Shader Cache Build process Exit Code 1 in Warhammer 40,000 Darktide

by Rajitha Reddy
written by Rajitha Reddy

Shader Cache Build process Exit Code 1: Many players have trouble with the “Shader Cache Build process Exit Code 1″ Error at the beginning of the beta for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

The pre-order beta for Darktide is now live for everyone who bought the game early. Everyone who buys the game right now will be able to play it early for two weeks before it comes out later this month.

But they will also have some problems, which, if all goes well, should be fixed before the full release. Read on to find out how to fix the Warhammer 40,000 Darktide error “Something went wrong in the Shader Cache Builder Process Exit Code 1.”

Shader Cache Build process Exit Code 1 in Warhammer 40,000 Darktide

The Shader Cache Builder Process has had problems before. During the closed beta testing, it has come up before. It looks like players are also having trouble with it in the pre-order beta.

For some reason, the game doesn’t build a Shader Cache properly when it starts up, which is what most games do. This causes an error that freezes your PC and makes you have to force it to restart.

Shader Cache Build process Exit Code 1 in Warhammer 40,000 Darktide

Definitely not something anyone wants to do. When a game does something like that, it can put your hardware at risk or even damage it in a way that won’t go away.

So, is there a way to fix this? So far, we’ve only found one way to fix the “Something went wrong in the Shader Cache Builder Process Exit Code 1” error.

Solution : Shader Cache Build process Exit Code 1

Morbtide, a user on the Darktide Discord server, says that you could fix this by deleting the developers (Fatshark) roaming folder from your computer.

This is where the folder is: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming. just make sure that “yourusername” is replaced with your Windows username. Once you find the “Fatshark” folder, delete it and restart your PC.

Then, open Steam and start Darktide. Now, Steam should make a new “Fatshark” folder and download the files again. This should solve the problem, we hope. We don’t know of any other way to fix this bug right now. Contact the official support if it doesn’t work for you.