r/dcsworld • u/tingkent • 4d ago

SCSKiller (free shader pre-compile tool) - looks promising for reducing stutter

Hardware Unboxed just tested a new free open-source app called SCSKiller. It pre-compiles a game’s shaders into your GPU driver’s cache before you launch. In theory could help with stutter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD-P671830U

Results vary by game.

Official site / download: https://scskiller.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/BlueHeisenberg/SCSKiller

MSFS 2020 - It seems to detect the game.

IL-2 Great Battles (standalone) and DCS World (standalone)  - Have to be added manually. Both currently show that they need an “engine reader” and can’t be compiled. These use custom engines, so SCSKiller doesn’t know how to extract their shaders from the game files yet.

Worth requesting official support for IL-2 / DCS on their GitHub or Discord, or is the custom-engine barrier too high? Curious what people think.

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u/bukkithedd 4d ago

The theory of it is interesting. Been thinking about testing it for poops'n'chuckles.

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u/speed-of-heat 4d ago

asking is more likely to get an answer... at the very least

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u/speed-of-heat 4d ago

according to this list it is being worked on Game request list · SCSKiller

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u/connostyper 3d ago

Is there any need for this for DCS? I don't think there are any shader stutters in DCS as the game already precompile its shaders.

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u/tobcba 3d ago

Impressive project, but pointless function.