Battlefield Cleaner

[t1337Dude]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

this has not enough information, too risky to DL, Im not gona risk it.

Exactly.


1- What the hell is the BF2 Graphics Cache?
2- Why would removing it increase performance, and then what is its point anyways if it has no function?
3- What does it remove?
4- What's the increase? Loading Time? FPS Increase?
5- Any info wouldn't hurt.

[imported_El_m_ent]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

Ha ha I love this - random dude post some code and says "run this! it will make your game faster!" and a bunch of knuckleheads grab it and run it no questions asked.

Me? I'm wearin my tinfoil hat and steering clear, that's for sure...

[jimmy_396_jimmy]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

man i tried it works, i had faster loading times and less lagging

[Zefram]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

I mean, seriously, do you REALLY need a program to clean your shaders?

My Documents\Battlefield 2\Mods\bf2\Cache - Delete all folders.

Not that hard; is it?

uhm.... no kidding... you don't need a program to delete a few folders.

[snuggnads]

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I mean, seriously, do you REALLY need a program to clean your shaders?

My Documents\Battlefield 2\Mods\bf2\Cache - Delete all folders.

Not that hard; is it?

word...

[pertti_pasanen]

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uhm.... no kidding... you don't need a program to delete a few folders.

quoted for truth. and even a script (better ye a batfile) would do better than a compiled exe that needs the .net fwork.

[Sensa]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

Ha ha I love this - random dude post some code and says "run this! it will make your game faster!" and a bunch of knuckleheads grab it and run it no questions asked.

Me? I'm wearin my tinfoil hat and steering clear, that's for sure...

Well I would be the "random dude" that posted the code and I did not write this for any reason other than to help those out who are less knowledgeable than other people when it comes to tweaking bf2. It isn't hard to manually delete files, but how many programs are out there for the sole purpose of automating a simple task.

To answer questions....


The Graphics Cache is a set of Files that is created by BF2 to optimize your computer for play with the current graphics settings you have. It is a commonly held belief that deleting these files and allowing BF2 to re-create them will offer a varying level of performance increase. This varies depending on your system, graphics settings, etc. Personally before I upgraded my ram my loading times had some increase and for the first few maps I would experience less glitchyness(sp?). I still do it and experience basically the same increases just to a very slightly smaller extent.

The .net framework is used for better automated resource management. This is not and never was intended to be the last update, while more features are added in I didn't want to have to do resource management throughout the whole thing.

Once again I am not some guy trying to "trick" people into downloading anything. I am just a guy who is doing what I can to help out. Although I do understand people concerns so here is the source code of the program.
Battlefield_Cleaner.cpp
Battlefield_Cleaner.h

I have been taking suggestions and requests from TWL members for future updates. Currently I am working on completing the following updates:

- Manage and Add Favorites By I.P.
- Erase Server History (Supposed to increase load times, haven't verified this
myself but others agree) *Option To Set File To Read Only So BF2 Can't Update Server History*
- Clear Logo Cache
- Bring Settings from One Account To A New Account To Get Rid of Annoying
ToolTips and Other "How To" Junk, Also Moves Graphics and Control Settings Over

If anyone here would like anything added to the program PLEASE feel free to let me know, I will be glad to do my best to add it in. Just email me at rxsensa@gmail.com

[p0is0n]

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Lol people are so suspicious about everything.
Nice code man thanks!
The only thing i can think that would be useful to add is that instead of you specifying the default location that bf2 is installed in to have it find it itself. Not sure how to do that myself though, after looking at your code for the program i can safely say that its above my standards at the moment.
Thanks again for the program though.

[jimmy_396_jimmy]

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U know how to get rid of the movie in the beginning of the game?

[Sensa]

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Yep, I'll add the last two posts into the update.

- Add option for user to choose parent bf2 directory
- Add Option to remove loading movies

So far I expect to release the update by Monday Afternoon

[jimmy_396_jimmy]

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Thanks man i look forward to it

[p0is0n]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

cool, thanks man!

in response to jimmy if you want to remove the intro vid yourself, all the vids are located in
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Movies
thats the default location though!
and i may be wrong but i remember somone saying that patching dosent always work if the videos arent there, may be wrong but just something i heard.

[Sensa]

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p0is0n is right, you can either remove the videos or rename them. I rename them and have never had any trouble patching. I've never deleted them so I can't say wether or not that would cause troubles patching.

[{USI}_DirTyDeeDs]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

BF2 movies

I renamed the file extension of each movie file and left them in that folder, just in case I want them in the future they arent deleted.

I need to monitor my 768 RDRAM usage, so removing those movies helped reduce significantly the ram needed to load up the game.

[Linus]

Re: Battlefield Cleaner

For those of you that delete the BF2 Graphics Cache in order to improve performance:

Battlefield Cleaner

Installation Instructions:

*Note*

This program was written using managed c++ for various reasons, therefore
it requires the .NET framework. If you do not have this (I have heard it comes
with windows update but haven't verified) you will need to download it from:

.NET Framework

*Note*

1. Unzip Battlefield_Cleaner.zip to desktop or directory of choice (this choice
will require making a shortcut to the exe and placing it on the desktop)

Source code is included in the zip file.

Thanks Sensa TWL Member

NO THANKS.

People who use this are just asking for problems...

I have no stability OR performance issues..