Anyway to get the game to load faster? Outside of buying new hardware lol.

if you mean boot as in the first starting thats network + Cpu + Ram
but if you mean between areas thats Gpu + Ram

of course multiplayer is more network than single player and isn't currently working anyway

Yeah I mean the first boot. I have Multi player off. IDK if that helps. Seems like it takes a long time to start. I thought there might be a line I could add to the shortcut, that might help. It's only using about 70% of the cpu on start up. Running it on Vulcan, 5900x with 32 gig rams at 3600MHz

1st check you have cross-saves unticked & Galaxy isn't running then try booting it from BG3.exe in the [install location] /Baldurs Gate 3/ bin i.e, that drops both Galaxy and the Larian launcher... if boot speed improves its your network causing the delay

if yes, you could try using a network tunnel but Larian is now using Microsoft azure which is known to have issues with VPN and tunnels so results very

Don't downplay the role of hard disk in this equation. I know SSDs have been standard fare for over a decade, but I still know plenty of people who buy large spinning disks for data storage. Some even install their games there.

The biggest performance improvement I've ever seen for PCs has come from moving executable code and related data files off of spinning disk drives and on to internally mounted (SATA3 or 6) SSDs.

Of course, that violates the 'buying new hardware' thing. I don't know of any hacks to make the game itself load fewer resources, which is likely where your slowdown is coming from.

Hey thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

The biggest slow up is generating shader cache. It hangs at about 67% for a bit. Then zips to 100 and hangs there for a bit. Once the game is loaded, loading a save file goes pretty quick. Maybe my SSD is bad, or a knock off. It's a samsung ssd 980 pro 2 terabyte, with factory heat sink. I paid 135 for it off amazon about 6 months ago. But it's 234 now. HWmonitor reads it as a Samsung. And claims around 70% activity when launching the game.

Maybe I don't have a setting right in my bios.

And I am not using galaxy or patch 8.


The game has crashed loading twice, and while running once.

Hey thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

The biggest slow up is generating shader cache. It hangs at about 67% for a bit. Then zips to 100 and hangs there for a bit. Once the game is loaded, loading a save file goes pretty quick. Maybe my SSD is bad, or a knock off. It's a samsung ssd 980 pro 2 terabyte, with factory heat sink. I paid 135 for it off amazon about 6 months ago. But it's 234 now. HWmonitor reads it as a Samsung. And claims around 70% activity when launching the game.

Maybe I don't have a setting right in my bios.

And I am not using galaxy or patch 8.

1st Larian set their game to rebuild the entire shader cache after ever patch

2nd if your system uses Vulkan then your Cpu builds it and if DX11 then your Gpu does most the work... unless you SSD is bad its not really doing much while a cache is being built

5mins at first start up after a patch is installed is where i would expect your 5900X to clock in but thats only happening once every new patch and 10-20 mins shows a problem [10 is a software block like Nortan and 20 is bad hardware]

3rd [not using Galaxy or P8] patch 7 perhaps??? is this running on steamdeck, wine, off line installers?

I'm not sure what you mean. Mine rebuilds the shader cache every time I launch it. I am running Vulcan, because the graphics seem to look better to me running Vulcan.

I am running patch 7. I am not running it on steam deck. I am running it on a PC tower I build and it is the offline installer. Maybe I messed something up, I am not super tech savvy.

I haven't had any trouble with other games. And it isn't a real big deal. Start the game and go get a drink or something. It hasn't crashed enough for me to think I should contact tech support.

I appreciate your time and help. Thank you.

yes something is messed up... your shader should not be rebuilding each boot without new patches which means its most likely a software [not hardware] problem

check:
what location is the game installed to ie, c/ program file/ bg3 or d Gog/ bg3?
is one drive installed [are any of the bg3 save files in it]?
look at your anti-virus software
also what Windows [7,10 or 11]? ... the difference between dx and vulcan is one uses gpu and the other cpu, you didn't tell us your Gpu so i would assume its not too great and therefore vulcan is the better option for you

It rebuilds the shader cache ever launch, it says this could take a while and it does lol. It hangs around 67% then hangs around 97% to 100%

The game location is C:\GOG Games\Baldurs Gate 3. Which is located in local disk C: I am running window 10 pro, which is update, on updates.

I have a metered internet connection, so I uninstalled One drive. I am using Malware bytes antivirus. Since you mentioned antivirus, I checked it, I have no threats detected, and I added Baldurs Gate 3 to the Allowed list. I still get the Shader cache rebuild every launch.

I tried DX11 launch a few times. It doesn't say generating shader cache, but takes just as long to load and hangs at the same spots, 67% and 97% to 100%.
My GPU is A Gigabyte 4070Ti I have the latest driver, the exact model is

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N407TGAMING-OCV2-12GD#kf

I wished I had waited a little longer and got the super.

I am using Vulcan because it is supposedly better for AMD and I actually think the game looks better in Vulcan, than DX11

not seeing any red flags yet that should be fine or at least not blocking shader settings

1, please check your appdata files are set as read only... see image for the path but your user name will be different to mine

2, also have you perhaps recently installed a new AMD launcher? {its possible that software can block settings getting saved} a quick test is to uninstall the AMD launcher just to see if that removes the block but note you would still need to boot the game at lease twice after uninstall because the first time it should save your new shaders and not need to rebuild them again for the 2nd time so thats;
uninstall AMD launcher
restart windows
boot bg3 letting it make the shaders and play for a min then shut down bg3
restart windows
boot bg3 and if its fast you have your answer

i admit step 2 is a bit of a long shot but i'm almost out of ideas

I checked the appdata, it's read only I haven't installed a new AMD launcher. I'll just finish my play through. I think I am close to the end.

Uninstall it delete my saves. And download patch 8. Maybe that will fix it.

I appreciate all your help, very kind of you. Thank you.