Starfield Shader Cache: Pre-warm and Forget

Starfield Shader Cache: Pre-warm and Forget

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Why your first hour in Starfield stutters and how to fix it permanently.

Why first run is rough

Starfield builds shaders on-demand the first time you see each effect.

Fix

Launch the game, walk around New Atlantis for 10 min, hit a few combat encounters, then quit. Shaders are now cached and stutter drops dramatically.

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