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Steam News21 January 20265mo ago

Regarding Post Launch Game Crash

There are reports of game crash/system shutdown right after the KLL logo is shown. This seems to be happening because of the shader compilation process.

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changedThere are reports of game crash/system shutdown right after the KLL logo is shown.
changedThis seems to be happening because of the shader compilation process.
changed(Please note that you may experience performance issue while playing this version)
changedClick 'Beta' and then 'none'
addedThe new version will install automatically

Letters of Bernard Thorne changes

changedThere are reports of game crash/system shutdown right after the KLL logo is shown.
changedThis seems to be happening because of the shader compilation process.
changed(Please note that you may experience performance issue while playing this version)
changedClick 'Beta' and then 'none'
addedThe new version will install automatically

There are reports of game crash/system shutdown right after the KLL logo is shown.

This seems to be happening because of the shader compilation process.

If you are experiencing this symptom, please try switching to the version that skips this step.

(Please note that you may experience performance issue while playing this version)

-How to switch versions.

  1. Right click on 'Letters of Bernard Thorne' from the Steam library and click 'Properties'

  2. Click 'Beta' and then 'none'

  3. Select 'noshadercompile' from the drop down menu

  4. The new version will install automatically

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Steam News / 21 January 2026

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