Liar, Liar - Your Planes on Fire

[Bob Scott 7,712]

1 hour ago, HC1Gunner said:

I have a 1TB SSD dedicated to Flight Simulators “rolling cache”. I’ve only been to (4) small airports, no cities near them, and my 1TB drive is already full. I planned on staying near an airport doing training, honing my flight skills, was hoping to store most of the local scenery.

I did this because Comtrash, my provider, has me on a 1229GB monthly cap, and I have to watch my data usage, as I could easily go over every month. No one knows yet how much streamed data the sim sim is going to use.

The rolling cache file appears to be a random-access data file, so even when empty of data, it will be the size you set it up to be.  IOW, just because it's showing 1TB size doesn't mean there's 1TB of data loaded in it.

My cache was set up to be 100GB, showing as exactly 100GB in use since right after I first set it up, and the data usage tracker in the sim (General -> Data) is showing I've used a total of 3.3 GB, and I've been dropping in all over the place to see what various places look like.

You can also set a data usage warning and a hard stop threshold for the sim, and tailor which day of the month it automatically resets itself.

 

[HC1Gunner 2]

My monitor is 2K, so 2560 x 1440 is my native resolution, with my monitor @ 144 Hz (w/G-sync). I don't run FPS overlays all time, just when I get anew title, and I trying to tweak it. So if your running FS at a lower resolution, can't really compare to a system running FS at  2560 x 1440.

I wasted 150GB just on having to do a second download / install, just to get FS properly installed.

Data usage wise, I've already tweaked all those settings.

Edited August 20, 2020 by HC1Gunner

[Alpine Scenery 1,609]

4 minutes ago, HC1Gunner said:

My monitor is 2K, so 2560 x 1440 is my native resolution, with my monitor @ 144 Hz (w/G-sync). I don't run FPS overlays all time, just when I get anew title, and I trying to tweak it. So if your running FS at a lower resolution, can't really compare to a system running FS at  2560 x 1440.

I hear you, I am using a projector, it is 4k but not Native 4k. However, on my setup - I don't think it is worth going to 2560x1440, though I haven't tried because my cabling which goes through an HDMI jack will not allow it.

I'd have to move the PC into the home theater room to attempt it, though the in-wall cabling will support 2560x1440 at 30hz but not at 60hz. 30hz doesn't look right on a projector, too much flicker.

Edited August 20, 2020 by SceneryFX