2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.cpp b/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.cpp
index 6b7b73dcf..9218c2cbb 100644
--- a/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.cpp
+++ b/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.cpp
@@ -2128,6 +2128,8 @@ ZenCacheDiskLayer::TotalSize() const
 
 //////////////////////////// ZenCacheStore
 
+static constexpr std::string_view UE4DDCNamespaceName = "ue4.ddc";
+
 ZenCacheStore::ZenCacheStore(CasGc& Gc, std::filesystem::path BasePath) : GcStorage(Gc), GcContributor(Gc)
 {
 	CreateDirectories(BasePath);
@@ -2150,11 +2152,13 @@ ZenCacheStore::ZenCacheStore(CasGc& Gc, std::filesystem::path BasePath) : GcStor
 
 	ZEN_INFO("Found #{} namespaces in '{}' and #{} legacy buckets", Namespaces.size(), BasePath, LegacyBuckets.size());
 
-	if (std::find(Namespaces.begin(), Namespaces.end(), DefaultNamespace) == Namespaces.end())
+	if (std::find(Namespaces.begin(), Namespaces.end(), UE4DDCNamespaceName) == Namespaces.end())
 	{
-		ZEN_INFO("Moving #{} legacy buckets to anonymous namespace", LegacyBuckets.size());
+		// default (unspecified) and ue4-ddc namespace points to the same namespace instance
+
+		ZEN_INFO("Moving #{} legacy buckets to '{}' namespace", LegacyBuckets.size(), UE4DDCNamespaceName);
 
-		std::filesystem::path DefaultNamespaceFolder = BasePath / fmt::format("{}{}", NamespaceDiskPrefix, DefaultNamespace);
+		std::filesystem::path DefaultNamespaceFolder = BasePath / fmt::format("{}{}", NamespaceDiskPrefix, UE4DDCNamespaceName);
 		CreateDirectories(DefaultNamespaceFolder);
 
 		// Move any non-namespace folders into the default namespace folder
@@ -2169,8 +2173,7 @@ ZenCacheStore::ZenCacheStore(CasGc& Gc, std::filesystem::path BasePath) : GcStor
 				ZEN_ERROR("Unable to move '{}' to '{}', reason '{}'", LegacyFolder, NewPath, Ec.message());
 			}
 		}
-
-		Namespaces.push_back(std::string(DefaultNamespace));
+		Namespaces.push_back(std::string(UE4DDCNamespaceName));
 	}
 
 	for (const std::string& NamespaceName : Namespaces)
@@ -2237,6 +2240,13 @@ ZenCacheStore::GetNamespace(std::string_view Namespace)
 	{
 		return It->second.get();
 	}
+	if (Namespace == DefaultNamespace)
+	{
+		if (auto It = m_Namespaces.find(std::string(UE4DDCNamespaceName)); It != m_Namespaces.end())
+		{
+			return It->second.get();
+		}
+	}
 	return nullptr;
 }
 
@@ -2249,6 +2259,10 @@ ZenCacheStore::IterateNamespaces(const std::function<void(std::string_view Names
 		Namespaces.reserve(m_Namespaces.size());
 		for (const auto& Entry : m_Namespaces)
 		{
+			if (Entry.first == DefaultNamespace)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
 			Namespaces.push_back({Entry.first, *Entry.second});
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.h b/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.h
index 232e8b9a8..34b8d18f4 100644
--- a/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.h
+++ b/zenserver/cache/structuredcachestore.h
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ private:
 class ZenCacheStore final : public GcStorage, public GcContributor
 {
 public:
-	static constexpr std::string_view DefaultNamespace	  = "default";
+	static constexpr std::string_view DefaultNamespace =
+		"!default!";  // This is intentionally not a valid namespace name and will only be used for mapping when no namespace is given
 	static constexpr std::string_view NamespaceDiskPrefix = "ns_";
 
 	ZenCacheStore(CasGc& Gc, std::filesystem::path BasePath);