"Pre-loading Map and Shaders: Completed 0 out of 0" then the game crashes

[spoot]

Since last update I get this notification every time I start the game. It does this for about half a minute with a few lag spikes then the game and Steam crashes. I don't have to kill steam manually though, which is nice.

Ubuntu 24.10 - 1070Ti - 16gb - Xeon E2 cpu [bottlenecks here]

Here's the first bunch of lines from shader_log.txt:

[2024-11-07 17:29:34] Mismatching key! Entry 10835021/156106.
[2024-11-07 17:29:34] Mismatching key! Entry 10991147/151584.
[2024-11-07 17:29:34] Finding FOZ pipeline cache files for archive version 6, base directory: /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450/fozpipelinesv6.
[2024-11-07 17:29:34] Processing FOZ cache file at /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache.904f69d2b1b44b65/steamapp_pipeline_cache.foz
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Finding Mesa SF caches, base directory: /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Crawling complete, found 2 different buckets:
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] /data/src/clientdll/shadercachemanager/shadercachemanager.cpp:3774: GetShaderReportingCadence: call failed. elapsed time 18 us, transport Request Not Sent (2), method No Connection (3), message
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] b3ad8437228be856 / L2:e658bfde63d35860bc8f98b05544b2d3: 78344 shaders.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] /data/src/clientdll/shadercachemanager/shadercachemanager.cpp:3902: RegisterShader: call failed. elapsed time 106 us, transport Request Not Sent (2), method No Connection (3), message
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Register Shader request for b3ad8437228be856 / L2:e658bfde63d35860bc8f98b05544b2d3 shader 0 failed with server reply: No Connection
[Same with shader 1-8]
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Register Shader request for b3ad8437228be856 / L2:e658bfde63d35860bc8f98b05544b2d3 shader 9 failed with server reply: No Connection
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Done; 69031 already registered, 0 succeeded, 9313 failed, 0 busy.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Server requested 0 shaders; uploading is enabled.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] SteamSwarm / G7:VulkanPipelinesV6_904f69d2b1b44b65: 16200 shaders.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] /data/src/clientdll/shadercachemanager/shadercachemanager.cpp:3902: RegisterShader: call failed. elapsed time 23 us, transport Request Not Sent (2), method No Connection (3), message
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Register Shader request for SteamSwarm / G7:VulkanPipelinesV6_904f69d2b1b44b65 shader 0 failed with server reply: No Connection
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Done; 15636 already registered, 0 succeeded, 564 failed, 0 busy.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Server requested 0 shaders; uploading is enabled.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Finding NVIDIA cache files, base directory: /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Finding FOZ pipeline cache files for archive version 6, base directory: /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450/fozpipelinesv6.
[2024-11-07 17:29:36] Processing FOZ cache file at /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache.904f69d2b1b44b65/steamapp_pipeline_cache.foz
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] Finding Mesa SF caches, base directory: /hdd/SteamLibrary/steamapps/shadercache/1422450.
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] Crawling complete, found 1 different buckets:
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] /data/src/clientdll/shadercachemanager/shadercachemanager.cpp:3774: GetShaderReportingCadence: call failed. elapsed time 11 us, transport Request Not Sent (2), method No Connection (3), message
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] SteamSwarm / G7:VulkanPipelinesV6_904f69d2b1b44b65: 16200 shaders.
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] /data/src/clientdll/shadercachemanager/shadercachemanager.cpp:3902: RegisterShader: call failed. elapsed time 130 us, transport Request Not Sent (2), method No Connection (3), message
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] Register Shader request for SteamSwarm / G7:VulkanPipelinesV6_904f69d2b1b44b65 shader 0 failed with server reply: No Connection
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] Done; 15636 already registered, 0 succeeded, 564 failed, 0 busy.
[2024-11-07 17:29:37] Server requested 0 shaders; uploading is enabled.

If other logs would be helpful let me know. Will try switching Proton versions, sometimes that helps. Switching Proton versions did not help so far.

*Edited in the right parts of the shader log

 

[jbinzo]

I have the same issue as well. For what it's worth I also run linux. The game seems to work fine, but the shader window never goes away.

 

[spoot]

I have the same issue as well. For what it's worth I also run linux. The game seems to work fine, but the shader window never goes away.

Dang, must be a hardware issue for me then if you can run it. What are your specs?

 

[jbinzo]

i7-9700k, 1080ti, 32gb ram.

 

[JeffH]

Could you try launching with "-no_prewarm_map" on the command line? This should prevent this step from running. Thank you!

 

[jbinzo]

That worked for me!

 

[spoot]

Could you try launching with "-no_prewarm_map" on the command line? This should prevent this step from running. Thank you!

This worked for me as well, thanks so much!

 

[jahhmez]

confirmed, also running Linux, Ubuntu 22.04. Game does not crash, but the message persists for as long as the game is open

 

[spamboxone]

I have same issue on fedora 41 game runs fine but message wont go away.

 

[Hammer2000]

thanks for this fix been a few days and it's been pretty annoying

Could you try launching with "-no_prewarm_map" on the command line? This should prevent this step from running. Thank you!

 

[superiorjt]

I'm also on linux and there is no crash, but the "0 of 0" notification doesn't dismiss and it covers up the net worth, timer, and top half of the tower status ui.