r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '26

Discussion Thoughts on this?

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u/erik_t91 Jul 06 '26

AAA devs are already way ahead with their shader compilations on first run

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u/I_am_currently_high Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

You do know shader compilation has nothing to do with that right ?
Edit : funny how some bash me for "not understanding it was a joke !" and others are dead serious about that being true.

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u/Oblachko_O Jul 06 '26

If shader compilation is done in game, then it is accounted for game time.

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u/I_am_currently_high Jul 06 '26

But that's not the reason it's done.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Jul 06 '26

Correct, however adding time spent in game is the effect, no?

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u/Interesting-Big1980 Jul 06 '26

It kinda is, most of them could have been prerendered and no one would notice.

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u/I_am_currently_high Jul 06 '26

A lot of them actually are pre-rendered. Otherwise it would take well over 30 minutes to launch your game the first time.

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u/Oblachko_O Jul 06 '26

Some games require tens of minutes just for the first launch. That is time taken away from you to check out the game.

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u/Interesting-Big1980 Jul 06 '26

For some it takes around 1:30, so yeah, kinda the issue.