Stuck in "compiling shaders"

[SnakeJuice]

Anyone els having this problem?

[Stalker2010]

Same, been 8 minutes now.

[Alt0153]

SOLUTION
For AMD - delete folders in AppData\Local\AMD
For NVIDIA - delete folders in AppData\Local\NVIDIA

[trainee]

I ran into this issue too. Just kill the stalker 2 game and restart it, and the shaders compilation will finish on next bootup.

[Alt0153]

Originally posted by trainee:

I ran into this issue too. Just kill the stalker 2 game and restart it, and the shaders compilation will finish on next bootup.

not true, i restarted 4 times and it didnt work until i deleted the cache

[vvilku]

Originally posted by Alt0153:

SOLUTION
For AMD - delete folders in AppData\Local\AMD
For NVIDIA - delete folders in AppData\Local\NVIDIA

Doesn't help (at least on AMD).

[k8Faust]

First boot after update is incredibly slow but should eventually complete. That said, first time the game stopped responding as I was tabbing in and out to mess with other windows, but second time completed after 10+ minutes.

[Zulu]

Originally posted by trainee:

I ran into this issue too. Just kill the stalker 2 game and restart it, and the shaders compilation will finish on next bootup.

Worked for me, thanks.

[Iamlegend]

Same for me. I'm a bit afraid that something went wrong, the first start is more important (longer) than the next. Can't advise it, but i prefer to reinstall the game.

[vvilku]

Originally posted by k8Faust:

First boot after update is incredibly slow but should eventually complete. That said, first time the game stopped responding as I was tabbing in and out to mess with other windows, but second time completed after 10+ minutes.

Nope. Mine crashed at around 40%, with UE debugger popping up, so no, it's not a matter of it being slow.

[-GK- Paladin]

If you are having long compiling, try clearing shader cache in Windows settings (using Windows 11, not sure if you can do this on 10). System -> storage -> temporary files -> DirectX shader cache. Worked for me. Should only compile once, after it should just be a couple seconds every time you start the game.

[Kacki Ben]

same cant play the game

[MessaRanger]

AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved - delete Config and GameSettings then Check ingame files via Steam - works for me

[Fantarama]

Same for me, stop responding while compiling; in task manager the executable has 0% cpu with 3GB RAM allocated

[MarcosFelipe94]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin:

If you are having long compiling, try clearing shader cache in Windows settings (using Windows 11, not sure if you can do this on 10). System -> storage -> temporary files -> DirectX shader cache. Worked for me. Should only compile once, after it should just be a couple seconds every time you start the game.

Thanks, this fixed for me.

[nighteternal]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin:

If you are having long compiling, try clearing shader cache in Windows settings (using Windows 11, not sure if you can do this on 10). System -> storage -> temporary files -> DirectX shader cache. Worked for me. Should only compile once, after it should just be a couple seconds every time you start the game.

Looks like it works for me.
At least shader compiling still in progress, not hanging