Cache doesn't appear to be working correctly

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue: I have set my cache to 64GB, yet I am sitting at the gate having just started a flight, I alt-tab to another window then go back to the game, and all my cockpit textures have been unloaded. There is no way the game streamed another 64GB of data in that time, confirmed by the data consumption meter showing only 3.11GB.

I’m guessing maybe Asobo is aware of this and perhaps it is the reason for the servers being so overloaded, however I thought I should report anyway.

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FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? 100%

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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  1. Manually change cache to a large size (I also changed location to another NVMe SSD which has neither Windows nor FS installed on it.)
  2. Load into free flight.
  3. Repeatedly Alt tab or pause and resume, eventually the cockpit textures will be unloaded from cache and redownloaded even when there is no need.

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant: TCA Airbus

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? No

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] Many issues may be due to an outdated graphics card. Please state your Graphics Card Driver Manufacturer (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) and Version: Nvidia 566.14

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share? High end.

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I’m not sure if cache is meant to work for aircraft textures but it’s also not working for airports. If you load in an airport and then out and try back in again. Sometimes it loads quicker other times it just seems as if it’s trying to download it all again.

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I have somewhat of the same experience. The three times that I actually managed to get into the sim I have always chosen the same aircraft and exact same airport. The second time the textures of the terrain and aircraft were excellent. However, the third time, everything was very low quality again. Despite the fact that I had set my cache at 100 Gb. Caching does not seem to work, at least not as I expect it to do.

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Description of the issue:
I have the rolling cache set very high. 128gb.
And i fly from edds stuttgart airport mostly.
But still it loads like i have never been there before. One by one scenery object is popping up when i move around the airport.

ICAO, coordinates, or specific location:
EDDS/STR
[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

YES

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

ALWAYS
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
ALWAYS

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[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
NO

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

DX12
[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
RTX4080 SUPER

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
RAM 32GB
RYZEN 7 7800X3D

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I think the “One by one scenery object is popping up when i move around the airport.” is nothing to do with loading and everything to do with the ludicrously low LOD, which makes objects appear far too late and disappear from view far too early.

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My cache is set to 500GB. Yet at times, not even the world map is loading at all, no matter how long I stare at the same airport.

The other day, just out of desperation after nothing loaded AT ALL, I hit the file verification on Steam and it came back saying that two files were missing (I didnt delete anything) and they were being redownlaoded.

After that, things worked better.