Hey, Guys Welcome again to Every PC Solution. Today I am here with an exciting new topic We are going to study the error that we face when trying to run games such as dauntless or PUBG etc. So the error that we see is
"The global shader cache file GlobalShaderCache-PCD3D_SM4.bin' is missing. Your application is built to load COOKED content. No COOKED content was found; This usually means you did not cook content for this build. It also may indicate missing cooked data for a shader platform(e.g., OpenGL under Windows): Alternatively, build and run the UNCOOKED version instead."
If you are facing this type of error in your Games then don't worry I will teach you how you can solve this using the simple method that I discuss here
Why do we get The global shader cache file is missing error?
The most common reason for this error is we don't have the latest version of DirectX 11 installed in our system or our system is not capable of handling the DirectX 11 required games we will try to resolve this error with different methods easy one to advanced level in which we will try all possible methods so let's start with an easy one and the most common solution
To save your time press win key+R at the same time and type dxdiag after that go to display and see the DDI version if it is 10.0 or below then move to Use DXPCL step otherwise continue reading the next step
Installing The Directx 11
The best way to resolve the global shader cache file globalshadercache pcd3d_sm4 bin is missing is to install the latest version of Directx 11 or 12 in your System to resolve the error
Just go to the download page and install this file and enjoy the game
Updating Graphics driver
If Installing the latest version of Directx 11 did not resolve the global shader cache file is missing then there is another way to resolve this that is updating your Graphics driver will resolve your application is built to load cooked content error so just go to the official site for downloading the latest version of graphics drivers such as from Nvidia or AMD
Using DXPCL
This method only works in Windows 7 not tested in 8/8.1 and not working in Windows 10 if you are using Windows 10 then upgrade your Graphics Card to the latest one that supports the DX11 version.
If None of the methods not working for you then this is the only solution that might work for you still not 100% sure but you can give it a try so download this application and run and follow these steps:
- Click on the edit list button then 3 dots then open the directory of game and select the Win64-Shipping.exe file of a specific game and then click on add as shown in figure
- Then click on the None dropdown menu from the list either select 11.1 or 11.0 then click on force warp and then apply now you are ready to go
Conclusion
After applying this guide the user will be able to run their favourite games without buying high-end Graphics cards without any kind of issue.
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