how to clear shader cache for dummy's

[SilverX95]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpUWoCMpPd8

for windows 10:
Go to your Start menu, search for "Disk Cleanup", and open the tool.
Select Drive: Choose the drive where your Windows is installed (usually C:).
Check DirectX Shader Cache: In the list of files to clean, make sure only "DirectX Shader Cache" is checked.
Click OK: Confirm the deletion by clicking "OK".

for NVIDIA:
To clear the Nvidia shader cache, open the Nvidia Control Panel, navigate to "Manage 3D Settings", turn off the "Shader Cache" option, apply changes, then manually delete the cache files located in your user profile's AppData folder by going to "AppData\Local\Temp\NVIDIA" and deleting the contents of the "DXCache" and "GLCache" folders.

AMD folder:
AppData\Local\AMD

make sure you clear all the temp files for both AMD and Nvidia and temp files in Windows.
might have to do a system restart before it lets you Delete them.

also the file in
AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved
the (upipelinecache) file if there is one

Steam:
SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache

windows path
Steam\steamapps\shadercache

the upipelinecache file is here: suggestions by königplatzen
<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/compatdata/1643320/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Stalker2/Saved/

shadercache on Linux/Proton:
<SteamLibrary>/steamapps/shadercache/1643320/


after the 1.1.2 patch you might have to clear shader cache a few times as there some odd bug with compiling shaders for me it took 3 times

as of 1.1.3 there's a popup box that will says shader compilation failed and it will skip it
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1643320/announcements/detail/525330030617690997

other problems that could cause crashing or slow shader compile could be
XMP is turned on in the bios for the RAM, that can cause crashing for some games.
bad overclock.
bad hardware.
broken OS.
broken drivers or bad driver install.

how to fix windows files:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e

Type cmd in the Search box.
Run Command Prompt as administrator.
In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and press Enter. It may take several minutes for the command operation to be completed.

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

after that's done run

sfc /scannow

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by JoeRifle:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

The latest game patch GSC disabled the shader warmup. Which I've been doing since 1.01

nope. still warms them up. remove you ini setting and see for yourself. it will skip compilation though if it would trigger a crash.

Then why it says in the latest patch notes they disabled it?

I did not apply latest patch. Playing just fine on 1.1