New Shader WarmUp API

[Kabinet13]

Good news! A new API has been announced that does basically what’s needed here.

GraphicsStateCollection Tracing and Warmup in Unity 6

Greetings from the Unity Graphics team. Unity 6 introduces a new and powerful Pipeline State Object (PSO) tracing and precooking workflow, unlocking a smoother and stutter-less player experience, when targeting modern platforms. This set of APIs provide a significant upgrade from the “shader warmup" API, previously introduced in older Unity versions. While traditional shader warmup is sufficient for older graphics APIs (e.g. OpenGL, DirectX11), the new PSO workflow allows developers to better …

(I’m unclear on whether not it is available in the latest preview version, though it should be very soon if it isn’t)