@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!
The problem is that OneDrive doesn't have options to exclude folders. It is intended to be a simple tool that just works for regular users who don't understand such things. As such it is dependent on developers following basic guidelines that are HEAVILY documented and, as a professional developer myself, learned of the problems of dumping internal data into the documents folder from an education campaign ran before I started at university in 1997!!
If an (at the time) amateur teenage developer knew about this 25 years ago, I don't understand how an architect or developer somewhere in a major software house, working on one of the biggest games can still be that far out of date with their knowledge? This is a massively out of date technique that Microsoft has been educating developers about for decades. It just shouldn't be happening and needs to be fixed ASAP!
Yup, C:\Users\AppData\ is the proper location for storing application data. Previous Battlefields store their shader cache data there.
All
This is a painful issue that EA likely won't resolve from what I've been reading. Here is a great workaround, especially for those using OneDrive with work credentials.
This process will create a symlink (shortcut) in the Documents folder pointing to the Battlefield 2042 folder in the AppData\Local folder, where it should be...
1. Close Battlefield 2042 and make sure it isn't running
2. Delete the "cache" folder in "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Battlefield 2042"
3. Move the "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Battlefield 2042" folder to the desktop
4. Start Menu > Command Prompt > Right Click > Run as administrator
5. Paste the following command ensuring that you have the right USERNAME in this command (notepad helps)
mklink /D "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Battlefield 2042" "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Battlefield 2042"
7. You will get a response "symbolic link created for..."
8. In your Documents folder you will now see a shortcut called Battlefield 2042
9. Copy the folders in your Desktop\Battlefield 2042 folder to the "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Battlefield 2042" folder
10. Launch Battlefield 2042
11. You may get a pop-up, choose local
The game will load and if you check OneDrive, you should see it removing the folders/files since they aren't in the Documents folder anymore.
Camo Mike
@CamoMike63 wrote:All
This is a painful issue that EA likely won't resolve from what I've been reading. Here is a great workaround, especially for those using OneDrive with work credentials.This process will create a symlink (shortcut) in the Documents folder pointing to the Battlefield 2042 folder in the AppData\Local folder, where it should be...
1. Close Battlefield 2042 and make sure it isn't running
2. Delete the "cache" folder in "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Battlefield 2042"
3. Move the "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Battlefield 2042" folder to the desktop
4. Start Menu > Command Prompt > Right Click > Run as administrator
5. Paste the following command ensuring that you have the right USERNAME in this command (notepad helps)
mklink /D "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Battlefield 2042" "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Battlefield 2042"
7. You will get a response "symbolic link created for..."8. In your Documents folder you will now see a shortcut called Battlefield 2042
9. Copy the folders in your Desktop\Battlefield 2042 folder to the "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Battlefield 2042" folder
10. Launch Battlefield 2042
11. You may get a pop-up, choose local
The game will load and if you check OneDrive, you should see it removing the folders/files since they aren't in the Documents folder anymore.
Camo Mike
Brilliant idea using the symbolic link trick! I gave that a go and we will see if it helps with my performance (along with enabling DX12 in my config) file.
One tweak to suggest in the instructions is if a person is in this situation the original path to use for the mklink command will likely be "C:\Users\USERNAME\OneDrive\Documents\Battlefield 2042"
Side note: I was a little overzealous and actually closed OneDrive when I did this. Had to delete the cache folder online cause OneDrive got confuzzled when I launched it again. After deleting the online version if was right as rain.
I don't know about you people but I just nuked Onedrive. I was sick of everything that was Onedrive. Tired of it sync 'in my files at bad times.
