Mission report

[CB77Don246]

I have what looks like a hundred Mission report files in my GB folder some are only 1KB can I delete them?

[DD_Arthur]

2 hours ago, CB77Don246 said:

I have what looks like a hundred Mission report files in my GB folder some are only 1KB can I delete them?

Yes.

[Vortice]

Should free up some space on your floppy drive.

[Yogiflight]

5 hours ago, CB77Don246 said:

I have what looks like a hundred Mission report files in my GB folder some are only 1KB can I delete them?

If you fly in PWCG, you need the 'mission report' files activated, which gives you those files in the data folder. If you don't use PWCG, simply go to your 'startup cfg' file in the 'data' folder, you can open it with 'WordPad', and set the 'mission_text_log' from 1 to 0, then you won't get those files anymore.

Edited July 21, 2020 by Yogiflight

[CB77Don246]

Thank you guys or gals for the replys

[PatrickAWlson]

I truly wish there was one log file per mission, but alas, there can be over 100

[dburne]

I use PWCG so have logging set to on.

While they do not take up much space wise, I tend to go in about once a week and clean most of them out just to keep things somewhat tidy.

[PatrickAWlson]

2 hours ago, dburne said:

I use PWCG so have logging set to on.

While they do not take up much space wise, I tend to go in about once a week and clean most of them out just to keep things somewhat tidy.

 

PWCG will auto delete those that are 2 days old for you.

[Yogiflight]

5 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

PWCG will auto delete those that are 2 days old for you.

Only the PWCG files, or the files of other missions (career mode, QMB, scripted missions), too?

From my understanding it is not an issue, as long as you only fly PWCG missions, but as soon as you fly other missions, too, you'll get a lot of files.

[dburne]

7 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

PWCG will auto delete those that are 2 days old for you.

 

Yes sorry I was thinking more of the mission report txt files.

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, dburne said:

 

Yes sorry I was thinking more of the mission report txt files.

 

That's what I was referring to.  PWCG deletes older mission report text files.  Pretty sure it will delete all of them.  Been awhile since I have looked at that code.  

 

PWCG does wait a couple of days before deleting, so if you fly often there will still be dozens to hundreds at any given time. 

 

[dburne]

1 minute ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

That's what I was referring to.  PWCG deletes older mission report text files.  Pretty sure it will delete all of them.  Been awhile since I have looked at that code.  

 

PWCG does wait a couple of days before deleting, so if you fly often there will still be dozens to hundreds at any given time. 

 

 

Ok thanks, guess it is just appearing to me none are deleted as there are so many.

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, dburne said:

 

Ok thanks, guess it is just appearing to me none are deleted as there are so many.

 

One long mission can create over 100 text files.  I find 60-90 to be about normal.  Fly three missions a day and in two days you have around 500 of the things.  PWCG also only deletes after an AAR is run, so it's not like there is a background task cleaning things up.  If you have not run an AAR the files will stick around.

 

[dburne]

1 hour ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

One long mission can create over 100 text files.  I find 60-90 to be about normal.  Fly three missions a day and in two days you have around 500 of the things.  PWCG also only deletes after an AAR is run, so it's not like there is a background task cleaning things up.  If you have not run an AAR the files will stick around.

 

 

That probably explains it then, on days I am running the game not unusual for me to do several missions on that day. And with cold start they can be some long missions.