The First Descendant is the first-person looter shooter game and it was one of the most anticipated games of 2024. However, just like any other game built on UE-5, The First Descendant players are also facing some issues at launch.
Both of the issues I am going to discuss in this article are interlinked. Your game crashing during the shader compilation is the result of your system going out of VRAM.
The requirements on the official page of the game suggest that you can even play this game on old GPUs too that have 4GB VRAM but that is not entirely true. We tried running this game on 1050Ti and faced the same issue you are facing, crashing and out-of-video memory error.
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How To Fix This Issue?
There is no straightforward fix for this issue, you either need to upgrade your graphics card or just lower the graphics completely. Follow my graphic settings if you want to play it on a low-tier graphic card.
- Visibility – Medium.
- Anti Aliasing – Low.
- Post Processing – Medium.
- Shadows – Medium.
- Global Illumination – Low.
- Reflections – Low.
- Textures – Low.
- Effects – Low.
- Shader Quality – Low.
After changing the settings, close the game and re-open it and let the game optimize the shaders. However, if it does not work for you. You need to increase your virtual memory too.
Windows uses virtual memory to supplement your physical RAM. If your RAM is maxed out, increasing virtual memory can help.
Go to System Properties > Advanced System Settings > Performance > Advanced > Virtual Memory and adjust the settings as needed.
Also, open the task manager to check if any unnecessary program is opened in the background.
Shader optimization will take some time but if it is still crashing during the shader optimization and you have a decent GPU. Use the “Verify Integrity of Game Files” option in Steam or your game launcher to check for any issues.
Final Words
This is not a guaranteed fix but worth a try, if it helps do let me know in the comments. Also if you are facing any other issue in The First Descendant mention that too I will try to cover that up.
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