>FIX< Preparing Shaders. Stuck at any %. Crash. >FIX<

[GARON]

FIRST SOLUTION
It's been said on this hub before a couple of times, I just wanna highlight it, because it fixed the issue for me, I can't guarantee it will work for everyone, but it's worth giving a shot, because it's very simple to do, although the solution is so stupid I have no idea why it's affecting the loading times.

Link your account in-game. (ESC -> Options -> Account) Yup, that's it. I have no idea why, but it made the game load much, much faster. Before it took minutes at times, now mere seconds.

My guess would be that the shader settings are being saved into NX account, or their cloud and it can't do it without linking, but it's just a wild guess, it's the only explanation that makes sense to me.

WARNING: People are reporting that linking accounts when you've already made some progress is resetting them back to the state as if they just started playing, HOWEVER so far from all the people that mentioned it to me, NONE were actually affected by it, they just heard it from somewhere else, and I myself linked my account after 90h+ of playing, and no progress was lost. Personally I think it's just a rumor or a case of people wiping their accounts on accident, and shifting blame. I have no proof for either case, so just be aware that it may be possible, but personally I doubt it.

SECOND SOLUTION
1. Steam Settings -> Downloads -> Shader PRE-CACHING (Disable this and then re-enable it)

2. Go to the following folder: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\NVIDIA and then delete the files that are INSIDE the GLCache folder.

Credit for this one goes to Noirfragment on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheFirstDescendant/comments/1e1sbla/preparing_shaders_solution/

THIRD SOLUTION
Go to C:\Users\blabla\AppData\Local\M1\Saved\Config\Windows
open Engine.ini , add

[SystemSettings]
r.ShaderPipelines=1
r.ShaderPipelineCache.Enabled=0
r.D3D.ForceDXC=1

FOURTH SOLUTION
This is my personal solution. WARNING! THIS WILL DELETE ALL YOUR PROGRESS!
In game at account tab before or after linking account click:
CLEAR ALL DATA/INFORMATIONS

[Riepah]

This may help if the issue is related to your CPU's power draw, which it was in my case.
https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/1axepvu/optimizing_stability_for_intel_13900k_and_14900k/

[Ewoke]

Did you literally just copy and pasted my post, lol? That's so shameless, lmfao
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2074920/discussions/0/4549281724347086650/

[GARON]

Originally posted by Ewoke:

Did you literally just copy and pasted my post, lol? That's so shameless, lmfao
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2074920/discussions/0/4549281724347086650/

And what? Is it important for you? For me is more important that these fixes can help other people. Don't cry..

[alan0n]

Wiping your account seems like it would cause a bigger problem than the shader issue... not sure that could be considered a solution at all.

[GARON]

Originally posted by alan0n:

Wiping your account seems like it would cause a bigger problem than the shader issue... not sure that could be considered a solution at all.

For me it's working. I have linked first account with progress (STEAM) with NEXON and I unlinked it and cleared all data and shaders start preparing. It looks like they are on NEXON cloud.

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Originally posted by Ewoke:

Did you literally just copy and pasted my post, lol? That's so shameless, lmfao
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2074920/discussions/0/4549281724347086650/

Yup, he did, and he's posting it in unrelated discussions, as a way to fix an issue which can't be fixed with this. (you know... the stuck steam installation).

Dude really said:
"And what? Is it important for you? For me is more important that these fixes can help other people. Don't cry.." after stealing parts of someone else's fix post, instead of just bumping the post by responding to it.

[Ewoke]

Originally posted by GARON:

Originally posted by Ewoke:

Did you literally just copy and pasted my post, lol? That's so shameless, lmfao
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2074920/discussions/0/4549281724347086650/

And what? Is it important for you? For me is more important that these fixes can help other people. Don't cry..

Yeah, because seeing how you've put absolutely no effort into it, I can see you didn't do it in order to help anyopne, you did it simply in hope to get some steam rewards. I am already take care of the original thread's visibility, there's no need for 1:1 duplicate

[GARON]

Originally posted by Ewoke:

Originally posted by GARON:

And what? Is it important for you? For me is more important that these fixes can help other people. Don't cry..

Yeah, because seeing how you've put absolutely no effort into it, I can see you didn't do it in order to help anyopne, you did it simply in hope to get some steam rewards. I am already take care of the original thread's visibility, there's no need for 1:1 duplicate

You are so funny. Cry more. I am fighting with crashes and shaders until 2 weeks. Yea im doing it for not help anyone XD ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kid.

[Ewoke]

Originally posted by GARON:

Originally posted by Ewoke:

Yeah, because seeing how you've put absolutely no effort into it, I can see you didn't do it in order to help anyopne, you did it simply in hope to get some steam rewards. I am already take care of the original thread's visibility, there's no need for 1:1 duplicate

You are so funny. Cry more. I am fighting with crashes and shaders until 2 weeks. Yea im doing it for not help anyone XD ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kid.

Then why not simply bumb original thread that's already a first google result if you type in "the first descendant preparing shaders" instead of just stealing it? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

[Gatki]

Thief. GARON

[ShodaN]

Don't use this guide, you will lose all your progress, burn the graphics card and hijack your PC with malware. Only do this if you planing to quit gaming for good.

[Ewoke]

Originally posted by ShodaN PL:

Don't use this guide, you will lose all your progress, burn the graphics card and hijack your PC with malware. Only do this if you planing to quit gaming for good.

There's a pretty good chance you will aso lose a few brain cells if you decide to read OPs responses

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Just report this "GARON" guy, he's intentionally clown award baiting, misinforming people in the post with the account wipe, and his behavior is not appropriate, all of which is bannable.

[GARON]

Originally posted by WhyThoLmao:

Just report this "GARON" guy, he's intentionally clown award baiting, misinforming people in the post with the account wipe, and his behavior is not appropriate, all of which is bannable.

Nice trolling :) No one baiting here. Misinforming about what? The original post not misinforming? XD

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Originally posted by GARON:

Originally posted by WhyThoLmao:

Just report this "GARON" guy, he's intentionally clown award baiting, misinforming people in the post with the account wipe, and his behavior is not appropriate, all of which is bannable.

Nice trolling :) No one baiting here. Misinforming about what? The original post not misinforming? XD

Go ahead then, make my points even stronger