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and if you don't compile the shaders the game will just crash (i.imgflip.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Rin@lemm.ee to c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world
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I use Nixos btw

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[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Every single time I launch Skyrim it wants to compile shaders.
First time I let it run its course, it took 30 minutes.
Second time I thought it should be faster. Nope, 30 minutes.
Now I just skip it.
Then I have to click "no" on a popup window that says "Steam is not responding, want to kill it?" 5-6 times.
Then it launches normally.

Linux verified, Gold rating on ProtonDB btw ๐Ÿ‘

(still no clue what shaders are or why they need to be compiled at launch)

[โ€“] Iapar@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is an option in steam which caches(saves) a version of the shaders so you don't have to download it every time you launche.

[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just checked, I have 4GB of shaders stored, but it doesn't seem to help.

[โ€“] Rin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It doesn't help me either

[โ€“] Spectrism@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Have you tried allowing background processing of Vulkan shaders?

[โ€“] atocci@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does this processing even mean? What's it doing before the game launches?