GM2 games crashing on Win7 + VxKex Next

[nubedroid04]

first they boot with api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll error, ok...
then i toggle normal VxKex and then these errors triggered (each respectly under probably the same engine, GM2??)
i'm under win7 SP1 + intel hd 520, should not run with issues as these games directly support DX11
am i missing something?

[YuZhouRen86]

The game calls some 2D graphics API which introduced in Windows 8.

[clst]

I made a different GM2 game work by stubbing user32-MessageBoxW. Not a clean solution, just as a test.

I ran into another issue where the saved game data and options didn't work because what should have been files in %LOCALAPPDATA% had been created as directories.

The other game was Alone With You (Epic Store version).

[ntt]

Try using dxvk 1.10.3 with GM2 games. Works for every such game for me.

[clst]

Try using dxvk 1.10.3 with GM2 games. Works for every such game for me.

That only works if you have a GPU with Vulkan drivers though.

[ntt]

Try using dxvk 1.10.3 with GM2 games. Works for every such game for me.

That only works if you have a GPU with Vulkan drivers though.

Huh, according to this, that iGPU does actually support Vulkan:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/hd-graphics-520-mobile.c2783

Do the win7 drivers not support it then?