Re: Cache being saved to documents, which gets synced by Onedrive

Just read the "fix" instructions, wow its a long process and a lot of steps.  I think a better solution is to just have Dice move this cache out of the Documents folder like everyone on this post is asking.  Right now I just disable OneDrive because of this.

This is ridiculous. Why is the Cache in the documents folder? I also ran out of OneDrive space and am dealing with this problem.

Yeah, still have OneDrive disabled for this issue. EA needs to make a tool to fix this or move the file out of the Documents folder. I don't like messing with the registry for obvious reasons.

Before with OneDrive enabled the cache folder was getting synched to OneDrive while gaming causing stuttering as well as filling OneDrive with useless cache files. OneDrive would nag you about being full all the time.

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@RayD_O1 wrote:
@sk1lld
Thanks for explaining that bud. 👍

So is it safe to assume I can delete the cache files in the new AppData folder when it becomes large to save space on the hard drive. ?

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This I don't know for sure but believe it should be ok to do so.

Nice callout! I can confirm that after installing the update and then launching the game for the first time after it DELETES the content within %userprofile%\OneDrive\Documents\Battlefield 2042 and then creates a new folder called %localappdata%\BattlefieldGameData.kin-release.Win32 which contains no content from the previous Cache. So, it stands to reason there is no harm in deleting anything in that folder. I did not go into any maps before closing the game, and the cache folder size is sitting at 34k.

Glad they finally got this straightened out, and hopefully it's a lesson learned going forward. 

Thanks @sk1lld  and @RayD_O1 for mentioning

@shagz7
Just wondered why my desktop shortcut to cache folder stopped working after todays update and then discovered it's new location in AppData. Glad it helped. 👍

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

@shagz7
Just wondered why my desktop shortcut to cache folder stopped working after todays update and then discovered it's new location in AppData. Glad it helped. 👍

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That was a good catch for sure!

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@sk1lld wrote:

@RayD_01 spotted that the cache folder has been moved to the \BattfieldGameData.kin %appdata% folder out of MyDocuments folder. Guys let me know if you can use OneDrive again!

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Wow, and only took them 2.5 years!!

Better late than never; shame I stopped playing the game a long time ago 🤦

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@sk1lld wrote:

@RayD_01 spotted that the cache folder has been moved to the \BattfieldGameData.kin %appdata% folder out of MyDocuments folder. Guys let me know if you can use OneDrive again!

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I'm surprised. I didn't think DICE was ever going to change their position on this issue. Maybe they hired a new person?

Oh wow, its actually fixed! Amazing!