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Gothic seriesGothic III: Compile shader material cache error(21 posts)(21 posts)
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Posted February 10, 2018
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saramakos: The game was working perfectly up until the latest GOG update the other day. Now the above error message appears every time I try to launch the game. It is installed outside Program Files (D:\GOG\Gothic 3) and I have ensured I have full control permissions over the folder. Anyone have any other suggestions?

I saw in a very old entry in this forum that installing the CEP has fixed it for some people however i understand the current GOG version already has it installed, so I am unsure if I should try installing it over the top.
do ALT/TAB, tab over to the screen shot that has the dialog box. press OK. wait for at least 5 or 10 min. then the game should start. once the game starts and runs, you won't have this issue again.
Posted February 14, 2018
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Kakarot96: You can just wait (ignore the black screen) outside of the process, while googling a bit for instance. After a few minutes, game will finish compiling and you will hear the sound of cinematic (still black screen). Press Esc to cut that cinematic and you will see G3 logo and, after that screen, the main menu.

The next time you run the game you will normally see the first cinematic, also.

Edit: no special permissions over the folder, but installed outside "Program Files" folder. Windows 7 64 bit.
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Johnthreesixteen: Wow (so ture) it took about 20 to 30 mins. in/on the Black screen w/ no sound and when I pressed the Esc button the main screen came on. And that's w/ an "non-gaming Lenovo Laptop. Thanks big-time friend & great day/year to you and yours!
You are very welcome, have a great year also!
Posted December 15, 2018
I fixed it by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Gothic 3\Modkit and reinstalling the patch.
took 5 minutes and the game runs great and loads fast. Running it on win 8.1 just fine. Hope this helps.
Posted January 23, 2019
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rynohorn: I fixed it by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Gothic 3\Modkit and reinstalling the patch.
took 5 minutes and the game runs great and loads fast. Running it on win 8.1 just fine. Hope this helps.
Its not helping any one have any freash idea.

Runing on Windows 10, gforce mx150 i5-8xxx


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MY solution

go to
1. Go to <path-to-game> \Ini\
2. Open ge3.ini .
3. Change

; Shader Cache

Render.DisableShaderCache=true
Post edited January 23, 2019 by ixed
Posted January 24, 2019
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rynohorn: I fixed it by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Gothic 3\Modkit and reinstalling the patch.
took 5 minutes and the game runs great and loads fast. Running it on win 8.1 just fine. Hope this helps.
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ixed: Its not helping any one have any freash idea.

Runing on Windows 10, gforce mx150 i5-8xxx

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MY solution

go to
1. Go to <path-to-game> \Ini\
2. Open ge3.ini .
3. Change

; Shader Cache

Render.DisableShaderCache=true
Sounds like GoG has contacts at Microsoft - automatic updates should never be fully automatic. Even MS changed their policy on this one.
Posted June 02, 2019
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AndreyBelikov: Here's the solution. It helps me.
Start the game in windowed mode:
1. Go to <path-to-game> \Ini\
2. Open ge3.ini .
3. Change Fullscreen=true to Fullscreen=false.
4. Save your changes.
After it you will see "Compile shader material cache" window. Confirm "Ok" and wait for about 5 minutes. You can go for a cup of coffee :) After that videos will appear and you'll be able to switch in game menu.
Exit the game and reverse the change to go back to fullscreen mode.
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Jespersgaard: Thank you so much! This helped me when nothing else worked :-)
Yep this WORKED for me as well! Yaay!
The thing is, you gotta wait a pretty long time like 5 mins or more until the music starts to play. Then the menu will show. Follow AndreyBelikov's instructions and exit and change the fullscreen back from false to true in the ini file and re-launch the game. Everything will now work normally.
Thank you Andrey for the solution!
Post edited June 02, 2019 by Yodadoodah
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