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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyltakes a lot of time to launch due to the intro logos and the shader compilation process. Shader compilation is an important process that helps pre-build the shader cache of the game, which smooths up the gameplay experience. However, this process usually happens once in other games — it happens on every launch ofStalker 2.
Since players have already completed the Shader Compilation once when they first launchedStalker 2, it’s possible to skip the process from triggering whenever you launch the game. In addition to that, you can also skip those intro splash screens that showcase various logos to speed up the launch process. In other words, this guide will help you launchStalker 2faster on your PC.
How To Disable The Shader Compilation Process In Stalker 2
The Shader Compilation process forStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyltakes about one minute and 30 seconds to completeon a PC. It’s simply a long time to get to the main menu of a game. So, here’s how you may disable the Shader Compilation process at the beginning ofStalker 2.
[SystemSettings]
r.PSOWarmup.WarmupMaterials=0
Now, try launchingStalker 2, and it will launch faster by skipping over the Shader Compilation process. Even though you can get into the game faster now, it’s recommended that youre-enable the process after installing a GPU driver update or a title update.
You can do that by deleting the lines from the Engine.ini file or changing the WarmupMaterials value to 1.
How To Skip Stalker 2 Intro Logo Videos
To makeStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyllaunch even faster, you may alsodisable the intro logo videosso the game directly heads into the main menu instead of making you view them every time. Here’s how to disable the intro logo videos forStalker 2.
After launching the game, you’ll see the health warning message as normal, but after that, the game will cut to a short black screen and allow you to get into the main menu immediately. Using this mod also enables/fixes the following features inStalker 2.
