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Dice, it's been years. Please move the cache folder to appdata like every competent game devs already know to do. Thank you.
@TOPHlMUS wrote:
Dice, it's been years. Please move the cache folder to appdata like every competent game devs already know to do. Thank you.
@TOPHlMUS the method outlined in post #82 https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Cache-being-saved-to-documents-which-gets-synced-by-Onedrive/td-p/10971190/page/9 Is still working on my machine.
I just verified that the cache files in my BF2042 documents folder are not syncing to my one drive and they are not uploading to my One Drive. I am on Win 10 Pro so that might make a difference.
- 2 years ago
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.
- DukeToma22 years agoSeasoned Newcomer
This is ridiculous. Why is the Cache in the documents folder? I also ran out of OneDrive space and am dealing with this problem.
- sk1lld2 years agoLegend
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.
- sk1lld2 years agoLegend
@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!
- RayD_O12 years agoHero@sk1lld
Up until today I had been deleting the files in : User\Documents\Battlefield 2042\cache folder on a regular basis as it is supposed to help with in-game stuttering issues etc.....
Now that it has moved to : User\AppData\Local\BattlefieldGameData.kin-release.Win32\cache is that something I should still be doing. ?
Note : I am not a OneDrive user. - sk1lld2 years agoLegend
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.
- 2 years ago
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.
- 2 years ago
@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!
Wow, and only took them 2.5 years!!
Better late than never; shame I stopped playing the game a long time ago 🤦
- OskooI_0072 years agoSeasoned Ace
@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!
I'm surprised. I didn't think DICE was ever going to change their position on this issue. Maybe they hired a new person?
- sk1lld2 years agoLegend
- 2 years ago
Oh wow, its actually fixed! Amazing!
- RayD_O12 years agoHero@techb00mer
Yep good to see it, better late than never I say. 👍
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