Compling Shaders time

[Chris G]

Anyone else taking ages for compiling shaders to complete. Like...Hour+.

[BielFPs]

Yes

It used to compile only when we had a new update, now it's every time I open the game and it takes 30 minutes to finish.

[Camgar6969]

it definitely does take a hot minute.

[Lailantie]

It doesn't take long for me but the writing never disappears from my screen. Shaders are at 100% yet the writing remains.

[Chris G]

Originally posted by Camgar6969:

it definitely does take a hot minute.

The hottest of minutes.

[ynnus1986]

Yeah, on the Steam Deck it waited 30 Minutes for only 20 %, then I canceled it. That's not acceptable. Even more as it recompiles every time I start the game. That's not a proper cache, it's a one time use and throw aray.

[Black7en]

just switch the function off. its anm outdated feature that is only used by 1% of all systems

[[STD]Random Lead]

I'm going to assume something is wrong at an hour+. My longest was 5 minutes. First time i noticed it after getting my morning coffee. My system is beefy though. 16 core amd, 4070ti, gen 5 nvme, and 128GB ram. So i figure normal systems should be sub 30 at the worst. Unless it is a woefully old system.

[Chris G]

It resolved itself honestly, the first compile took an age, it tried to redo it again the next time I launched. Occasionally it'll pop up now and again but isn't around for long.

Yeah, pretty much resolved itself.

If I had to guess something went wrong compiling the first time.

[Night Writer]

You all need to edit your Shader Cache Settings for your graphics cards.
I set mine to 100GB, in the Nvidia Control panel, and I only compiled the first time, after I freshly installed the game. Every time I start the game now I jump right in and start playing. No compiling necessary. If you leave Shader Cache disabled, you will have performance hits (hitches)in certain areas when they need to load so i'd suggest leaving it enabled.

Go into Nvidia Control Panel> Manage 3D Settings> Scroll down to Shader Cache Size.
If its disabled turn it on, by selecting one of the drop down options. I use 100 GB.

Also you are supposed to let the shader compiling completely finish to 100% before playing, or it will take much longer.

Final NOTE: If you are not playing Enshrouded from an SSD (at the bare minimum) you are only hurting yourself. In reality you want a fast m.2 NVME drive. You can get a 1TB Gen 5 right now from Crucial for $150.00.. Load only the games you are currently playing on it, and offload your backlog to cheaper large format SSD's or large Spinning drives for storage.