Killing Floor 3 post sought testers for a hotfix beta on stuck shader compilation

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A post in the Steam announcements of Killing Floor 3 on Oct 8, 2026 gave an investigation update on shaders that failed to finish loading at launch. It said its authors had leads on the cause and were working on a hotfix, with a hotfix beta for affected players as the next step. It also said early testing had gone well and that it wanted to open the beta to a wider audience, and it described a workaround, for players who did not want to try the fix, that involves modifying a file. The full post is in the Steam announcements of Oct 8, 2026.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8