▲ 198 ▼ Borderlands 4 Dev Gearbox Asks PC Gamers to Wait 15 Minutes for Shaders to Compile in the Background While Playing After Reports Indicate Recent Update Causes Stuttering - IGN (www.ign.com) submitted 11 months ago by mintiefresh@piefed.ca to c/games@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments Premium experience for premium gamers /s
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago (3 children) That kinda sounds like when I tell people to unplug their router for a full minute because if I tell them 15 seconds they'll only wait 5. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) "i already tried that" We both know you didn't. Just unplug the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) But I did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago And when I've tried it numerous times I'll let them walk me through the process while I browse the internet for a couple minutes while I "wait for the light to turn green" Nope, it's still flashing yellow, like it has been, and has been after the last couple resets of everything between me and the wall Oh you'll send a technician out? Thx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago No wonder the last guy thought we got disconnected 30s in after I told him I was unplugging my router. "Sir? Are you still there?" "Oh, yes. I was just waiting with the router unplugged." "Oh. Well... it's probably fine now." "But it's only been like 30 seconds." "Oh, has it? Well...uh, ok I guess. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MudMan@fedia.io 1 point 11 months ago Yeah, the process will be different depending on CPU, so I'm assuming 15 min is the upper bound they're expecting on the minimum supported spec or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) "i already tried that" We both know you didn't. Just unplug the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) But I did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago And when I've tried it numerous times I'll let them walk me through the process while I browse the internet for a couple minutes while I "wait for the light to turn green" Nope, it's still flashing yellow, like it has been, and has been after the last couple resets of everything between me and the wall Oh you'll send a technician out? Thx. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) But I did permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago And when I've tried it numerous times I'll let them walk me through the process while I browse the internet for a couple minutes while I "wait for the light to turn green" Nope, it's still flashing yellow, like it has been, and has been after the last couple resets of everything between me and the wall Oh you'll send a technician out? Thx. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago And when I've tried it numerous times I'll let them walk me through the process while I browse the internet for a couple minutes while I "wait for the light to turn green" Nope, it's still flashing yellow, like it has been, and has been after the last couple resets of everything between me and the wall Oh you'll send a technician out? Thx. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago No wonder the last guy thought we got disconnected 30s in after I told him I was unplugging my router. "Sir? Are you still there?" "Oh, yes. I was just waiting with the router unplugged." "Oh. Well... it's probably fine now." "But it's only been like 30 seconds." "Oh, has it? Well...uh, ok I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MudMan@fedia.io 1 point 11 months ago Yeah, the process will be different depending on CPU, so I'm assuming 15 min is the upper bound they're expecting on the minimum supported spec or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent