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and if you don't compile the shaders the game will just crash (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Rin@lemm.ee to c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world

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I use Nixos btw

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 👍

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

[–] Iapar@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't help me either

[–] Spectrism@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Have you tried allowing background processing of Vulkan shaders?

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

mihawk90 explains it here really well. I'm too dumb to summerise this

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/what-is-a-shader-cache-and-why-does-it-take-so-long-to-compile/176196/3