Okay, so I was super hyped to finally dive into Black Myth: Wukong, but I kept running into this annoying “out of memory” error. It seemed to be related to the shader cache, which, you know, is a bunch of pre-compiled stuff to make the game run smoother. Irony, right?
I tried a bunch of things at first, like lowering the graphics settings, updating my drivers – the usual drill. Nothing worked. I was getting ready to throw my keyboard across the room.
Troubleshooting Steps I Took.
I was starting from a clean state. I mean I just downloaded this and haven’t even been able to make it to the menu, so it can’t be that complicated, right? wrong.
- The Basic Stuff: Checked the “Verify integrity of game files” that Steam gives you and, restarting my computer. It’s always step one, but it rarely solves the issue.
- Lowering setting before starting: I was trying to do anything. And I mean anything. I set every graphics setting to low, turn off ray tracing, DLSS, and anything else that might use extra memory.
- Drivers:
Updated My Graphics Drivers.
Then I stumbled upon this little nugget of wisdom online, it seems to be a common problem, and that people were reporting some luck getting past it by deleting the shader cache, but it comes with a huge caveat: Don’t. Touch. Anything. While. It’s. Saving.
Seriously, the first few times, I’d get impatient. The game would freeze on the “saving please wait” screen, and I’d be like, “Nope, this isn’t working,” and Alt+F4 out of there. Big mistake. Apparently, that corrupts the cache, and you’re back to square one.
So, the trick is to let it do its thing. Even if it looks frozen, just wait. Go make a cup of coffee, walk the dog, whatever. Just don’t interrupt it. I think it took a good 15-20 minutes for me, but it might vary depending on your system.
After it finally finished saving, I relaunched the game, and… boom! It worked! I was finally in. It was a bit of a pain, but totally worth it in the end. Just remember, patience is key when dealing with that shader cache.
