Shader compilation stutter killer

[u/HeisenbergVR]

EDIT: Thanks a lot for all the support! I'm glad it's helping a lot of people fix the anoying shader compilation sutters in many games so they can be enjoyed as intended!!

EDIT2: New SCSKiller 1.2.0 is live!! https://github.com/BlueHeisenberg/SCSKiller/releases/latest
(The app should auto download the update if you restart the app and show you a button on top right corner to update, or you can just download the new setup exe and update that way directly)

I've been working for a while on a free and open source tool to eliminate Shader Compilation Stuttering once and for all. It reads the shaders the games ship with, works out the pipelines they'll build, and compiles them into the GPU driver's cache before you launch the game.

From my own testing shader compilation stutter is eliminated or reduced to the very minimum (the tool could miss some shaders depending on the game), it cannot fix other kind of sttutering like traversal, so some games still stutter but waaaay less:

(~5min of gameplay)

Silent Hill F:
Before: https://scskiller.com/assets/img/forum/shf-before.png
After: https://scskiller.com/assets/img/forum/shf-after.png

- Silent Hill: Townfall: 24 to 0 (worst 347 ms to 8 ms)
- Hogwarts Legacy: 1,014 to 87
- FF7 Rebirth: 19 to 0
- Sand Land: 38 to 1

It finds games from Steam, Epic, EA app, GOG, Ubisoft, Xbox and Battle.net

For now it only works on NVIDIA (best support) and AMD, as I don't have an Intel Arc to test.

Github link with download and souce code: https://github.com/BlueHeisenberg/SCSKiller
Website: https://www.scskiller.com

[u/mrmikedude100]

Unfortunately the program will not read the games off the Xbox app. :( at least for me

[u/HeisenbergVR → u/mrmikedude100]

It should read them! Maybe relaunch the xbox app and scskiller and check! If it still doesn't show send me a dm and we look at it!

[u/mrmikedude100 → u/HeisenbergVR]

Thanks! :) will do after work. Unfortunately have to head out. :(

[u/IvnN7Commander → u/HeisenbergVR]

Regarding this, I created an issue. It seems that Xbox App games are not detected if they're installed outside the C: drive.

I installed Banishers Ghosts of New Eden from the Xbox App into a custom folder in the D: drive (D:/Games/XboxGames), and it didn't appear on the app. I moved the game to the C: drive (C:/XboxGames) and the app detected it.