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Nov 19, 2025 6:10 PM UTC
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Baking Issue After Updating to Version 11.1

Hello!
After updating Substance 3D Painter to version 11.1, I encountered a problem: the baker stopped working.

What happens:
When I try to start baking, the program completely freezes and becomes unresponsive. I have to force-close it through the Task Manager. The issue occurs every time, even in a new project.

My system:

  • Windows 11

  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti

  • GPU drivers are updated to the latest version

What I have already tried:

  • Restarting the software and the PC

  • Creating a new project

Unfortunately, the problem persists.

Could you please advise what I can do to restore the baker's functionality? Are there any known conflicts or recommended settings?

Thank you!

    6 replies

    GothamBat
    GothamBat
    Participant
    Apr 21, 2026 4:53 PM UTC

    Model stays dead white or black while AO baking and freezes and then results in blank bakes. Facing the exact same issue. On a 2060 12gb. Any solutions?

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    Cyril Dellenbach
    Community Manager
    Cyril DellenbachCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    Nov 21, 2025 10:13 AM UTC

    Could you try to disable the GPU raytracing baking? In 

    Edit > Settings > General > Baking options

     

    And let us know whether this helped or not?

     

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    Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | Product Manager | Substance Painter
      ClayArt
      ClayArt
      Participant
      May 4, 2026 12:17 AM UTC

      So it works for me when i turn off ray tracing, but I would prefer to actually be able to use a workstation graphics card. Has there been any fix to get Substance Painter baking to function with it again? i regret updating my system to windows 11

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      ClayArt
      ClayArt
      Participant
      May 12, 2026 2:14 AM UTC

      Bumping this again in hopes of a response, i’ve managed to resolve it but my system updated again so i re installed my drivers and it has once again gone back to the same symptoms with the only resolution being to turn off GPU ray tracing, Do we have a solution to that yet?

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      lisak54037502
      Participant
      Nov 19, 2025 10:24 PM UTC

      Having the same issue, 1070ti, 64gb ram, bake hangs at ambient occlusion, model stays dead white and the status indicator moves but no bakes are made, just blanks and the bake is hung, "cancel bake" just makes it start over again! 

       

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