to cache or not to cache, that is the question.

[gingerterry 16]

Hi, when I add scenery in the scenery library, it gives me the option to cache the scenery or use it direct. It also has a tick box at the bottom to cache the scenery? What effect do either of these choices have on the running of p3dv2. Thanks.

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

That option is left over from FSX (and earlier). It was designed for sceneries on optical drives and network drives, where caching to a local hard drive would improve performance.

[fppilot 4,371]

So if using strictly/solely on a local drive it make no difference?  Is that the consensus?

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

The only time it makes a difference is if the drive containing the scenery is much slower than the cache drive.