Pyro cache file size

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Hello,

I am caching flames with division of 0.02. Is it common for the file size to go up to 3 gb per frame even at 17th frame when its just starting?

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.sim file can be very large as they contain everything the simulation needs to pick up where it left off.

If you are writing out a bgeo you can reduce the amount of fields to only the ones you need and/or compress the files with by writing using .bgeo.gz
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hey,

I tried using *.bgeo.gz for compressing the file size, which was very useful as it saved around 500-700 mb each frame but it takes 20-30% more time to zip it. I know, I may have to choose either space or time.
But thanks for the advice. I did learn to save space.
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saving with sim files is different with bgeo files !
When you save your file in the sim files ,You have all of the data and history of the simulations in this file (like Collision objects) ,So you can continue your simulation after last saved sim file every time that you like !

But in the bgeo method ,You don't have any chance to continue your simulation after certain frame later (e.g when your system restarted ) ! exactly like saving your pyro without any History !!!

Yes ,You can use *.bgeo.gz to compress your bgeo files ,Also you can use “Explicit Cache” and turn On “Compress .sim Files” option to compress every sim file on the Disk !

But this is obviously that your writing and reading time is slower than normal files !

In this case I using SSD partition ,It's so faster than normal partition for reading and wrting cache files

Another is to use Linux if you can .

Reading and Writing time on the ex4 partition is faster than ntfs partition 8)
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