The shaders folder

[SG1_Lud]

Is a mean man, he usually post no more than a word maybe two.

[Strike]

Originally Posted by LUD

Is a mean man, he usually post no more than a word maybe two.

the silent type

[Ailantd]

Quick explained shaders are bits of code to be processed by the gpu ( located in graphic video card ) that usually controls pixel colors and mesh calculations.

[Doc_uk]

Originally Posted by Ailantd

Quick explained shaders are bits of code to be processed by the gpu ( located in graphic video card ) that usually controls pixel colors and mesh calculations.

Thank you

[Topo]

Someone tell deleting the content (files only, not folders) can help with performances, after a patch.

Sorry for my english...

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Topo

Someone tell deleting the content (files only, not folders) can help with performances, after a patch.

Sorry for my english...

Just delete everything in Cache folder...the game will rebuild folder and files

[NedLynch]

Right, delete everything in the folder and the subfolder, not the folder or subfolder itself.
It is supposed to give you a performance increase by doing this little clean up, however when you first fly a mission due to the game rebuilding the folders you may notice slight stutters, the increase will come, according to forum posts, when you fly for a second time.
I did it, but I think its more of a valid thing after for example a patch (clean out the old stuff and rebuild with the newest), since I bought the game with the last patch already on it it didn't really make much of a difference for me.

If I may ask, and yes it's of topic, how do you like that water cooler, doc?
I know you must like it otherwise you wouldn't have it , just asking, a bit torn right now between buying a Noctua NH D14 or a little watercooler like you have.

And I have to agree, don't worry about cluttering the forum. You have a question, so ask, maybe others have the same question as well and instead of digging around there are actually people here who are willing to answer to their best knowledge, even if it has been asked before and not sit on a high horse and tell people to go shooo, you are not worthy.
Remember, the higher the horse the harder the fall.

[skouras]

it will aytomatically updated after the steam intalls a patch

[Jaws2002]

The reason you have those "shaders" in the cache folder is so that next time you fly in the same area, the game doesn't have to generate all those shaders again. Just grabs them from the cache folder.
Is good idea to clear the cache after you change some graphics settings so the game can generate new textured based on the new video settings.

I don't delete the skins from the cache unless something about how skins are handled changed. I don't want the game to download all of them again when i go online.