Ramdisk question

[TehMikaL 49]

I have a 10 gig ramdisk...and I have Arma2 Combined operations. Which folder is thee one being used thee most that i should throw in the ramdisk. Is it Arma2 or Arma2 Operation Arrowhead,

(both folders are pretty big) So im not sure which is being used while playing DayZ. I would suspect Arma Operation arrowhead because thats the fold my Dayz mod is in.

THanks!

*wasnt sure where to post this at*

[cpstörd 7]

The DayZ folder.

[TehMikaL 49]

The DayZ folder.

well the dayz folder will just be about spawning zombies and tin cans and cokes and such right? Wouldnt it be better to have the folder that has the textures and map stuff in it be more effective?

[Blindingsun 233]

can you put windows on a ramdisk?

[Tweakie 199]

You can't put windows on a ramdisk. You RAM reset/empties out, when you restart/Shutdown your computer. Every fresh start, you will have to load up your RAMDISK with what you want on it.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Tweakie

[enforcer1975 1111]

Both are used...ArmA 2 for the island and ArmA2 / OA for the models.

What is most needed are the textures for the island and the island itself so i would put that on the disk.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Enforcer

[gambla 118]

If Windows would be on the RAMdisk, what would manage th RAMDisk ? Windows converts an adresse space of the RAM into a disk, but as it's ra-memory, it's deleted after power off.

Afaik you need to install A2 + AO on the RAMdisk, and there's RAMdisk software that saves this adress space before shutting down. But it's not worth the effort, better buy a SSD. BTw. The only advantage is the improvement of ArmAs data streaming, less if not any at all it's an improvemnet you see in fps numbers. Not to forget, you loose time again when windows is loading the RAMdisk into RAM.

Edited August 8, 2012 by gambla

[puppetworx 474]

You want all the textures on the RAMDisk as loading these is where the real bottleneck is at in ARMA for some reason. I believe DayZ primarily uses the ARMA 2:OA textures so that would be the folder to move or symlink.

[TehMikaL 49]

thanks guys, im gonna fiddle around and see what the best option is for me , i got 10 gigs to work with , so ill letcha know! thanks for the replies and thee suggestions!

[TehMikaL 49]

just in case anyone was following this ... I found the best way for me to do it was putting the Arma2 folder in there , and then pulling the dayz folder aswell. At first i was putting the arma 2 operation arrowhead in there and was getting just minimal loading gains because of havin the @day folder in there. My loading times for the same server were 1 minute and 30 seconds to load into game from the Dayz Commander.

But when i switched out folders and used the straight arma 2 folder, (at that point i could no longer hear my harddrive spinning , which was good, that means most files are being loaded directly off the ramdrive)

loading time when down to 55 seconds.

I prolly could get the loading time down lower if i symlinked a few files from arma2 AO but its not worth the hassle.

to sum up...

Loading time was 1:30

loading time now 0:55

40% faster? my math sucks ehEhe!

[puppetworx 474]

Yeah I'm not sure about how much moving the ARMA textures to RAM actually helps in multiplayer (it apparently works great in singleplayer) because servers can limit the draw distance. Good info on moving the DayZ folder though, I'd heard it helped but was skeptical, I'll try the same and see what results I get.

[TehMikaL 49]

Yeah I'm not sure about how much moving the ARMA textures to RAM actually helps in multiplayer (it apparently works great in singleplayer) because servers can limit the draw distance. Good info on moving the DayZ folder though, I'd heard it helped but was skeptical, I'll try the same and see what results I get.

I didnt really notice any increase in performance on the actual game. I didnt have a problem with loading or popping textures. I have a gtx OC 680 and i72600k at 4.2 ...but the weakest link in my chain was my old school mechoHDD. And my loading times were just terrible , so the ramdrive really does help the loading time. But doesnt gimmie to much for ingame performance.

[enforcer1975 1111]

just in case anyone was following this ... I found the best way for me to do it was putting the Arma2 folder in there , and then pulling the dayz folder aswell. At first i was putting the arma 2 operation arrowhead in there and was getting just minimal loading gains because of havin the @day folder in there. My loading times for the same server were 1 minute and 30 seconds to load into game from the Dayz Commander.

But when i switched out folders and used the straight arma 2 folder, (at that point i could no longer hear my harddrive spinning , which was good, that means most files are being loaded directly off the ramdrive)

loading time when down to 55 seconds.

I prolly could get the loading time down lower if i symlinked a few files from arma2 AO but its not worth the hassle.

to sum up...

Loading time was 1:30

loading time now 0:55

40% faster? my math sucks ehEhe!

Placing the ArmA 2 folder in there has taken most of the load from the HDD. It's mostly textures from the island. NOw to get your loading time down you might need better hardware? I connect in less than 30 seconds if the server isn't laggy ( with SSD ).

[TehMikaL 49]

Placing the ArmA 2 folder in there has taken most of the load from the HDD. It's mostly textures from the island. NOw to get your loading time down you might need better hardware? I connect in less than 30 seconds if the server isn't laggy ( with SSD ).

I dunno! also by total load time, im talking from the time i double click my server on Dayz Commander til the time im able to move in-game. So through the lobby, character creating loading recieveing loading etc.

Not sure how much better my hardware can be. I have top of the line videocard and a very respectable CPU. i72600/gtx680

[enforcer1975 1111]

I dunno! also by total load time, im talking from the time i double click my server on Dayz Commander til the time im able to move in-game. So through the lobby, character creating loading recieveing loading etc.

Not sure how much better my hardware can be. I have top of the line videocard and a very respectable CPU. i72600/gtx680

i7 2600 / GTX 580 with SSD, maybe that makes the difference. I assume having 4GB or 8GB ram doesn't really add minutes to the loading time. You may be one of those unlucky people with good rig specs but with a bad combination or hardware, ArmA is quite bitchy.