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Failed to Write Shader Stream?

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by Gunman, Feb 16, 2015.

  1. Gunman

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    Hi, I recently bought BeamNG.drive (obviously the best game ever) But I haven't been able to play it due to the fact that every time I try to load a map, My game crashes and says: Failed to write Shader Stream at shadergen:/3aed790b34fcc0a0_V.hlsl. Please help! I spent $20 on my top game opinion I've ever seen after watching like every BeamNG.drive video from Jackscepticeye and WhyBeAre.

    I really want to play, please help!



    Once again the error is: Failed to write Shader Stream at shadergen:/3aed790b34fcc0a0_V.hlsl

    By the way, I copied, and attached my torque3d file, because I heard it usually has something to do with the error.
     

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  2. Stormdrain

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    Activate your account with the link in the E-Mail. We'll be much more likely to help you in the BeamNG.Drive section of the forum, only accessible to those that have actually bought the game.
     
  3. Gunman

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    Ok, I activated it.. So should I just copy this thread and put it in the BeamNG.Drive section?
     
  4. Stormdrain

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    Eh, youve got my attention here, may as well see what i can do. Is the game installed through steam?
     
  5. Gunman

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    Yeah, I put the alpha code on steam, and I play it from there.
     
  6. Stormdrain

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    What are the specs of your computer?
     
  7. Gunman

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    AMD Radeon HD 8350G
     
  8. randomshortguy

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    I think this happens when the game cannot write shader cache files to your documents folder.

    Does your Documents folder contain a folder called BeamNG.drive?
     
  9. Gunman

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    Yeah, It does, and it has all of the files too.
     
  10. randomshortguy

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    Hmmm.

    Try clearing the cache folder (C:/Users/<yournamehere>/Documents/BeamNG.drive/cache).

    Otherwise contact official support. I'm sure they'll help you out
     
  11. Gunman

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    Do you mean remove everything from the cache folder? Because it looks like there's important stuff in it.
     
  12. randomshortguy

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    You can delete everything in the cache folder, so yes.

    Everything inside the cache folder is simply a quick storage area for faster loading and will be regenerated the next time you fire up the game.
     
  13. Gunman

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    It worked! It just runs really slow, But thanks!

    - - - Updated - - -

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  14. randomshortguy

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    PostFX is enabled by default every time you start the game, and it easily halves my framerate.

    Press Ctrl + O and untick all the postFX boxes. While you're there turn down anti-aliasing and shadow quality. That should double - triple your framerate IF you're GPU bottlenecked.
     
  15. Paganiteam

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    Help me!! I Read the Errors and Did the Exact same thing except i did a file Verification. Please help me!!!
     
  16. Nadeox1

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    Noticed this thread is from 2015.
    Many people are getting this recently, and all of them are being caused by some program blocking/messing with the game

    Please check if you have any of these:
    https://wiki.beamng.com/Incompatible_Third_Party_Software
    And make sure that your antivirus, antimalware and similar are not blocking the game by mistake.
     
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  17. Paganiteam

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    --- Post updated ---
    wait i am stuck on one thing . I discovered that one "File" was missing after Procedural Directory So Any one Please help me? i will be really happy.
     
  18. Nadeox1

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    If one (or more) file is missing, simply use this to recover it:
    https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335&l=english

    But if the 'Shader Stream' error keeps on, you need to check your antivirus and so on, as described above.
     
  19. Ianoniszczyciel

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    Hi,
    i tried to do things as above, but the game is still crashing... I love playing it and i'm pretty upsad by it not working. It says that it failed to write Shader Stream. Nr.70956f.....
     
  20. Nadeox1

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    Please post here a Support ID:
    https://wiki.beamng.com/BeamNG_FAQ#..._a_.27Support_Request.27._How_do_I_do_that.3F

    Obligatory question: Are you 120% sure that it's not your antivirus or similar software blocking the game in any possible way?
    Because that's what causes this message 98% of the times, and I doubt it's different here.
     
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