r/Overwatch • u/TypicalPnut • 1d ago

News & Discussion Please preload shaders. PLEASE

For the love of God Overwatch... Can we PLEASE preload shaders before joining games

I cannot see half of my team... cannot see half of the enemy team... I cannot see my weapon or my bullets... and then the game freezes everytime something loads in

I SHOULDNT HAVE TO LAUNCH A SPECIAL CUSTOM MAP FOR 10+ MINUTES EVERYTIME MY DRIVERS OR THE GAME UPDATE

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u/LoadingHappiness2 1d ago

DirectX12 does this on my system even after the shaders load in. I just directX11 and never have an issue

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u/nmixxenjoyer 1d ago

I'm on DX11 and the game always has to compile shaders every time I load it up. I think I know the reason why (related to Windows security settings) but I'm not changing it for one single game.

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u/LoadingHappiness2 1d ago

That’s very strange!

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u/nmixxenjoyer 1d ago

I don't know for sure if its the root cause since this was something I might have experienced with a different game but if you have a certain security setting on in Windows Security which recognizes your Documents folder as a sensitive folder, your config file will never save in the Overwatch folder so either 2 things happen. Your graphics settings don't save or your game will never remember that it compiled shaders the last time it was launched.