Couple of questions about FS4 scenery streaming

John Hargreaves · December 27, 2023 at 11:33 AM

Hi Chaps, I've been away from the world of Aerofly for a while, but I picked up FS4 in the Steam sale and have just installed it, so far so good.

I just have a few question regarding the global scenery streaming feature:

1, If I turn on streaming, is there any point downloading the free Hi res scenery - is there any difference in visual quality or performance?

2, If I use the streaming feature, does it then save the scenery on my system in some kind of cache, and if so where does it store it?

3, Depending on the answer to 2, above, how can I select the drive that the scenery cache is stored on or is it the same drive where I have the sim installed? I mainly want to keep C: drive clean.

Thanks in advance for any assistance, John

FrankLFRS · December 27, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Hi.

1.

You cannot download the scenery except the USA and Europe DLCs.

2.

Yes, it is saved on your system.

Windows: somewhere Documents\ Aerofly FS 4\…

Mac: ~/Library/Application support/Aerofly FS 4/…

3.

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RE: FS4 Streaming Memory Issues (OneDrive Full)

We don't recommend to include the Aerofly FS folder in your OneDrive backups. This has created issues for several users in the past.

In the main.mcf file you can specify a different path for the network streaming data location if you don't wish to save the files on the c drive. You can also define another path for the extra use folder so that you can install scenery add-ons on another drive as well.

Jet-Pack (IPACS)

December 26, 2023 at 7:43 PM

RE: FS4 Streaming Memory Issues (OneDrive Full)

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