Issue Description: I just downloaded the game from gamepass but I cannot enter it at all. It gives a pop up that the Error Displayed (If Applicable): “Something went wrong in the shader cache builder process exit code = 1” Steps to Reproduce: Launch game, pop up appears, game crashes after open…

I was able to resolve this myself. I had to manually make my nvidia gpu be used by the game rather than the default option, (updated the driver - but not sure if that contributed since it was already to date), uninstalled, removed the %appdata% fatshark folder, performed a full shutdown, then reins…

Cache Building Error on start up after downloading the game for the first time

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support

FatsharkLev November 10, 2023, 1:00pm 3

Thank you for the update and for sharing your solution. I’m glad you were able to resolve this issue!

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Cache Building Error on start up after downloading the game for the first time

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