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Does Anyone Else Skip Processing Vulkan Shaders? (aussie.zone)
submitted 1 week ago by Zarobi@aussie.zone to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Title. I always skip them and don't notice any detrimental effects at all. I used to let them run every time, but I don't want to wait 5 minutes for every patch update bug fix anymore

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[–] skyline2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is an option in Steam to allow Vulkan shader compilation in the background when you start Steam. I do that, so most times they have already compiled by the time I go to start a game

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember I had problems with that for some reason and turned it off, but I've forgotten what those problems were… I think it was lagging games by updating in the background or something

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is a setting to pause downloads while playing a game

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I still had issues, even with that setting… Damn my terrible memory — why can I only remember that I had problems, not what the problems were? 😂

[–] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Was it CPU use/overheating? Steam will use all available resources doing the shader compilation, so when I start steam it jumps to around 100% use for a few minutes while compiling the shaders - I can use other programs in that time, but they're noticeably more laggy.