[TEC] Does this game have some kind of cache file?

leovampire · 08-20-07, 09:09 PM

Another words a main file it builds up information for a quick read and just writes new lines onto it as it finds them in the data base?

I would like to find a way to make it reread all the data in the game's Data file with all the mod's like it is seeing them for the first time so it will fill in all the blanks instead of just writing new one's over old and maybe getting something mixed up in the process.

There must be a reason why some things work in the quick missions and not in the campaign layers and so forth.

The best example I can offer is from another simulator I have for Trains. The game has grown to a size of over 30 GB on one of my hard drives from all the upgrades added and the new content created that I downloaded and once in a while like after a month of constant use it gets new things screwed up and dosn't read them. But there is a main cache file that if you delete it it makes the game relook at every single item in the files. Now being 30 GB that sometimes takes over an hour or more for it to do it but after it is done and the game starts every little single detail is there and stuff I can find to use in my layouts that I forgot I had but can now find in the directory of objects.

So maybe the same thing is going on here. Put this in take this out change this load over and over again and do it again. Maybe some of the data is being writen over in a way where not all of the changes are applied right anymore.

irish1958 · 08-20-07, 09:13 PM

i agree, there must be one somewhere.

Digital_Trucker · 08-20-07, 09:15 PM

I think I know how to find out. I have an application called process monitor that keeps track of all file operations and registry reads/writes. It can be set up to filter out all but one programs actions (if I can just remember how to do it, it's been a while since I've used it). I'll give it a shot and let you know what I find out.

leovampire · 08-20-07, 09:22 PM

would be an awsome fine if that solved a lot of mod problems as far as working the way it was intended the first time and not after the game loads a few times just to get it right which I swear sometimes happens.

Digital_Trucker · 08-20-07, 09:51 PM

It might take a while to make heads or tails of it all. There are "only" 135,137 entries involved in loading the game and starting a patrol from port

. I saved a csv log file that's "only" 25 MB. Sometime in the AM, if I can remember after having slept, I'll upload it somewhere and post a link if anyone else wants to have a gander at it.

jean74 · 08-21-07, 03:25 AM

Hi,

Perhaps inside SHSound.act Sound.act SHSim.act... But I dont understand how to work this files...

Best regards,

Jean

Digital_Trucker · 08-21-07, 09:39 AM

I rar'ed that logfile (it's a standard csv with field names/headers in the first line) and put it up here http://files.filefront.com/Logfilera.../fileinfo.html

I'm going load it into OpenOffice Calc and see if I can't figure out the best way to look at it to figure out what we need to know. If anyone else wants to, feel free to download it and play with it in your favorite spreadsheet (always loved that word, sound like a manure spreader

) program.

Edit:Well, scratch the OO Calc, now I've got to find a spreadsheet program that handles more than 65,536 records

I even excluded registry operations and still had over 72,000 records.

08-20-07, 09:09 PM	#1
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	[TEC] Does this game have some kind of cache file? Another words a main file it builds up information for a quick read and just writes new lines onto it as it finds them in the data base? I would like to find a way to make it reread all the data in the game's Data file with all the mod's like it is seeing them for the first time so it will fill in all the blanks instead of just writing new one's over old and maybe getting something mixed up in the process. There must be a reason why some things work in the quick missions and not in the campaign layers and so forth. The best example I can offer is from another simulator I have for Trains. The game has grown to a size of over 30 GB on one of my hard drives from all the upgrades added and the new content created that I downloaded and once in a while like after a month of constant use it gets new things screwed up and dosn't read them. But there is a main cache file that if you delete it it makes the game relook at every single item in the files. Now being 30 GB that sometimes takes over an hour or more for it to do it but after it is done and the game starts every little single detail is there and stuff I can find to use in my layouts that I forgot I had but can now find in the directory of objects. So maybe the same thing is going on here. Put this in take this out change this load over and over again and do it again. Maybe some of the data is being writen over in a way where not all of the changes are applied right anymore. __________________ AIR_BASE_NAV_MAP_MOD Reflections_on_the_Water Last edited by leovampire; 08-20-07 at 09:20 PM.

08-20-07, 09:13 PM	#2
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	i agree, there must be one somewhere. __________________ Irish1958

08-20-07, 09:15 PM	#3
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	I don't know the answer, but I think I know how to find out. I have an application called process monitor that keeps track of all file operations and registry reads/writes. It can be set up to filter out all but one programs actions (if I can just remember how to do it, it's been a while since I've used it). I'll give it a shot and let you know what I find out. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

08-20-07, 09:22 PM	#4
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	very cool digital_trucker would be an awsome fine if that solved a lot of mod problems as far as working the way it was intended the first time and not after the game loads a few times just to get it right which I swear sometimes happens. __________________ AIR_BASE_NAV_MAP_MOD Reflections_on_the_Water

08-20-07, 09:51 PM	#5
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, It might take a while to make heads or tails of it all. There are "only" 135,137 entries involved in loading the game and starting a patrol from port . I saved a csv log file that's "only" 25 MB. Sometime in the AM, if I can remember after having slept, I'll upload it somewhere and post a link if anyone else wants to have a gander at it. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

08-21-07, 03:25 AM	#6
jean74 Medic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Lake Leman and Geneva, FRANCE Posts: 162 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 0	Hi, Perhaps inside SHSound.act Sound.act SHSim.act... But I dont understand how to work this files... Best regards, Jean

08-21-07, 09:39 AM	#7
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	I rar'ed that logfile (it's a standard csv with field names/headers in the first line) and put it up here http://files.filefront.com/Logfilera.../fileinfo.html I'm going load it into OpenOffice Calc and see if I can't figure out the best way to look at it to figure out what we need to know. If anyone else wants to, feel free to download it and play with it in your favorite spreadsheet (always loved that word, sound like a manure spreader ) program. Edit:Well, scratch the OO Calc, now I've got to find a spreadsheet program that handles more than 65,536 records I even excluded registry operations and still had over 72,000 records. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave. Last edited by Digital_Trucker; 08-21-07 at 10:22 AM.