: I recently built a system with an Arc A770 card.  I'm running driver 31.0.101.4257.  I really like the card and its performance.  The only issue I'm having is I can't even install X-Plane 12.  The installer log shows "Failed to initialize vulkan" due to a lack of support for "shaderStorageImageMultisample" which apparently is required to even install X-Plane 12, let alone run it.  I was running 31.0.101.4255 with the same result.  Is there any plan to implement this feature in a future driver, or any kind of work-around?  From what I've read on forums, X-Plane (Laminar Research) has no intention to work on fixing this issue.   I really hope there's something Intel can do with the driver to allow this feature.

Please see the install log below for details.

Thanks much,

Thomas

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Installer log.txt for X-Plane Installer 5.03r1 (add3e0cec067c95dbc68db40eda2ef94020ec0ba)
Compiled on Jan 27 2023 09:22:39
Installer Started on Sun Apr 2 00:19:30 2023

This log file is generated automatically by Laminar Research applications and contains diagnostics about your graphics hardware, installation, and any error conditions.
If you need to contact tech support or file a bug, please send us this file. NOTE: this file is rewritten every time you start ANY of your X-System applications.

Windows 10.0 (build 19045/2)
This is a 64-bit version of Windows.
CPU type: 8664
Physical Memory (total for computer): 34101526528
Maximum Virtual Memory (for X-Plane only): 140737488224256
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686
CPU 0: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K Speed (mhz): 3686

X-System folder:'', case sensitive=0

No UBOs if GLSL < 1.5 or buf storage isn't supported.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnTexImage. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnUniformdv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnMapdv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnMapfv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnMapiv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnPixelMapfv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnPixelMapuiv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnPixelMapusv. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnPolygonStipple. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnColorTable. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnConvolutionFilter. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnSeparableFilter. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnHistogram. This is a problem with your video driver.
WARNING: extension missing proc glGetnMinmax. This is a problem with your video driver.
Vulkan Layers : VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay (1), VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize (1)
0:00:00.000 W/GFX/VK: Unknown device vendor ID 8086, for device Intel(R) Arc(TM) A770 Graphics (skipping)
0:00:00.000 E/GFX/VK: Failed to find a suitable device. This is what was found:
0:00:00.000 E/GFX/VK: Intel(R) Arc(TM) A770 Graphics reported: Your graphics card or drivers cannot run X-Plane, because they don't support one or more required features. Please try updating your graphics drivers.
shaderStorageImageMultisample
0:00:00.000 E/GFX/VK: Picked bridge device: Intel(R) Arc(TM) A770 Graphics
0:00:00.000 E/GFX: Failed to initialize Vulkan
0:00:00.000 E/GFX: Vulkan layer reported: Your graphics card or drivers cannot run X-Plane, because they don't support one or more required features. Please try updating your graphics drivers.
shaderStorageImageMultisample
0:00:00.000 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: X-Plane failed to initialize Vulkan and can't run.
0:00:00.000 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: Your graphics card or drivers cannot run X-Plane, because they don't support one or more required features. Please try updating your graphics drivers.
shaderStorageImageMultisample
0:00:00.000 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: See the Log.txt file for detailed error information.
0:00:00.000 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert:

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