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Is it okay to delete you cache?
BloodDoll Lulu
FIX Inventory Issues 1st
Join date: 9 Jul 2005
Posts: 152
07-16-2005 21:00
It's just making the game laggy. I noticed in other games with engines like this that if i cleared the cache, the game ran fast again. So my question is just that, is it okay to delete the cache for secondlife?
BloodDoll Lulu
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Join date: 9 Jul 2005
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07-17-2005 02:10
the secondlife cache that is
Catherine Omega
Geometry Ninja
Join date: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,053
07-17-2005 02:24
Yeah, you can delete it, or just uninstall and reinstall. It may not actually help SL's performance, though.
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Loki Pico
Registered User
Join date: 20 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,938
07-17-2005 02:25
Yes, its fine. Clearing the cache frequently corrects some errors you may be having.
BloodDoll Lulu
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Join date: 9 Jul 2005
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07-17-2005 04:06
thank you guys!
Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
07-17-2005 09:33
defragmenting the cache can also help
keeping it deframgented will keep it happy.

If you want to delete the cache but not have the client reallocate the disk space just open the "index.db2.x.*" in any editer, Select All, delete the contents, then save it. Now the client will think the cache is empty.

You can delete all the files in the cache directory. The files that handle the textures, animaions, and other odds and ends are "index.db2.x.*" & "data.db2.x.*".
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Catherine Omega
Geometry Ninja
Join date: 10 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,053
07-17-2005 15:33
How big is your hard drive? How much free disk space do you have?

One way to improve system performance is to make sure your pagefile and registry are defragmented. You can download an easy tool to do it automatically from SysInternals.
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BloodDoll Lulu
FIX Inventory Issues 1st
Join date: 9 Jul 2005
Posts: 152
07-17-2005 16:27
400 gig, but I'm working on a gaming project using the new unreal engine, which is taking up massive amounts of space... With all the models, meshes + level design, etc... Plus my personal stuff.

One thing I noticed not sure if it was after I deleted that cache but my bangs on my hair take like 2-5 minutes to load. It bothers me. I hide until they load.
Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
Join date: 24 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,766
07-17-2005 16:31
Just for the sake of ease - and becasue I have need to blow away the cache now and again, I wrote this batch file:
CODE
@ echo off
 cd "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\SecondLife\cache"
 if "%cd%" == "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\SecondLife\cache" goto whackit
 goto err
 :whackit
 echo SL CACHE DELETE Started at %time% on %date%
 del /Q *.*
 echo SL CACHE DELETE Completed at %time% on %date%
 goto end
 :err
 echo ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR
 :end
 cd "c:\"
 pause
For WinXP and similar.
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