Stuck on Loading Screen

[Anonymouse]

So I came back to the game after a 6 month break and every time I try to open the game I have to wait at least 10-15 minutes for the endless star field loading screen. I run the game on GFNow and I have stable and fast internet connection. I always played on GFNow and never had any issues like this. Is there a solution for this?

[Azure Fang]

There was just an update with a lot of internal archive changes. It's probably having to recompile shaders on the GeForce Now server end. All you can do is give it time, since it's not your computer to play with.

[SumGumption]

Nvidia put out an update yesterday. And something about disabling v-sync.

[Azure Fang]

Originally posted by SumGumption:

Nvidia put out an update yesterday. And something about disabling v-sync.

Not disabling, fixing micro-stutter when V-Sync is enabled.

[Anonymouse]

I don't know what they changed but this is ridiculous. I played the game for about 65 hours during spring/early summer on GeforceNow and the starfield loading screen would only take a minute tops back then but now I have to sit through at least 10-12 minutes (not even exaggerating here) every single damn time. They need to do something about this.

[Raven]

Originally posted by Anonymouse:

I don't know what they changed but this is ridiculous. I played the game for about 65 hours during spring/early summer on GeforceNow and the starfield loading screen would only take a minute tops back then but now I have to sit through at least 10-12 minutes (not even exaggerating here) every single damn time. They need to do something about this.

Try updating your NVIDIA drivers, It works for me after every update.

[Zak]

Originally posted by Anonymouse:

They need to do something about this.

As already mentioned, try updating your graphics drivers. The problem is most likely on your end or the game is compiling shaders for the first time. Just wait. Or does it happen every time you launch the game?

[Anonymouse]

As I mentioned multiple times, I am playing on GeForceNow. Always have and always will be. Thus, I cannot update my graphics drivers, because they are not mine to begin with. However, GeForceNow do keep their drivers updated. Unless other players who also use GFN services are not experiencing the same problem, then something's up on NMS side of things.

[Ace]

The last time it took forever for me to load the game, it was the hard drive. I moved it to another SSD and it worked quickly again.

[Jadawin42]

Originally posted by Anonymouse:

As I mentioned multiple times, I am playing on GeForceNow. Always have and always will be. Thus, I cannot update my graphics drivers, because they are not mine to begin with. However, GeForceNow do keep their drivers updated. Unless other players who also use GFN services are not experiencing the same problem, then something's up on NMS side of things.

3080Ti with GFN. Latest drivers as mentioned above are from 13.02.2024, 551.52. No issues on loading screen whatsoever. Maybe try running window-mode instead of fullscreen and see if this helps. But, because the loading screen appears, i doubt the graphic-hardware to be the problem. Like Ace said, could be multiple reasons, like SSD. Good luck.

[Erwyn]

Originally posted by Anonymouse:

So I came back to the game after a 6 month break and every time I try to open the game I have to wait at least 10-15 minutes for the endless star field loading screen. I run the game on GFNow and I have stable and fast internet connection. I always played on GFNow and never had any issues like this. Is there a solution for this?

Hello,

Did you solve your issue ? I’m having the same problem (priority subscription)

[endoril]

For those who have a long loading star field (but not for those gaming on cloud)

With NMS not running, edit No Man's Sky/Binaries/SETTINGS/TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML (backup it before any modification)
Change tehse two variable to "0"
"NumHighThreads" value="0"
"NumLowThreads" value="0"
Save the file
Check if it is better.

Worked for me as stated here : https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/2/3316358999125225065/

[Tetrasomia]

I've been having these issues for the past week! I finally fixed it after many threads not aiding in resolving my issue. For context:

-On Windows 10 64 bit, PC, using Steam
-3080Ti and 5950X with SSD's so hardware wasn't the problem
-Only saw issues on No Man's Sky, no other games
-Had updated graphics driver, chipset drivers, windows updates, verified game content, tried uninstall/reinstall, tried editing TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML, etc.

Found this thread: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004591645-I-am-experiencing-severe-graphics-or-performance-issues-on-PC

I have Discord and Afterburner installed and both were active. Here's the steps I took to resolve:


-Create a restore point and perform CLEAN install of Nvidia graphics driver (not sure if necessary but I did this first)
-Simply closed out of Discord and Afterburner
-Deleted entire SHADERCACHE folder within "\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\GAMEDATA" (this had nothing in it)
-Delete your settings files called "TKGAMESETTINGS" and "TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS" in \Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS"
-Validated Game Files (they were all valid, not sure if necessary but I did this second)
-Shut down computer for 30 seconds and then booted it back up

No Man's Sky loaded in less than 10 seconds, all textures loaded in albeit at 1080P and capped 60 FPS since those are default game settings. Went back in and turned up resolution to 1440P, capped FPS at 144, changed Anisotropic filtering back to 16 and DLSS back on and set to balanced. Once I pressed apply, everything was back to normal. I quit out of No Man's Sky and loaded back in to make sure it was resolved and it was!!! I hope this helps everyone who ended up stuck like me for a while unable to play due to long loading times, extreme lag, low fps, and textures not loading at all or not loading properly.