Are there any issues if you delete the old hotfix.pak files?

[Sabbah]

Tried that when scouted for some disk space. And passed the Steam verification and started the game successfully, at least got to the game main page.

But I can not confirm I can normally play this game without these pak files cause they look like standalone files not included in the main patches.

[アンジェル]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Sabbah:

Are there any issues if you delete the old hotfix.pak files?
Tried that when scouted for some disk space. And passed the Steam verification and started the game successfully, at least got to the game main page.

But I can not confirm I can normally play this game without these pak files cause they look like standalone files not included in the main patches.

No issues. Most of those old files can be deleted. Best to verify the game files to be on the safe side, but it works and makes performance even better.

I put that information here in Step 18
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3027526886
it is absolutely fine. If you accidently delete a file necessary, have Steam verified the files and it will only download which is actually needed.

[Gilmund]

If you want some space you may also delete or transfer the content of the Digital Deluxe directory, this one alone is 3.4 GB

[Gilmund]

Deleting the .pak files didn't work on my part. It gave me a 100% loading of the save then 0% and came back to menu.
My save was fine when i put the .pak files back.

[dronkit]

How do I know which ones are the patch hotfix files I can delete? I have these:

Patch0_Hotfix2.pak
Patch0_Hotfix3.pak
Patch0_Hotfix4.pak
Patch1.pak
Patch2.pak
Patch2_Hotfix1.pak
Patch2_Hotfix2.pak

Do I delete all of them? some? any other?

[アンジェル]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย dronkit:

How do I know which ones are the patch hotfix files I can delete? I have these:

Patch0_Hotfix2.pak
Patch0_Hotfix3.pak
Patch0_Hotfix4.pak
Patch1.pak
Patch2.pak
Patch2_Hotfix1.pak
Patch2_Hotfix2.pak

Do I delete all of them? some? any other?

You cannot tell. Simple as that. Why? Because the game's structure changed after Patch#2. Before that you could tell everything except the latest. Now I recommend to keep at least the two latest.

Instead of deleting them right away you could also e.g.

cut
Patch0_Hotfix2.pak
Patch0_Hotfix3.pak
Patch0_Hotfix4.pak
Patch1.pak
Patch2.pak

put them on Desktop e.g.

See if the game launches normal. If it does, then you can delete what you cut before. If the game does not launch, put one by one back testing which the game needs to launch or not.

Or you delete all and verify the game files after, making Steam download what is necessary for the game.

[dronkit]

Thanks Angel! Yeah, for viewers' information, here's what I had to leave for the game to work (so far):

patch1.pak
patch2.pak
patch2_hotfix1.pak
patch2_hotfix2.pak