SteamApps vs AppData Shader Directory/Cache Misses -- An Easy Fix?

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JafaRykos#4460 wrote:

And sorry, I .. wish you could edit posts.

The mklink command should be run in the command prompt, so windows+r, type cmd, hit enter.

You might need to run it as an admin, if so, windows button, type cmd into search and it'll find the command prompt application. Right click, run as admin

Coul you make a short yt video on this i think that would help a ton of people its a bit complicated

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Zalkarx#4204 wrote:

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JafaRykos#4460 wrote:

And sorry, I .. wish you could edit posts.

The mklink command should be run in the command prompt, so windows+r, type cmd, hit enter.

You might need to run it as an admin, if so, windows button, type cmd into search and it'll find the command prompt application. Right click, run as admin

Coul you make a short yt video on this i think that would help a ton of people its a bit complicated

For clarity's purpose, here's the command Jafa shared earlier: mklink /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Path of Exile 2\ShaderCacheVulkan" "C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\ShaderCacheVulkan"

Just be sure to replace [YOUR USERNAME] with the name of your user account on Windows, and if you're playing with DX12 instead of Vulkan then replace "ShaderCacheVulkan" with "ShaderCacheD3D12". You'll know you did this right when you see that in the Steam POE2 folder, there's now folders for the shader with the "shortcut arrow" on the icon, what we're doing is essentially making a shortcut there so when POE2 looks for the shaders there. it actually finds them.