The Last of Us Part 1 is finally available on PC after years of waiting. However, the PC port of the game is reportedly plagued with crashes, shader building, and performance issues. Fortunately, the issue can be solved by using a few fixes to improve the performance of The Last of Us Part 1 on PC.
The PC port ofThe Last of UsPart 1 remake is made by Iron Galaxy, the same studio behind the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. It seems even the Uncharted port had a few performance issues at launch, some of which are still not fixed. The main issue with the Remake is that the game takes hours to compile its shaders and has horrendous loading times.
How To Fix ‘The Last Of Us Part 1’ Memory Leak Issues?
Fortunately, one Redditor haspointedto a possible fix that can fix the performance and shader issues of the game. According to them, the developers/porters used a bugged release of the Oodle decompression library (2.9.6) which has confirmed memory-leaking issues.
The bugged Oodle decompressionfile can be replaced in the root directory of the game. Users can copy the non-bugged version (2.9.5) of the file from other games, such as FIFA 23 orWarframe. We recommend using the Warframe version, as the game can be downloaded forfree on Steam.
Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warframe\Tools\Oodle\x64\oo2core_9_win64.dll
Players can also download the Oodle decompression file directly by searching for oo2core_9_win64.dll and clicking on the first link. The downloaded file will be the non-bugged version (2.9.5).
The Last of Us Part 1 System Requirements
Considering the PC port of the game suffers from such horrible performance, we recommend that you only buy the game if your PC meets the recommended specs.
Minimum System Requirements
Recommended System Requirements
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