Re: Optimizing Shaders causing delays in HVV lobby

I can confirm this happens very frequently, I've been testing more this game in the past 2 weeks and more often then not I get this BUG just after matchmaking kicks in. Fortunately HvV lobbies usually take so long to start that most of the time I load before the match started. But many times I only load when the game has already started. If it was in GA or CS where lobbies are faster, I'm pretty sure I'd always spawn after the match started

And I can also confirm this BUG too is still in the game after today's patch

and now its happening on the title screen - i.e. before the main menu.

Takes 2 minutes for me to get to the main menu!

@EA_Atic  - Can someone from EA please provide an update?

@pidge2k - I don't understand why you would ask for details and then not report anything back to this group.

@pidge2k - I don't understand why you would ask for details and then not report anything back to this group.

I second that feeling.

BTW, I have no idea how to quote someone in this forum, and whenever I try to indent a piece of text, forum says I inserted invalid html and they get rid of it for me.

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@RogueZeroRendar wrote:

BTW, I have no idea how to quote someone in this forum, and whenever I try to indent a piece of text, forum says I inserted invalid html and they get rid of it for me.

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After you press "reply", there is a "Quote" link in the upper right of the text box you use to create your reply.

I've found that the quote option is available in the PC browser, but not on the mobile browser.

Just want to say that this bug occurs on all modes and not only HvV.
I have this bug since 3 month now (Since the droideka update, there the madness started)

I'm experiencing a BSOD during the launch menu. Game says it is "optimizing shaders," CPU usage goes up to 100%, then my PC blue screens. I've been running this game for a year without problems and now all of the sudden, with no changes to Windows 10, drivers, other software, or my hardware, the game won't launch at all and bricks my computer. What the heck? How are so many people having this problem and EA/DICE are being totally silent?

I've repaired the origin game file; no help. I've uninstalled and reinstalled; no help. I've run OCCT tests for my cpu and gpu; all is well. I've run a Windows Memory Diagnostic test to check my system memory; hunky dory. I've checked to make sure my hardware is properly physically seated in the motherboard, and I've run a Check Disk command on the computer to check the drive data and it is all fine! What is the problem here!

CAN SOMEONE HELP US OUT???

Hey everyone, 

This issue has been sent on for investigations and should be fixed in an upcoming update. 

No eta for the moment. 

/Atic 

At least its an update.

Thanks, @EA_Atic 

So everyone can at least try this.......I got this fixed as of a few mins ago on 12/12/19. I was here on this forum post looking and was messing with settings.

I am running an evga rtx 2060 sc ultra 6gb through the alienware graphics amp. I just reinstalled SWBF2 a few weeks ago after 4 months or so not playing. And I have been getting this Optimizing Shaders on start up and between maps. I know dx12 makes it worse after testing, so I'm using dx11.

With that said. This seems to bee a graphics setting issue, from what I just found.

I run the game at ultra setting, no blur, no filmic, no grain and no lens distortion @1080 120refresh. (setting at the bottom)

So what I did was after the Optimizing Shader finished (which is usually less than a min, but still annoying), I got to the main screen and went to graphics, and set to default and restarted...thinking it might help. It did not, so I turned it back to Ultra, tuned off blur, filmic, chromatic, film grain. Of course there is no apply button...so I hit Reset to default again and set to Ultra and turned off those mentioned items....restarted..

And now NO optimizing shaders at the start...restarted 4 times and its gone. Just tried it again as I'm writing for 5th restart, no shader optimizing on startup at all now. Restart 6, and still gone.

I mean it's worth a try. I believe it has something to do with default and custom, something must be hanging up.

My settings for the game, starting from top of graphics men

50% brightness

fullscreen/or windowed

monitor # is user choice/default

1920x1080

119.98hz

auto dynamic range

dynamic res is greyed out but says yes

OFF dx12

vsync ON

fov 70 /user choice

blur 0

filmic effects OFF

grain OFF

lens distortion OFF

res scale 100%

Ultra quality

6 restarts and no Optimizing Shader on start up.  Must be something in the Reset to Default graphics button restarting then setting to your choice.

Hope this helps someone else. This has been bugging me since reinstalled last few weeks.

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@Kepano_808HI wrote:

So everyone can at least try this.......I got this fixed as of a few mins ago on 12/12/19. I was here on this forum post looking and was messing with settings.

I am running an evga rtx 2060 sc ultra 6gb through the alienware graphics amp. I just reinstalled SWBF2 a few weeks ago after 4 months or so not playing. And I have been getting this Optimizing Shaders on start up and between maps. I know dx12 makes it worse after testing, so I'm using dx11.

With that said. This seems to bee a graphics setting issue, from what I just found.

I run the game at ultra setting, no blur, no filmic, no grain and no lens distortion @1080 120refresh. (setting at the bottom)

So what I did was after the Optimizing Shader finished (which is usually less than a min, but still annoying), I got to the main screen and went to graphics, and set to default and restarted...thinking it might help. It did not, so I turned it back to Ultra, tuned off blur, filmic, chromatic, film grain. Of course there is no apply button...so I hit Reset to default again and set to Ultra and turned off those mentioned items....restarted..

And now NO optimizing shaders at the start...restarted 4 times and its gone. Just tried it again as I'm writing for 5th restart, no shader optimizing on startup at all now. Restart 6, and still gone.

I mean it's worth a try. I believe it has something to do with default and custom, something must be hanging up.

My settings for the game, starting from top of graphics men

50% brightness

fullscreen/or windowed

monitor # is user choice/default

1920x1080

119.98hz

auto dynamic range

dynamic res is greyed out but says yes

OFF dx12

vsync ON

fov 70 /user choice

blur 0

filmic effects OFF

grain OFF

lens distortion OFF

res scale 100%

Ultra quality

6 restarts and no Optimizing Shader on start up.  Must be something in the Reset to Default graphics button restarting then setting to your choice.

Hope this helps someone else. This has been bugging me since reinstalled last few weeks.

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This was a great help. I was having the same issue and now no longer have to optimize shaders after 1st reboot using your solution. Thanks!