. Without a cache, the emulator compiles shaders the first time an effect appears (like an explosion), causing a brief freeze. Managing Shader Caches Building Your Own : The most stable way is to simply play the game. Using the Vulkan API Asynchronous Shader Compilation
Yuzu stores your shader caches in the following directory: C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\yuzu\shader\ shader cache yuzu
In modern 3D graphics, a "shader" is a small program that tells your graphics card (GPU) exactly how to draw a pixel or a vertex. Think of it like a recipe. When you play Breath of the Wild , the recipe for rendering the shimmering surface of a pond is different from the recipe for rendering Link’s tunic, which is different from the recipe for rendering a distant mountain. Using the Vulkan API Asynchronous Shader Compilation Yuzu