Stuck on Compiling Shaders(FIXED)

[JRawr]

Why haven't they fixed this?
(Devs have already fixed this)

[Medium Mechanism]

Remember when no one asked for precompiling shaders and then devs decided that players demanded the perfomance and quality offered by precompiling shaders? Honestly, I can't think of a single game that has had graphics so good and so fluid that I was like "Damn, the amount of time I wasted waiting for compiling shaders was totally worth this."

Of course it probably wouldn't suck as much if it didn't break so frequently, but the load time is just obnoxious for such a small boost in quality/performance.

[II NaStY III]

since the update everyone having this issue have to either uninstall game or check interg of files before launching it each time after closing out game

[SilverX95]

you have to clear the shader cache a few time before it works
in my case it took 3 tries.

who knows when it will get fixed, just have to wait or keep trying.

how to clear shader cache for dummy's
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1643320/discussions/0/603016959722862893/

[R4bs]

What really? I can't get the game to launch! It is always stuck in Compiling Shaders. Sad to have to refund it but I am pass 1 hour without even being able to play it.

For me the shader cache wasn't even created.

[Tolabay]

Same for me. It was ok a few hours ago, now I can't even reach the main menu. I've tried every possible cache cleaning technique. Nothing works.

[R4bs]

Sad! I am really fan of STALKER but I wont keep a game that I can't play. Almost 2 hours "Compiling shaders, please wait" on a NvME. lol I am refunding before it reaches 2 hours!

[Ralk]

I'm also completely stuck on compiling shaders screen. I attempted to delete all cache files within steamapps and clear shader cache in windows but still not able to actually get to the main menu :(

[russellmerry]

Same for me since the new patch as well :/

[Lottergeist_Beetlejuice]

I have the same problem, but only since the last 10 GB patch. In the same way, I can't play audio files in the game.

[Doctor Who]

I had this problem where the game would crash on the Compiling shaders, please wait... Screen. The latest patch seemed to have fixed this issue & I played the game last night for the first time.

But why does it take SO LONG to compile shaders?? They need to eliminate this screen & jump right into the games menu.

Never mind. The game crashed again on this blasted screen again. 🤔

[Doctor Who]

Originally posted by Doctor Who:

I had this problem where the game would crash on the Compiling shaders, please wait... Screen. The latest patch seemed to have fixed this issue & I played the game last night for the first time.

But why does it take SO LONG to compile shaders?? They need to eliminate this screen & jump right into the games menu.

Never mind. The game crashed again on this blasted screen again. 🤔

I did a game validating and it said 14 game files failed. So it's now updating them. A whole whopping 110GB too 🤔🧐

Let's see if that worked. I also cleaned the direct x cache as recommended above.

[Lord Tyrannus]

I had a ticket in to the support team for stalker 2 and also have all the patches . every other time i load the game now it either crashes or just hangs there . usually takes an end task and 2 reloads for the game to load . always takes like 6 months to a year for most bugs to get worked out

[nattyiced]

I added Stalker to antivirus exclusion plus launching the gaming with Windows "Use HDR" turned on I seem to have no issues. Prior sometimes it would hang, usually when I forgot to select "Use HDR." But I have a HDR monitor, I don't know if this will cause an issue or even be available to SDR monitors.

On Windows 10.

[Medium Mechanism]

Originally posted by Lord Tyrannus:

I had a ticket in to the support team for stalker 2 and also have all the patches . every other time i load the game now it either crashes or just hangs there . usually takes an end task and 2 reloads for the game to load . always takes like 6 months to a year for most bugs to get worked out

That's effectively how I fixed this one and most other games that hang for various reasons when compiling shaders. I'd imagine most of the time you can get away with this rather than reinstalling the game. Even deleting your shader cache probably isn't necessary if you have enough patience to keep trying to restart (or don't want to clear your compiled shaders for other games), but it seems to frequently choke if a previous compilation of shaders was interrupted.

[De Agle]

Haven't been able to load game since the great new update....... hopefully they fix it soon