Hey all. new to the forums and hope its the right section to ask this in.
Is there a way to move the path location for the Zen/Data folder? or the whole AppData\Local\UnrealEngine\Common Folder?
All i find is how to move the DDC folder ( and honestly dont realy understand what to change exactly ) but thats only like 800 Kb.
While the Zen folder that i think is the new Cache system they have, are taking up 20+ Gb.
Thx in advance =)
In case anyone else is looking for this info, these are the steps I did to move the Zen Data folder, and I’m not sure if they were all necessary as Unreal is supposed to create a Zen folder inside your custom DDC path anyway. However, if you are looking to move an existing Zen Data cache you could try the following steps.
Note that my cache was small enough I chose to let it rebuild so I’m not 100% certain if the following steps will let you successfully move an existing cache but if it does indeed work for you, please comment and let us know!
1. In Editor Preferences > General > Global, I changed the Global Local DDC Cache to a custom folder, such as
F:/1_UnrealDDC/UE_554
2. I then clicked “Restart Later” when prompted and exited the Editor without restarting.
3. Next, I copied the “Data” folder found in C:/Users/YourUserName/AppData/Local/UnrealEngine/Common/Zen/
4. And pasted it into the following path (I had to create a Zen folder here):
F:/1_UnrealDDC/UE_554/Zen
5. Lastly, I opened the “EditorSettings.ini” inside
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\UnrealEngine\5.5\Saved\Config\WindowsEditor
And changed the default path under [/Script/UnrealEd.ZenServerSettings] to be:
InUseDefaultDataPath=F:/1_UnrealDDC/UE_554/Zen/Data
(NOTE THE FORWARD SLASHES, and also note that the “Data” folder you pasted in will automatically be removed and replaced with various other folders once the Editor is opened.)
Further info from Epic Games on the Zen Cache: Using Derived Data Cache in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.5 Documentation | Epic Developer Community