Tears Of The Kingdom Shader Cache (2024)

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How many shaders does Tears of the Kingdom have? ›

So it seems that the shader cache can definitely become corrupt, causing random crashes everywhere in the game. Deleting it will allow to generate it again.

Go to /Steam (or SteamLibrary)/steamapps/shadercache. Restart the game and wait for it to build shaders again.

The shader cache is for performance improvements and system stability because On-demand compilation of shaders can cause the game to freeze and consume additional memory. In order to reduce this additional requirement, all necessary shader combinations for a game are parsed, compiled and stored in the shader cache.

Edit: The default is 4GB as of some of the last few driver releases. Unless you're severely drive space limited it would only really be sensible to leave it at default or increase it, or even use unlimited and check the folder size occasionally just in case it has gotten huge.

If you are experiencing some intermittent stutter with otherwise good performance, or surprisingly long loading times, this might be caused by your GPU driver's shader cache. To solve this problem, you can try either disabling the shader cache or clearing it.

The cache can be enabled by setting the environment variables __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE to 1 and __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH to a location with write access. By default, the cache is placed in an . nv directory in the user's home directory, which is created if it does not already exist.

Absolutely, deleting the shader cache on the Steam Deck is doable, but often not recommended unless you're troubleshooting specific issues. Games use these caches to load faster, so clear them out only if you need to.

On a final note, if you are having issues with performance, it won't hurt to delete the dragon's dogma 2 shader caches to try to force a regen. It might help.

Why do games need to optimize shaders? ›

Shaders determine how the surfaces of game objects display materials and lighting effects. Effective shader optimization can significantly improve both the visual quality and the performance of your game.

Deleting Direct X Shader Cache can help you free up a little disk space, but it's not enough. If you just want to free up the C drive, then you can consider extending the C partition without deleting files/folders. MiniTool Partition Wizard can help you do that easily and quickly.

Not surprisingly, such amazing detail in surroundings and environment interaction makes for a larger game overall. At the end of the day, Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild are very relatively evenly matched in a graphics comparison.

Like Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom targets 30 frames per second, and Digital Foundry's John Linneman says that the "game that holds very closely to its 30 FPS target.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

So BoTW and ToTK have mods to run at 60fps. ALBW and Triforce Heros have native 60fps. Skyward Sword HD has native 60fps, there is also that OoT PC port that runs at 60fps.

Tears of the Kingdom is the biggest Zelda game to date with a download size of around 16.3 GB. However, the download size is much smaller compared to other AAA video games.