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Shader Pre-Caching unwanted behaviour #9471

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@Martinligabue

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 28 april 2023
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Nobara 37
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When on the Shader Pre-Caching in the Settings, if you misclick the first box "Enable Shader Pre-Caching" even for a second it will instantly delete all 15+gb of precached shaders, and re-enabling it will make it redownload everything from the start. This is a big problem if you have games like Apex Legends, which takes several hours to compile, and dozens of games installed.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. open Settings, Shader Pre-Caching
  2. disable Shader Pre-Caching

This could be solved by waiting a little, or waiting for the Steam client to shut down before actually deleting the cache, or by prompting the user.

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