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Sahder caching takes hours? (feddit.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi guys.

I've finally returned to Linux gaming after a year hiatus back on Windows but currently have been unable to play anything due to Steam's shader caching. Trying to launch a game means I have to sit and leave my PC on for hours (I gave up after 2) just whilst the progress bar slowly goes up. I made sure background caching was on in the settings and even added a config file to enable more threads as I saw suggested online but after leaving Steam open overnight I'm still unable to play any games.

This wasn't an issue when I was dailying Linux a year ago so I'm assuming something in Proton must've changed?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes my PC also starts annoyingly long shader caching as I'm trying to play a game. If you cancel the shader caching, does the game not launch?

Otherwise if you suspect the issue is with Proton,you could use an older version and see if that helps?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Games will eventually launch after about 5 minutes if I skip but will run really poorly.