Broken Animations (Smoke and Water Fountain)

[andrew05151]

I haven't seen a lot of complaints about this - but since the patch I have noticed that smoke is just frozen in the air, no animation to it. If you to the Smelter in Grund all the smoke in the air is just frozen there. The animation is completely broken.

This is also true for the Fountain Henry worships every time he enters Kuttenburg. The water is no longer flowing from it, it's just frozen in time now.

I have also seen it randomly with some butterflies being frozen in the air too.

Before the patch the Foliage was moving at 2FPS or spazzing out like it's on crack, not the foliage seems to be blowing in the wind properly but all these other animations are broken now instead.

[TRiPWiRE]

Same issue for me. I've tried adjusting particles settings but that didn't resolve it. For me, it's just chimney smoke. It doesn't move.

[dg.26]

Yes, can confirm. Also just 1 chimney in Trosky castle emits frozen smoke. A bit funny, though.

[Jonathan Crieg]

Same problem for me

[Gerarderloper]

I've seen 1 cookplace with frozen fire and smoke, but not all, just occasional issue.

[Deucey]

1) Open File Explorer and go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\kingdomcome2\
2) Find and delete the "shaders" folder.

Solved the issue for me so far.

[TRiPWiRE]

Originally posted by Deucey:

1) Open File Explorer and go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\kingdomcome2\
2) Find and delete the "shaders" folder.

Solved the issue for me so far.

This worked perfectly for the smoke animations but I'm having problems with some fire animations. A lot of cooking areas in houses and taverns have static flames. The heat haze effect is working, but the flames are frozen in place.

EDIT - The above fix only worked once for me. If I restart the game, the frozen smoke issue returns.

[Rostan]

Sorry for thread necromancy, I started having this issue and once you notice it it is clear how bad it is. It occurs on many locations and is very non-immersive. Did anyone find a more permanent solution?

I want to point out that I do not use mods.

[Null]

Further necro apologies, same issue for me specifically with flies & butterflies being frozen in place.

[Rostan]

Originally posted by Null:

Further necro apologies, same issue for me specifically with flies & butterflies being frozen in place.

Yeah, they are linked: smoke, water, fire (hearths, candles, torches, etc.), fireflies. If you watch carefully you will probably notice the others too. I lodged a complaint and the support said they are aware of the issue but unable to tell me when it will get fixed ATM.