From 4d25b8c97a776e3213232fd1dfba291ffba8a331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha Szpakowski <slime73@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:21:14 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] vulkan: fix initialization if love.graphics is loaded before
 love.window.

---
 src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
index d175fca3e..3ecdee31a 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <SDL3/SDL_vulkan.h>
 #include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>
+#include <SDL3/SDL_init.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ static void checkOptionalInstanceExtensions(OptionalInstanceExtensions& ext)
 Graphics::Graphics()
 	: love::graphics::Graphics("love.graphics.vulkan")
 {
+	// Needed for SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary, if graphics is loaded before the window.
+	if (!SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO))
+		throw love::Exception("Could not initialize SDL video subsystem (%s)", SDL_GetError());
+
 	if (!SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary(nullptr))
 		throw love::Exception("could not find vulkan");
 
@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@ Graphics::~Graphics()
 	vkDestroyInstance(instance, nullptr);
 
 	SDL_Vulkan_UnloadLibrary();
+	SDL_QuitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
 }
 
 // START OVERRIDEN FUNCTIONS