When I try enabling snapshot rendering mode on any scene (engine.snapshotRendering = true;) I get this flickering, followed by my whole OS freezing and having to restart. I can reproduce on this playground link: https://playground.babylonjs.com/?webgpu#SYQW69#951 See video: …

Same behavior in Edge Canary (Version 100.0.1175.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)) so it does indeed sound like a driver bug. Thanks for confirming!

Output from chrome://gpu/ if it helps Graphics Feature Status Canvas: Hardware accelerated Canvas out-of-process rasterization: Disabled Direct Rendering Display Compositor: Disabled Compositing: Hardware accelerated Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled OpenGL: Enabled Rasterization: Hardware accelerat…

Welcome aboard! I used this PG a lot in WebGPU and never had problems, so it’s probably a bug of your driver. I have also tested with the latest version of Canary on Windows (101.0.4909.0) and it’s ok for me. Can you try with Edge Canary?

WebGPU snapshot rendering mode causes flickering

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Tim_Cruz April 3, 2023, 1:13am 5

Hey there - hoping you can help me out. How did you end up solving this bug?

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