Before Unreal Engine 5.2, Epic recommended that developers bundle the most common PSOs into a cache, allowing games to precompile most of the shader code during loading screens.

Unreal Engine 5.2 introduced a new system for preloading Pipeline State Objects (PSOs) to help reduce stuttering caused by shader compilation in games. This alleviates shader stuttering, which is ...

Epic Games' increasingly popular real-time 3D creation software can be overwhelming at first, but Unreal Engine 5 tutorials will help you get up to speed. The availability of learning resources is ...

Epic announced a slate of new features for Unreal Engine 5 during its State of Unreal address, but the most important update flew under the radar.

In short, Epic seems to be saying that it knows shader compilation stuttering is a problem in games that use Unreal Engine, but it's actively working on solutions to it all.

Shader compilation stutter afflicts far too many modern PC games, but Hi-Fi Rush's developers went out of their way to avoid it.