BF4 - ramdisk (sry if its wrong section)

[roteroktober34]

I only got an HDD so BF4 is loading realy long. I have 16 gb ram, can i somehow put the BF4 map on a ramdisk so i always load this map very fast as long as i dont shutdown the pc? I just want the map because for the complete game 16gb isnt enough at all

If there is a way to do this, please explain me how

[pspfreak]

look at this article

http://lifehacker.com/5496652/how-to-use-symlinks-in-windows

and this one

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/download/did/27/

 

You just have to find where the maps are located.

[Jamdude]

I don't think you can move a single map to a different storage place, all the files should be saved to the same location.

[roteroktober34]

the first reply, thanks but this is way to complicated for me, i am not realy into such realy complicate things

[flibberdipper]

I don't think that you can do this with a single map. I think it would have to be the entire game.

[roteroktober34]

ok, thanks

i have tested this on BF Bad company 2 but it loads just a bit faster than my HDD

[D4RK]

my brother's desktop was just like urs, running only HDD and bf4 used to take 10-30 mins to load sometimes, so i bought him a SSD and the game loads in 20-60 seconds now .

[roteroktober34]

People still use an HDD because it isnt expensive, so pls guys, stop saying ,,go buy an SSD'' , just cuz you say i shoudl buy one, it doesnt mean i have so much money

[Priller]

I was going to say you need an SSD or 32GB of ram but with all of the patching BF4 is now at 39GBs. So you would need an X79 board with alot of ram inorder to put BF4 completely on a ramdisk. Not to mention it would take a while during bootup and shutdown as it would have to load all of that info on an SSD or HDD since ram memory is volatile. Once power is shutoff all information goes with it.

[roteroktober34]

the point is´that if have the game on ram and you got like 64GB, it would be worth if you have the pc running very long. PS: my laptop has 4 sodimm slots, and currently i got 2x8GB Kingston 800mhz inside

[JigglyPufflez]

the point is´that if have the game on ram and you got like 64GB, it would be worth if you have the pc running very long. PS: my laptop has 4 sodimm slots, and currently i got 2x8GB Kingston 800mhz inside

you need to quote people to make sure they know you have replied

[roteroktober34]

ok

[xtelemonx]

You would have to reload the game every time you boot up unless you use nvram

[Sporqist]

I know, it's 2018 now but I just wanted to say, it's totally possible to save parts of the game (*actually any game) on another drive. Like pspfreak said, you can create links between folders and even drives, allowing to redirect requests for a specific file to be loaded from somewhere else. 

I myself have my origin games folder on a big hdd with a symbolic link to my ssd raid directing to bf4. 
For this to work with a ramdisk you would have to back the ramdisk with an image file that gets loaded to the ramdisk as soon as windows starts. 

You don't have to instal the whole game on one drive.

[SkilledRebuilds]

6 minutes ago, Sporqist said:

I know, it's 2018 now but I just wanted to say, it's totally possible to save parts of the game (*actually any game) on another drive. Like pspfreak said, you can create links between folders and even drives, allowing to redirect requests for a specific file to be loaded from somewhere else. 

I myself have my origin games folder on a big hdd with a symbolic link to my ssd raid directing to bf4. 
For this to work with a ramdisk you would have to back the ramdisk with an image file that gets loaded to the ramdisk as soon as windows starts. 

You don't have to instal the whole game on one drive.

This, heaps of symbolic link programs now exist doing all the work for ya with their easy to follow GUI's.

Copy Files,..Select a Source/Target for the SymLink and be good to go.