i have 25 gb of free disk space and cant install an 8 gb patch, how much space do i really need?

[jaimeworld]

It is quite frustrating that if I have 25 GB of free disk space and I have to install an 8 GB bg3 patch, it will not allow me to do so and it will not tell me what is the minimum that I need to free up., (i love BG3 a lot)

[Razorblade]

Patch 7 is approximately 11.6GB on PC, and will require 160GB of free space to install. If you find yourself without the space to install the update, we recommend uninstalling Baldur’s Gate 3 and then re-downloading the patched version!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/4593196713074709213

[jaimeworld]

what? 160GB gb of free space, that is not a patch its a mandatory reinstallation?

[jaimeworld]

de definition of patching is not this jeje

[Razorblade]

Originally posted by jaimeworld:

160GB gb is not a patch its a reinstallation?

Files get duplicates temporarily during the patching process. You need that free space while the game is patching; it is freed back up afterwards.

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

Patch 7 is approximately 11.6GB on PC, and will require 160GB of free space to install. If you find yourself without the space to install the update, we recommend uninstalling Baldur’s Gate 3 and then re-downloading the patched version!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/4593196713074709213

the patch patches, do you know what it means? Doesn't it weigh and require the same as the game?

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

Patch 7 is approximately 11.6GB on PC, and will require 160GB of free space to install. If you find yourself without the space to install the update, we recommend uninstalling Baldur’s Gate 3 and then re-downloading the patched version!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/4593196713074709213

Without further drama, we should speak clearly and call a spade a spade, this is not a patch, it is an update with mandatory reinstallation, unless it can be camouflaged with a patch if the user has 160 GB free.

[Stubbieoz]

You have your answer..... bye now.

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

Originally posted by jaimeworld:

160GB gb is not a patch its a reinstallation?

Files get duplicates temporarily during the patching process. You need that free space while the game is patching; it is freed back up afterwards.

If I asked you for an eye patch, would you sit a cow on my face?

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Stubbieoz:

You have your answer..... bye now.

yes is the best way, don u think? thanks for ur none help
and your appearance for nothing :)

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

Originally posted by jaimeworld:

160GB gb is not a patch its a reinstallation?

Files get duplicates temporarily during the patching process. You need that free space while the game is patching; it is freed back up afterwards.

thanks for your kindlly answer anyway bro i still think its not a patch but at least now i know clearlly what i need to do and not just erase 40 games witouth any reason. trying to aply a "patch" thanks for your answer really. .

[♠.brT]

Originally posted by jaimeworld:

what? 160GB gb of free space, that is not a patch its a mandatory reinstallation?

You need that space free for the patching process.

Imagine yourself in a room, and this room is almost full of stuff, from the floor to the ceiling, and you need to replace the curtains in that room's window, you'll need space to move towards the window so that you can remove the old curtains, you'll also need space around the window to be able to work on it, otherwise you may not reach the hinges that hold the curtains. So you clear the space from the door to the window, so that you can reach it, and you also clear the space around the window so that you can reach the hinges, and then you replace the curtains.

This isn't a perfect analogy, obviously. But i think it's helpful to think like this when it comes to your drive (SSD or HDD it doesn't matter) If you keep it full, you will run into issues when doing anything in that drive. So you always need enough space free in there to be able to do some of the inevitable patches that the programs installed in that drive will require. My rule of thumb for my main drives is to always look at what is the biggest software or game i have installed there, and leave it at least that amount free on it. That way i can guarantee that if that game needs to be patched, it will have enough space to do all the patching without issues.

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

Originally posted by jaimeworld:

what? 160GB gb of free space, that is not a patch its a mandatory reinstallation?

You need that space free for the patching process.

Imagine yourself in a room, and this room is almost full of stuff, from the floor to the ceiling, and you need to replace the curtains in that room's window, you'll need space to move towards the window so that you can remove the old curtains, you'll also need space around the window to be able to work on it, otherwise you may not reach the hinges that hold the curtains. So you clear the space from the door to the window, so that you can reach it, and you also clear the space around the window so that you can reach the hinges, and then you replace the curtains.

Yes bro, I understand it , for an update, not for a patch.
For a patch you would need two or maximum three times the size of the update because it is the hotfix installer that does the patching. otherwise it is just an indexing of what is missing and what is left over in two huge images that have to remain on the disk, that is not how works always ---- i don wanna say notting more because i love and respect larian work and i imagine they have their reasons- <3<3 know i know what i have to do clearly and thats all.

[Barmp]

Wait, you think a patch and an update are different things? Easiest thing would be to forget what you think you know, read the very clear instructions from the patch notes, and do the thing instead of complaining as if it will change anything.

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Barmp:

Wait, you think a patch and an update are different things? Easiest thing would be to forget what you think you know, read the very clear instructions from the patch notes, and do the thing instead of complaining as if it will change anything.

Yes of course, of course, right now I have a game on another disk in which I only have 8 GB free that is installing a 6 GB patch and the game weighs a total of 140 and is being installed correctly as a patch. yes i think so

[jaimeworld]

Originally posted by Barmp:

Wait, you think a patch and an update are different things? Easiest thing would be to forget what you think you know, read the very clear instructions from the patch notes, and do the thing instead of complaining as if it will change anything.

a patch, patches, an update updates, a patch that does not want to clearly recognize what is an update is trying to patch and if it passes, it passes. that is the case hun