If you have Windows installed in a typical C drive, you will most likely notice that the disk suddenly has significantly less space. This is because of a "feature" of the Black Ops Cold War caching system - the game will ALWAYS install the cache on the system disk.

The cache size can easily exceed 10 GB:



Unfortunately, this "feature" of the game cannot be changed in the settings or by changing the conditional ini file.

If you have another SSD (if you don't, get one, no joke), you can move this shader folder to that other SSD.

But it's not enough to just cut and copy this folder, because the game will still look for the exact location on the disk where Windows is installed. So the solution is as follows:

1) Delete the existing "shadercache" folder, which is most likely located on the following path:

(Windows disk):\ProgramData\Activision\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War\shadercache

C:\ProgramData\Activision\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War\shadercache

2) Create a folder "Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War" and a subfolder "shadercache" in it (preferably a second SSD)

(second SSD disk):\path to your folder\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War\shadercache

B:\Games\Cache\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War\shadercache

3) Run the cmd command line (as administrator)



4) At the command prompt, enter the following command, the logic of which is as follows:

mklink /J original-location-shadercache your-new-location-shadercache

Personal sample (may differ from yours):

mklink /J "C:\ProgramData\Activision\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War\shadercache" "B:\Games\Cache\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War\shadercache"

Check that both paths have quotes on the sides and press Enter.



As a result, you should see the message "Junction created for ..." and the corresponding original shadercache on the C drive should have an additional icon on the folder.

After that, you can launch the game... Of course, you will have to download the entire cache again, but this method will work until you reinstall the game or update your video card drivers (confirmation required).

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The problem has been reported since the Black Ops Cold War beta and hasn't been resolved yet.
And it is unlikely to be resolved at all.

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