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MogZero
4 years ago
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Cache being saved to documents, which gets synced by Onedrive

Battlefield seems to save settings and cache files to userfolder\Documents\Battlefield 2042, which is contrary to all Microsoft Guidelines. These should instead be stored in userfolder\AppData. This...
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  • sk1lld's avatar
    sk1lld
    2 years ago

    @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_DYN4MO_I
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

If I delete the shader cache in the documents folder it seems to run smoother before it gathers shader cache files. 

Shouldn't the point of it have the opposite affect? 

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CountSero
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@I_DYN4MO_I they have chosen the wrong path for it

if you have backup\cloud software running like OneDrive it will back up this folder to it can causes lags and a reduction of game perfomance

also, it is 1+gb for me at the moment, with more than 2k+ of files which are always getting more (last time i delete the folder it was somewhat between 2,5GB - 3GB with 3k+ files)

I luckily don’t use a cloud backup but I use as traditional HDD which is slower than the SSD for my win11 and BF2042

So if there are less files your performance is getting better

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