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__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_READ_ONLY_APP_NAME

5 threads 1 games 6 mentions 2021-12 to 2026-10

__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_READ_ONLY_APP_NAME appears in 5 issue threads across the Proton, DXVK, vkd3d-proton and Steam trackers. The values people posted, and the games they posted them for, are listed below.

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Values people posted
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_READ_ONLY_APP_NAME=steam_shader_cache;steamapp_merged_shader_cache3
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_READ_ONLY_APP_NAME="steamapp_merged_shader_cache;steamapp_shader_cache0;steamapp_shader_cache1;...;steamapp_shader_cache30"1
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_READ_ONLY_APP_NAME=steam_shader_cache;steamapp_merged_shader_cache`)1
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_READ_ONLY_APP_NAME=steamapp_merged_shader_cache1
Games discussing it
Red Dead Redemption 21 mentions
Threads
How to use multiple shader caches. protonopen2 mentions
Red Dead Redemption 2 protonopen1 mentions
NVIDIA shader cache: shadercachemanager merge logs "Mismatching key!" and shrinks steamapp_merged_shader_cache.bin (cold cache after every exit, follow-up to #11392) steamopen1 mentions
Shader pre-caching re-replays the whole Fossilize database on a warm NVIDIA cache and writes GBs of new driver cache for a small bucket update steamclosed1 mentions
Precompiled shaders are pruned by nvidia driver, causing stutter from cold cache effects in games with excessive numbers of shaders steamopen1 mentions

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