[Fixed] Preparing Shaders Screen Error in Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy, developed by Avalance Software and Published by Warner Bros Games, under Portkey, is a take on the Harry Potter series but lets us play the game before Harry’s birth. As soon as you start the game, you are greeted with the “Preparing Shaders Screen” Error. What does it mean, how long does it take, and how to fix it? We got answers to all of these questions below.

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What is the Reason Behind Preparing Shaders in Hogwarts Legacy?

This is an issue where the game stops and is stuck with the “Preparing Shaders” screen. You can’t play the game and neither can you do anything else. It is like a plague in the game that just keeps popping off the screen. 

Whenever a game shows you the Preparing Shaders and gets stuck there, then the issue usually points out that the Drivers, especially for the Nvidia Graphics card are the reason behind it. Or, it is generally the game files that are either corrupted, missing, or blocked by the antivirus.

Let’s troubleshoot the issue below.

How to Fix Preparing Shaders Screen Error in Hogwarts Legacy?

Following are the methods you can try to Fix the Hogwarts Legacy Preparing Shaders Screen Error;

Updating GPU Drivers

There is a high chance that you are using an Nvidia Graphics Card and that is causing issues with Hogwarts Legacy because they don’t go well together. Just get rid of the drivers you have and install fresh Drivers through Nvidia Experience or manually from the Nvidia Website. Similarly, you can use AMD Adrenaline to download the AMD Drivers.

Limiting/Cappting FPS

You can limit the FPS in the game to prevent the Preparing Shaders Screen from popping off again and again in Hogwarts Legacy.

• Right Click on the Desktop
• Click on the Nvidia Control Panel
• Go to Manage 3D Options
• Select Hogwarts Legacy in Custom
• Scroll Down to find the FPS Limit
• Limit the FPS to 60

While you are at it, we also recommend using the Maximum Performance in the “Power Management”.

In case you are on something else, you can simply go to in-game options and cap from there. You can even use other good FPS Limiters to Reduce FPS. 

Restarting the Game

Whenever you get the screen error in Hogwarts Legacy that says “Preparing Shaders”. You can just restart the game and start playing it afterward. Well, it isn’t a great fix, but it does work sometimes when you want something quick. 

Engine.ini Files Modification

In case the above Fixes don’t work, you can just get this one and it is a guaranteed fix for preparing shaders screen error in Hogwarts Legacy. Go to the installation area or follow the path we mentioned below;

C-User-Username-AppDataLocalHogwartsLegacySavedConfigWindowsnoEditor. 

Use Notepad to open the Engine.ini file and add the following;

[SystemSettings]

r.TextureStreaming=1

r.Streaming.PoolSize=3096

Hope this fixes your issue or you can just follow the final fix.

Re-install the Game from Zero

Yes, that’s the final fix! Just uninstall the game from the Control Panel or uninstall it from Steam. On consoles, you can just uninstall it through the UI. Then re-install the game and restart your PC to fix this issue.

In Short: The preparing Shaders Error in Hogwarts Legacy is caused by the drivers, game files, FPS drop, Engine File, or simply the game itself. Above, we have all the methods to troubleshoot and fix it.

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