I don't understand this. When it is preparing shaders it has a some blurb saying this only happens on first run of the game, when you change your graphic card, or update your graphics driver. But it does this every time I start the game. On top of this there is an option to turn off preparing shaders in the graphic options, which I have done, but it still prepares shaders anyway on game start up. Is this bugged? Is this happening to everyone?
Stop preparing shaders...5...10..25
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Iirc there is an option (might be hidden in a config file) where you can turn this off.
If you turn it off, you may see texture pop-in near planets or longer transition times. If you have plenty of RAM, leave it on as the game is front-loading some of the necessary textures rather than loading them as you fly around and causing stutter.
If you turn it off, you may see texture pop-in near planets or longer transition times. If you have plenty of RAM, leave it on as the game is front-loading some of the necessary textures rather than loading them as you fly around and causing stutter.
It does it every 5th time I start the game. Even if I don't change anything.
And you can only turn of the shaders but not the compute shaders for terrain.
And you can only turn of the shaders but not the compute shaders for terrain.
What it does after a change of driver or graphics card should be much longer than the normal start up of the game.
It is usually just checking that everything is in order if there are no changes.
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It is usually just checking that everything is in order if there are no changes.
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I've been wondering about this too - happens EVERY time.
I think I'd be happy if they just changed the wording.
I think I'd be happy if they just changed the wording.
Ah, thanks, I'll turn it back on then.
Troy_McClure
Banned
Takes literally 2 or 3 seconds - the launcher takes longer to appear..& for that matter, the game to visibly start up when I hit the button!!
..if this is one of the big problems in your life..in general, you are doing very well indeed!
..if this is one of the big problems in your life..in general, you are doing very well indeed!
Best part of a minute for me.
Your unwarranted sarcasm must be one of your biggest problems in life. I'm just asking whether this is bugged or not.
If you are on older AMD drivers (AFAIK the earliest drivers that support shader cache are the "Omega" releases), you need to manually create a profile for Elite Dangerous, and in there disable AMD-specific shader optimisation and enable shader cache. By now (drivers after mid-2015) that seems to work well automatically.
If you are on nvidia, hit drivers with a big stick so they don't install random versions every ten minutes
If you are on intel graphics, I'm really sorry for you.
If you are on nvidia, hit drivers with a big stick so they don't install random versions every ten minutes
If you are on intel graphics, I'm really sorry for you.
This game runs on intel graphics?
Surprisingly, sometimes yes, YMMV wildly for Horizons though. It also apparently runs on really old AMD chips with 2011 drivers that report negative 250MB VRAM.This game runs on intel graphics?
Not sure if it's a bug, the first time after a game update or changing drivers it will run, probaby taking 2-3 seconds for the normal shaders and 10-15sec for the compute shader preperation.
Each subsequent run I still see the little animation for preparing shaders but it only takes a fraction of the time, so I assume it's just checking the shaders are still cached from the previous run.
Each subsequent run I still see the little animation for preparing shaders but it only takes a fraction of the time, so I assume it's just checking the shaders are still cached from the previous run.
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Ian Phillips
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It's not a bug!
It recalculates every time it detects a different computer, driver, or game version. After the first time on each unique setup, it should whizz through.
It recalculates every time it detects a different computer, driver, or game version. After the first time on each unique setup, it should whizz through.
That's the thing. It does do it more often for some people. In my case every 5th start.
I have the shaders loading on every startup and they almost always whizz by relatively quickly.
I think the description that says, 'you will only see shaders loading on first launch, different computer, driver or game version' is misleading as it is not really an accurate description because it leaves everybody with the impression that shaders only load up when something has changed. To avoid confusion it would be more accurate to simply add a line to the description that says, "Loading shaders upfront is necesarry for a smoother and lag free transition when approaching planets and other in-game assets."