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Tandin The Knights Templar Intrepid Crossing	Posted - 2009.02.17 16:20:00 - [1] Ok, I recently bought an SSD and I have both my TQ and Sisi clients on it. I've done some searching and found about ten different methods of setting a new cache location instead of the default. I would like to put my cache on the SSD to improve the performance. What is the best method of accomplishing this goal? Thanks ôReligion is a terminal illness whose symptoms include the loss of common sense, humility, rational thinking, and in your case, moral decency.ö - Gallente Ambassador Jacques Allirou, Caill
Ki Tarra Caldari Ki Tech Industries	Posted - 2009.02.17 16:53:00 - [2] It is questionable if that would actually have any affect on performance in the first place. But if you insist on doing it, try adding "/end /LUA:OFF" to the shortcut for launching Eve.
Valrandir Gallente Blood Inquisition	Posted - 2009.02.17 16:57:00 - [3] Originally by: Ki Tarra It is questionable if that would actually have any affect on performance in the first place. But if you insist on doing it, try adding "/end /LUA:OFF" to the shortcut for launching Eve. This is no longer supported. Instead set your environment variable to the new location using a bat file then launch eve This has surpassed the Yarrdware specification and has been dubbed Uberware.
Korizan	Posted - 2009.02.17 17:04:00 - [4] Originally by: Valrandir Originally by: Ki Tarra It is questionable if that would actually have any affect on performance in the first place. But if you insist on doing it, try adding "/end /LUA:OFF" to the shortcut for launching Eve. This is no longer supported. Instead set your environment variable to the new location using a bat file then launch eve That is news to me, do you have a link for that info please.
WillageGirl Advanced Tactics and Maneuvers	Posted - 2009.02.17 17:18:00 - [5] Originally by: Valrandir Originally by: Ki Tarra It is questionable if that would actually have any affect on performance in the first place. But if you insist on doing it, try adding "/end /LUA:OFF" to the shortcut for launching Eve. This is no longer supported. Instead set your environment variable to the new location using a bat file then launch eve This is still supported and works fine. Another method would be to create another partition on yout SSD disk and mount it under your (empty!) cache folder in your file structure. Fighting for Our right to Cloak since 2004
Tandin The Knights Templar Intrepid Crossing	Posted - 2009.02.17 17:29:00 - [6] Interesting.. thanks for the input guys. I'm in the process of reorganizing my machine and trying to optimize performance. Right now it has a slow IDE drive as the C drive and the other 2 drives are much better performance SATA drives. I'm shifting the data around to reformat/reinstall XP on one of the SATA drives and I wanted to get ideas on how to optimize the cache for the game as part of the optimization process. ôReligion is a terminal illness whose symptoms include the loss of common sense, humility, rational thinking, and in your case, moral decency.ö - Gallente Ambassador Jacques Allirou, Caill
Ki Tarra Caldari Ki Tech Industries	Posted - 2009.02.17 17:35:00 - [7] Edited by: Ki Tarra on 17/02/2009 17:35:29 Originally by: WillageGirl This is still supported and works fine. It is not "supported" (link 1), but is does still work (link 2). You can use it if you want, but if there are any problem, the first thing that CCP's tech support is going to tell you is to stop using it.
Korizan	Posted - 2009.02.17 17:37:00 - [8] Originally by: Tandin Interesting.. thanks for the input guys. I'm in the process of reorganizing my machine and trying to optimize performance. Right now it has a slow IDE drive as the C drive and the other 2 drives are much better performance SATA drives. I'm shifting the data around to reformat/reinstall XP on one of the SATA drives and I wanted to get ideas on how to optimize the cache for the game as part of the optimization process. Well in theory. A programs cache should not be on the same drive of the program or IOS. SO you could do the following. 1. IOS and EVE on one drive / Cache on second drive changing windows default user location. 2. IOS and Cache same drive / EVE on second drive 3. IOS on one drive / EVE & Cache on second drive. Not sure which version works the best or for that matter which one CCP recommends if there is any benifit @ all. Maybe CCP knows , HINT HINT
Khlitouris RegusII	Posted - 2009.02.17 17:41:00 - [9] Originally by: Tandin Ok, I recently bought an SSD and I have both my TQ and Sisi clients on it. I've done some searching and found about ten different methods of setting a new cache location instead of the default. I would like to put my cache on the SSD to improve the performance. What is the best method of accomplishing this goal? Thanks you would probably get better performance running your os of the ssd. Then the cache would also be on the ssd with a default install.
Tandin The Knights Templar Intrepid Crossing	Posted - 2009.02.17 18:28:00 - [10] Originally by: Khlitouris RegusII you would probably get better performance running your os of the ssd. Then the cache would also be on the ssd with a default install. Hmm.. that is a very interesting suggestion and I hadn't even considered that. So far I haven't had any reliability issues with the SSD so I think I'll give that a try. It's only a 32GB SSD but that should be more than sufficient as long as I install all of the non-OS software (i.e. Eve) to one of the SATA drives. ôReligion is a terminal illness whose symptoms include the loss of common sense, humility, rational thinking, and in your case, moral decency.ö - Gallente Ambassador Jacques Allirou, Caill

Lost Hamster Serenity and Hungarian Operational Team	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:02:00 - [11] OK.. Here is some info what I have found out so far from EVE, regarding cache and log locations. First of all, here is how I start the game: starteve.cmd set USERPROFILE=d:\Games\EVE\ Start "eve" d:\Games\EVE\bin\ExeFile.exe /nosplash /noconsole /end /LUA:OFF exit -------------- The game is installed in: D:\Games\EVE directory. -------------- The first line: set USERPROFILE=d:\Games\EVE\ Modifies the parameter where you want to store the screenshots, and chat/game logs. But! You need to have a "My Documents" - or equivalent directory at the end of the path what you specify. So in Windows XP ENG you need to have: d:\Games\EVE\My Documents Windows Vista ENG: d:\Games\EVE\Documents Without the directory the game just hang! -------------- The second line starts the game, just it's not starting it via the original eve.exe it's bypassing it and it launches directly the game main application. No splash screen etc. The /end /LUA:OFF parameter keeps the cache directory in d:\Games\EVE\ directory. -------------- About the cache: There is a directory called: MachoNet under Cache. Under there is the IP of the server: 87.237.38.200 the there are sub directories called: 201, 202, 203, 204 As I have noticed, the directory name is increased by one in every bigger patch. And you only need the directory with the highest number. Currently that is the 204. (QR build: 75883) All the other directory you can delete. During the game start the application is reading/checking this files. So if you have many files there, then the startup takes longer. (You can notice high disk io during the "authentication" phase - that is because of this MachoNet file read/check ) ps: All this information is AS-IS. They are just based on my personal experience with the game.

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:03:00 - [12] Or use ntfs junction points to hardlink the directory. Secure 3rd party service

Armoured C Gallente Federation of Freedom Fighters Executive Outcomes	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:09:00 - [13] Originally by: Chribba Or use ntfs junction points to hardlink the directory. group hug chribba <3 This week EvE Life: Wormhole Wars 01/Feb
Lost Hamster Serenity and Hungarian Operational Team	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:10:00 - [14] Originally by: Chribba Or use ntfs junction points to hardlink the directory. Yep. Just that is something what the average user can not do. :(
Lara Li	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:12:00 - [15] Originally by: Chribba Or use ntfs junction points to hardlink the directory. Chribba, I love it when you talk dirty to me, but this techno-babble is beyond me. <sorry couldn't resist, now moderators delete this thread of inappropriate content please. I mean what he said >
Lost Hamster Serenity and Hungarian Operational Team	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:14:00 - [16] Originally by: Lara Li Chribba, I love it when you talk dirty to me, but this techno-babble is beyond me. ... Read: NTFS_junction_point

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire	Posted - 2009.02.17 19:19:00 - [17] junction points are evil! I managed to clear my home dir when deleting an old Vista install - that had junctions to my current install. annoying! But they do work like intended lol Secure 3rd party service



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