How to Fix Building Shaders Error

Some of the players for Dead Space Remake (2023) are encountering an error where their shaders will take a very long time to build. Read on to check out what the Building Shaders error does and the steps you can take to fix the error.

What is the Building Shaders Error?

Players Get Stuck in the Loading Screen

The Building Shaders is an error where players get stuck on the loading screen when they boot up the game. This error is usually happens to players who don't meet the minimum system requirements for the game.

How to Fix Building Shaders Error

How to Fix the Building Shaders Error
Check The System Requirements Delete Dead Space Remake's Shader Cache Use Your Launcher's Repair Tool Reinstall the Game Contact EA Support

Check The System Requirements

If you're playing on the PC, make sure you're playing the game on the recommended system requirements required to run it. Otherwise, you'll end up with a lot of trouble playing the game, including this error where your game has a hard time building shaders.

It's also recommended that you play the game on an SSD (Solid-State Drive) to load everything quickly and smoothly.

Minimum and Recommended System Requirements

Delete Dead Space Remake's Shader Cache (Steam)

If you have the minimum requirements to play the game but are still encountering this error, one method you can try is to delete your shader cache found in your steam folders.

1	Find where your steam folder is and open the folder. It's usuaully located at Program File (x86) in your main drive.
2	Once you located your Steam Folder, head inside the steamapps folder and into the shadercache folder.
3	From there, find the folder labeled 1693980. Right click on it and delete the folder.
4	Once you're done, simply launch your game and this should help fix your issue with rebuilding shaders.

Use Your Launcher's Repair Tool

If you suspect that the game you installed is corrupted or has missing files that may be causing the building shader error, the best way you can remedy this is to run your launcher's repair tool. Depending on the platform which you bought the game from, there are different ways you can do this.

Steam	Righ Click on Dead Space Remake (2023) > Click on Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game files...
EA App	Click on Dead Space Remake (2023) in your installed games > Manage > Repair

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Reinstall the Game

If all the methods above do not work, you might have to reinstall the game. While this method might take a while, depending on the speed of your internet, this should fix the Building Shaders error.

Contact EA Support

Once you've tried all the methods mentioned above and you still encounter the Building Shaders error, the only thing you can do at this point is to file a customer ticket support at EA's support center.

Head on over to the EA Help: Official Support website and select Help With a Game. From there, select the Dead Space Remake banner. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Contact Us button to report your issue.

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