Re: Battlefield 2042 cache folder in my documents gets fuller and fuller.

@Rokebo73 Having more backup options in OneDrive is a different discussion and not at all the root cause of this specific problem. The documents folder is NOT supposed to be a dumping ground for non-user generated data and DICE is simply not following programming practices. I can see it making sense that save files go under Documents/Save files/Battlefield.

However, one could argue that Microsoft is too lenient in this, not enforcing software developers to follow the guidelines. Make a quick google and you'll see that DICE are unfortunately not alone, and generating many users upset about this lazy-developer behavior. Who's to blame, MS or the developers? I'd say both. But until MS does something about it, I'm still expecting big and renowned companies like DICE to follow best practices.

For reference, please read section 10 Desktop certification requirements - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn

I just noticed that there's an exclusion option in OneDrive, I just set it to exclude PcDx12. Will see how it goes and update everyone.

@Rokebo73 I'm sorry but I do not follow your logic here. How can it not be Dice/EA if they are not following Microsofts guidelines and general best practice? Cache files has absolutely no business sitting in the Documents folder.

@Rokebo73 I could flip that around and say, why should I not be able to decide what is being stored in my Documents folder? I don't want non-user generated crap there, it's for MY documents. Simple as that.

If i delete all the cache data do i lose any progress or hurt my ssd?

@KILLBILL_MSTK 

If you have an HDD, you can flip the cache to the HDD and you're done with the problem.

The cache updates every time, it doesn't work that once it creates a file the game doesn't modify it anymore, also whether you delete it or don't do anything with it the SSD storage cells get used up anyway 🙂

The best thing to do is to move the cache folder to HDD and link it.

In the folder (...)\Documents\Battlefield 2042 this is what it looks like in my case

If you have only one SSD and no HDD, then don't link it - it won't change anything 🙂

How to do linking you will find at this link (post #3)

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Cache-MUST-be-moved-out-of-Documents/m-p/13167854#M55201

Linking the cache folder to the HDD will result in the SSD not being consumed by the game cache (the game will save/modify everything on the HDD of your choice)

GL

The reason that the people here advising you against using OneDrive or disabling it or using Revo uninstaller etc etc is becuase most of these people do not have a life outside gaming. They do not have important documents, they do not understand the signficance of backing up documents to cloud storage (OneDrive) in this regard. The Documents folder is for documents and not for Cache, but they won't get it because any attempts to "fix" it would require them to make changes out of their comfort zone. Today is the first time I played Battlefield and immediately noticed that it filled by OneDrive, hence I landed on this forum trying to find a fix. If my documents are not backed up due to Battlefield, then playing this game is not worth the risk hence I will raise a chargeback and uninstall this game for good.

Cache is no more located in Documents folder but in C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Local\BattlefieldGameData.kin-release.Win32\cache

Thanks for this.

@unpierrot
Yes I spotted this after downloading the latest update :
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Cache-Folder-moved/m-p/13723380#M59670

Solved: Cache being saved to documents, which gets synced by Onedrive - Answer HQ (ea.com)