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NeoRaider Nov 9, 2020 @ 1:26am
Please Remove Shaders Optimization Every Time We Start The Game
For me it takes around 20-25 minutes for this process to complete on SSD and with 8GB of RAM. This is really not a solution and i don't remember any recent game doing this every time we start the game. And even when i let it finish to 100% i am having long loading times and performance isses, can't even restart the game because it will start optimizing shaders every single time.
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MajorLeandro Nov 9, 2020 @ 4:10am 
If you starts playing, the optimizations stops, but i agree this needs to stop, in a little while there's going to be a hole in my ssd.
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ehyder Nov 9, 2020 @ 7:13am 
This is crazy behavior. I had no idea this is what the last update was going to do. I thought it was supposed to reduce the time spent in optimization?
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NeoRaider Nov 9, 2020 @ 8:42am 
Originally posted by ehyder:
This is crazy behavior. I had no idea this is what the last update was going to do. I thought it was supposed to reduce the time spent in optimization?
No, now it does it every time you start the game. You can leave it to be done in the background but it tanks the performance and introduces even more stuttering.
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ehyder Nov 9, 2020 @ 9:35am 
Originally posted by NeoRaider:
Originally posted by ehyder:
This is crazy behavior. I had no idea this is what the last update was going to do. I thought it was supposed to reduce the time spent in optimization?
No, now it does it every time you start the game. You can leave it to be done in the background but it tanks the performance and introduces even more stuttering.
Yes, I noticed when I finally started the game after the update. And had stuttering again even after I had waited through the optimization process.
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EzioMaverick Nov 9, 2020 @ 10:48pm 
Originally posted by Monarca:
If you starts playing, the optimizations stops, but i agree this needs to stop, in a little while there's going to be a hole in my ssd.
It stops, but it doesn't fix the problem.
For eg : If you skip the optimization step, you get super long load times, and this applies to fast travel as well.
And not to mention horrible stutters.

So you have to wait 20 mins everytime you launch the game for the opti to complete.
Last edited by EzioMaverick; Nov 9, 2020 @ 10:52pm
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babone Nov 9, 2020 @ 10:57pm 
strange, it came 3-4 times for me and now not at all
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Das_P0m Nov 10, 2020 @ 12:58am 
On my end it appears every time I leave the game after playing and comming to the main menu.
But yeah... it still remains and keep doing this. I think it has been done for 10 times so far.
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Dee Nov 10, 2020 @ 11:18am 
wow. really? just popped in to check the forums one last time before hitting that purchase button.

this is a complete show-stopper. OP saved me a good bunch of buckaroonies, thanks.
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Misery Nov 10, 2020 @ 11:23am 
Can confirm. For me it takes about 5 minutes, and while it's doing so hogs 100% cpu, so playing while it's trying to optimize is hell. Once it's done it's great. But the fact this happens every time you start the game is annoying as hell.
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Psychic Nov 10, 2020 @ 1:49pm 
It doesn't start every time you start the game, why are you all saying that.
It only caches the shaders after you update your drivers, that's it. If you don't update your drivers it will only do it once and that's it.

Obviously, if you don't wait until it finishes (100%) it will keep loading them until it's finished.
Last edited by Psychic; Nov 10, 2020 @ 1:50pm
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Chispon Nov 10, 2020 @ 1:56pm 
The game ran fine for me since 1.03 but this last patch introduced some annoying stutters I never had before. I wish I could revert back to 1.06, it was flawless and I didn't have to wait 5 to 10 minutes before playing... I don't know what they were thinking...
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Hollyrious Nov 10, 2020 @ 2:06pm 
Originally posted by Psychic:
It doesn't start every time you start the game, why are you all saying that.
It only caches the shaders after you update your drivers, that's it. If you don't update your drivers it will only do it once and that's it.

Obviously, if you don't wait until it finishes (100%) it will keep loading them until it's finished.

Incorrect. I have made zero changes to my PC, let it finish COMPLETELY, played for 2~ hours, closed, reopened immediately and it immediately started again. It's not working as it should.
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Psychic Nov 10, 2020 @ 2:09pm 
To me it did it today after I updated my drivers.
After that, I started the game several times, hasn't done anything again. And before I updated the drivers it wasn't doing it either, so yeah.

Working fine on my side.
Last edited by Psychic; Nov 10, 2020 @ 2:11pm
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Chispon Nov 10, 2020 @ 2:24pm 
Originally posted by Psychic:
To me it did it today after I updated my drivers.
After that, I started the game several times, hasn't done anything again. And before I updated the drivers it wasn't doing it either, so yeah.

Working fine on my side.
Just wait a few seconds and it will compile shaders again.
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EzioMaverick Nov 10, 2020 @ 9:22pm 
Originally posted by Psychic:
To me it did it today after I updated my drivers.
After that, I started the game several times, hasn't done anything again. And before I updated the drivers it wasn't doing it either, so yeah.

Working fine on my side.

Once again, the part about optimising after driver update was in 1.06.
With 1.07 it is on every single launch, open the game and sit in menu for 5
mins, you will see the optimisation begin in the right hand corner.
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