@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!
Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number 3080ti
Enter RAM memory size in GB 32gb
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Game Menu
In which game menu were you when the bug occurred? windows folder
Please select your region North America
On which server did this happen?
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm)
Summarize your bug The "cache" folder is located in the main "my documents" folder. Therefore, onedrive automatically tries to upload the entire folder. Please re-path this to a more appropriate location such as the "AppData" folder.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? The BF2042 "cache" folder is located in the main "my documents" folder. Therefore, onedrive automatically tries to upload the entire folder. Please re-path this to a more appropriate location such as the "AppData" folder.
What happens when the bug occurs? The BF2042 "cache" folder is located in the main "my documents" folder. Therefore, onedrive automatically tries to upload the entire folder. Please re-path this to a more appropriate location such as the "AppData" folder.
What should be happening instead? Proper folder structure
The "cache" folder is located in the main "my documents" folder. Therefore, onedrive automatically tries to upload the entire folder. Please re-path this to a more appropriate location such as the "AppData" folder.
We do not need to upload the shaders, crash reports, cache changes, etc to onedrive.
Previous posts about this issue:
Cache folder needs to be moved out of Documents folder! - Answer HQ (ea.com)
Incorrect cache folder location - main my documents folder - onedrive upload - Answer HQ (ea.com)
My Addition:
Pulling from two other posts about this topic, which state correct information. I am going to add an additional issue that shows up from this, OneDrive and Google Drive (Which ever backup service you run) will automatically start uploading the new/changed files immediately. Unless you have fiber internet with some insane upload speed, you are going to feel it. In my case, I get about 5Mbps upload (bit per second, not byte). So, for every map change, I get about 4 or 5 minutes of +300ms latency because files are being backed up.
Sure, I can pause OneDrive from backing things up. But that is only a temporary solution, it will still upload those files later. Meaning that temporary files are unnecessarily being backed up and taking up space that I have to pay for. I have seen this data amount to multiple gigabytes if left alone after a nightly play session.
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As far I am aware this is working as intended. @TurkishTerror101
Moving post to General discussions as feedback.
/Atic
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In response to EA_Atic's answer to @TurkishTerror101
I don't care if that is what you intend. This is not how it should be. Unless you are paying for the upload bandwidth and storage space, this needs to be fixed as soon as possible. This is exactly what the AppData and other folders that Microsoft have laid out can be used for. NOT THE USERS "DOCUMENTS" FOLDER, that is just lazy and poor programming. Let people chose the location or pick a more appropriate location. Really, it is that simple of a fix.
CHANGE THE FOLDER THATS IS SYNC IN YOUR ONE DRIVE / GOOGLE DRIVE ->> SETTINGS
This will remove the folders from the computer. Meaning the folders will NOT be in your DOCUMENTS, instead it will be available in your cloud storage. Check the page that you linked, it's in the "Notes" box.
