Another manual cache question

[CHorne83]

Can somebody explain to me how manual cache works? I have a region cached which I want to use, this side of things I can understand.

If I then turn off ‘Bing Data World Graphics’ the sim isn’t using the cached region , it’s using default textures.

If I turn off ‘Online Functionality’ instead the sim isn’t using the cached region , it’s using default textures.

If I turn those two settings back on and then turn on ‘Data Limitation’ with a data limit of zero, online Bing textures are loaded back into the sim, but I think it is still getting the data online and not from the cached region.

Photogrammetry is off
Live Weather is off
Multi player is off
Live traffic is off

At which point does the sim use the cached regions? Any advice here would be great

I found a post that said it only downloads and stores the photogrammetry scenery.

[CasualClick]

What quality settings did you use when building the manual cache?

Generally I try to use Medium if possible for most scenery like the surrounding area, High Quality for airports and areas containing POI, like cities - esp.Photogrammetery Cities.

[CHorne83]

It was set to medium, the Hawaii islands. There was no activity on the drive I have the cached folder on. Apparently the manual cache only caches the photogrammetry scenery.

Purpose of Manual Cache

As I understand it, this is exactly what it does. If you know you’re going to be in a certain area a lot, you can set it up so you don’t download the same scenery over and over. (Assuming you also fly at other places so your favorite spot is pushed out of the rolling cache in the first place.) I’m not sure it’s very useful for people with fast, unlimited internet, but not everyone has that.