After a Ryujinx update, delete your old shader cache. Old caches often cause graphical glitches (rainbow colors or invisible characters).
In modern gaming, are small programs that tell your GPU how to render lighting, shadows, and textures. On a standard Nintendo Switch, these are pre-optimized for its specific hardware. However, on an emulator like Ryujinx, your PC has to compile these shaders on the fly as you encounter new objects or environments in-game. The Role of Shader Caching ryujinx precompile shaders
Have a specific game stuttering? Drop the name below. After a Ryujinx update, delete your old shader cache
Disclaimer: Only download shader caches from reputable communities (like the Ryujinx Discord or GBATemp). Do not download "exe" files. On a standard Nintendo Switch, these are pre-optimized
: If a game has broken textures (e.g., invisible terrain), you can select Purge Shader Cache to force the emulator to rebuild them from scratch.
Precompiling shaders for large games (like Zelda: TOTK ) requires . If you only have 8GB, stick to Vulkan and minimal caches, or your system will crash.