Not enough disk space

[MΛRCUS HΞLIUS]

Anyone else getting this when trying to update?
I have plenty of disk space, but it's not downloading.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

Not enough disk space
Anyone else getting this when trying to update?
I have plenty of disk space, but it's not downloading.

I doubt your claims. Share your DxDiag report to show us what you really have.

[haasi]

how much space do you have?

[MΛRCUS HΞLIUS]

I have over 100gb free

[haasi]

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

I have over 100gb free

How much? specific number

[Bluegills]

You'll need at least 139.5GB (from my download anyway), plus potentially the current size of BG3 so it can successfully replace specific files without issue.

[haasi]

Originally posted by Bluegills:

You'll need at least 139.5GB (from my download anyway), plus potentially the current size of BG3 so it can successfully replace specific files without issue.

"Patch 6 will be going live today on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and will require approximately 150GB of free space to install for those playing on PC and Steam Deck. If you find yourself without the space to install the update, we recommend uninstalling BG3 and then re-downloading the patched version."

[Draknalor]

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

Anyone else getting this when trying to update?
I have plenty of disk space, but it's not downloading.

They said you need 150 to download the patch.

Because it downloads a lot and needs space to move things around.

Will not increase in size after download complete tho

[MΛRCUS HΞLIUS]

This is actually f*cking ridiculous... so we need 300gb of disk space just for this ONE game?
150gb for the game itself and then 150 more for moving files around...

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

This is actually ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous... so we need 300gb of free space just for this ONE game?
150gb for the game itself and then 150 more for moving files around...

Kinda. If you do it the normal way.

[Draknalor]

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

This is actually f*cking ridiculous... so we need 300gb of disk space just for this ONE game?
150gb for the game itself and then 150 more for moving files around...

Or you can uninstall then reinstall like the other comments suggested.

[Grizzly]

For patching you'll need more disk space then you think you need.
Steam usually uses "Delta patching" to minimize bandwidth usage. Rather then downloading whole new files form the internet, it instead downloads data that contains only the things that are different (the 'delta'), and makes the adjustments on the user's computer.

This goes through the following process:
1) First, the delta patch data is downloaded.
2) Next, steam makes a copy of the files that the patch changes.
3) Steam adjusts the copied files according to the data provided in the patch
4) Steam does some checks to make sure that the process was done correctly.
5) Steam deletes the old files and replaces them with the new ones.

The downside of this is that even if you have a small patch that just happens to touch every single file, you need an entire game's worth of diskspace. The upside is that if you have a small patch that just happens to touch every single file, you don't need to make users download a 110gb patch.

So yeah, it's ridiculous - but it's better then the alternative. Especially when you consider that a lot of people live in places where they can't get good internet thanks to ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ISPs, but it's relatively easy to get more disk space.

(Also the real problem here is just how games are ridiciously huge nowadays)

[EricHVela]

Uninstalling and reinstalling the patched version is what Larian recommends for people with low available disk space.

It uses far less space that way, but takes way longer to download.

You do what you can with what you got.

[merlie_rain]

Can I NOT download the patch? I really don't have that much disk space. Or, can I uninstall the game then reinstall latest version? Don't want to lose my saved game.

[Bluegills]

Originally posted by MΛRCUS HΞLIUS:

This is actually f*cking ridiculous... so we need 300gb of disk space just for this ONE game?
150gb for the game itself and then 150 more for moving files around...

That can be said for practically most games that need big pack file downloads. Some engines can do it better than others, especially with how they treat loose files or how editable their .paks are (or whatever format they're using). And this size is understandable for the amount of content in this game.

[theodoric2000]

Might actually be easier to just delete it and re download it at this stage