Issue Description (Required): EDIT: STILL HAPPENING after new patch “fix” and getting new PC: 4080 and 9800X3D lol def seems to be a memory leak with the recent patch maybe i should rollback gpu drivers ? i run 4080, 5800x3d, 32gb ram i have 900 hours played in all of 2025 and have had performan…

[image] silentbob515: crash nope, no mention of mesh_streamer in the logs, also, im not crashing due to out of memory since i restart after every game, just the terrible performance drops like the guy in the post above mentioned (Headhunter)

Try the old dx12 shader cache clear of game. Powershell script below to see the shader_cache.hans file it deletes and also cache_data it empties out. Also in game launcher I reset graphics settings, save. Then in game re-setup them up again. I always use Texture quality to Medium since I was gett…

You can nuke the bundled_ shader_cache.hans and play without it to see if it makes any difference, the game is capable of running shaderless hansless just fine :slight_smile: [image] Texture streaming / Shader Cache not working (blurry textures). Patch v.1.10.0+ Bugs …

[image] silentbob515: You can nuke the bundled_ shader_cache.hans and play without it to see if it makes any difference, the game is capable of running shaderless hansless just fine :slight_smile: You mean stop the game re-creating that file? What is best way of doing that. Editing file somew…

X:\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\shader_cache temporarily move the bundled_shader_cache.hans away from the folder. In the: X:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide remove shader_cache.hans The game should start with error telling you that shader creator is busted, jus…

Btw i’m at the end of my rope for real with this game, there wasn’t a goddamn patch for weeks and suddenly this BS gets just conjured out of nowhere :confused:

[image] silentbob515: the game just doesn’t seems to notice at all on my end, like if the shaders never existed at all and there wasnt any need for them! That is strange. The game didn’t need it, just done a quick mission test. No bugs/errors or anything and ran smooth.

Yes it is strange, nonetheless it tells us something about the efficacy of clearing shaders and the placebo effect that goes with it. Maybe it does fallback on DXcache…

i turned down my texture settings from high to medium like someone suggested in this or another post, the issue is completly gone now :smiley:

Last patch made me start Out of memory crashing every ~90+ minutes

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Performance Feedback

silentbob515 January 26, 2026, 3:03pm 29

Yaaay

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Last patch made me start Out of memory crashing every ~90+ minutes

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