The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

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SpiraTech Feb 14, 2024 @ 11:28am
Cannot launch game
Anyone else having the same issue? It's running in task manager. Since I last played I've updated Windows 11 to the latest stable update and updated Nvidia drivers.

Nothing in event viewer. Odd.
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SpiraTech Feb 14, 2024 @ 12:18pm 
For some reason it took like 8 minutes to launch. Very weird, my PC was idle otherwise. Usually it's seconds. All others games loading fine.

Edit:

It come back again.

I found a fix for anyone stuck like I was. It seems the game is in some kind of shader cache writing loop for 10-15 mins+ (forever probs).

Delete all files here:
C:/Users/yournamehere/AppData/Local/D3DSCache

I also deleted the three ushaderprecache cache files here: C:\Users\yournamehere\AppData\Local\Indiana\Saved
Last edited by SpiraTech; Mar 7, 2024 @ 2:59pm
zanezonair Apr 15, 2024 @ 1:32am 
Originally posted by SpiraTech:
For some reason it took like 8 minutes to launch. Very weird, my PC was idle otherwise. Usually it's seconds. All others games loading fine.

Edit:

It come back again.

I found a fix for anyone stuck like I was. It seems the game is in some kind of shader cache writing loop for 10-15 mins+ (forever probs).

Delete all files here:
C:/Users/yournamehere/AppData/Local/D3DSCache

I also deleted the three ushaderprecache cache files here: C:\Users\yournamehere\AppData\Local\Indiana\Saved

giving this post a bump be cause it worked. also under
C:\Users\yournamehere\AppData\Local\Indiana\Saved
you do not have to delete the config folder.
SpiraTech Apr 15, 2024 @ 3:12am 
Originally posted by zanezonair:
Originally posted by SpiraTech:
For some reason it took like 8 minutes to launch. Very weird, my PC was idle otherwise. Usually it's seconds. All others games loading fine.

Edit:

It come back again.

I found a fix for anyone stuck like I was. It seems the game is in some kind of shader cache writing loop for 10-15 mins+ (forever probs).

Delete all files here:
C:/Users/yournamehere/AppData/Local/D3DSCache

I also deleted the three ushaderprecache cache files here: C:\Users\yournamehere\AppData\Local\Indiana\Saved

giving this post a bump be cause it worked. also under
C:\Users\yournamehere\AppData\Local\Indiana\Saved
you do not have to delete the config folder.

Cool I'm glad it helped.

I also made it as a guide on the game community to help with others finding it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3174945721
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