That’s normal — your CPU is busy rehashing every major PAK file. Let it finish. On an old HDD, this can take 5–10 minutes.

This rare error usually means the file is corrupted or locked by another process. Fixes:

Cause: The launcher is reading/writing massive amounts of hash data. Fix: Move your games to an SSD. Hash cache operations are extremely I/O intensive. On an HDD, this file can cause stuttering and long load times.