How much is update?

[Valentinius_II]

I have 25 GB of free space on disc, but it still says "not enough space". I heard it's supposed to be only around 3 GB, so why can't I download it?

Anyone having the same issue? Do I need to reinstall the entire game?

[Human bean]

The game is about 110 gb or so?. So THAT is how much free space you need (minimum).

[Valentinius_II]

Originally posted by Human bean:

The game is about 110 gb or so?. So THAT is how much free space you need (minimum).

I'm not a programmer, but... that doesn't really make much sense? I'm installing an update that fixes some bugs and changes a couple of traits, not a new game.

Anyway, thanks for the answer. I guess I have to reinstall the game, since I can't afford to delete anything from the disk.

[Human bean]

Originally posted by Valentinius_II:

Originally posted by Human bean:

The game is about 110 gb or so?. So THAT is how much free space you need (minimum).

I'm not a programmer, but... that doesn't really make much sense? I'm installing an update that fixes some bugs and changes a couple of traits, not a new game.

Anyway, thanks for the answer. I guess I have to reinstall the game, since I can't afford to delete anything from the disk.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1142710/discussions/0/4353373595126561828/

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Valentinius_II:

I'm not a programmer, but... that doesn't really make much sense? I'm installing an update that fixes some bugs and changes a couple of traits, not a new game.

Anyway, thanks for the answer. I guess I have to reinstall the game, since I can't afford to delete anything from the disk.

The size of the download isn't the issue. Its Steam's patching process combined with the games architecture.

This game is archived into compressed larger files. Changes made needs to unpack any of these large files effected, make the changes, and repack the large files. At the same time Steam requires a backup copy of all files being changed during patching.

The end result is that it requires huge amount of space for the patching process, but once everything is said and done it requires less space then other solutions would have (For example: It doesn't leave unused old code laying around like it would if they just added files that overwrote old code but didn't remove it).

[Jade Falcon]

Patch is 3.5 GB but uses 106 GB of free space which you can see in the steam download folder. That's in addition to the 118 GB WH3 game files you already have installed. Once the game updates you get that 106 GB back. Its a poor system because if you don't have enough free space you end up with corrupt files and failed update, sometimes you have to totally reinstall which happened to me when TOD released.

[Evono]

Originally posted by Jade Falcon:

Patch is 3.5 GB but uses 106 GB of free space which you can see in the steam download folder. That's in addition to the 118 GB WH3 game files you already have installed. Once the game updates you get that 106 GB back. Its a poor system because if you don't have enough free space you end up with corrupt files and failed update, sometimes you have to totally reinstall which happened to me when TOD released.

thats how patching works and allways worked games just get bigger and usually packed files for compression and performance reasons.

if you download a 5mb patch and it touches a 50gb file then the ENTIRE 50gb file needs to be copied , changed , and copied over the old file , 30 years ago patches skipped the copying part and patched files directly but this ended for many people in a corrupt or buggy game because something happened and verification couldnt be done prior applying changes. this did mean a entire fresh reinstall of the game.

My recommendation is , leave 30% of a SSD free ( anyway a good idea for load leveling of the ssd internally ) if your SSD gets too small its time to upgrade

[Valentinius_II]

I see, thanks everyone for the replies!

[Jade Falcon]

Originally posted by Evono:

thats how patching works and allways worked games just get bigger and usually packed files for compression and performance reasons.

if you download a 5mb patch and it touches a 50gb file then the ENTIRE 50gb file needs to be copied , changed , and copied over the old file , 30 years ago patches skipped the copying part and patched files directly but this ended for many people in a corrupt or buggy game because something happened and verification couldnt be done prior applying changes. this did mean a entire fresh reinstall of the game.

My recommendation is , leave 30% of a SSD free ( anyway a good idea for load leveling of the ssd internally ) if your SSD gets too small its time to upgrade

Yeah I totally get it. The 106 GB is like a temp swap folder as it patches in the new data and the files are broken down into deposits so even a small patch can end up affecting most of the files. Just saying that the updates have caught me out now and then by not having enough space, ideally I need to remember to leave at least 150 GB free.

[pascal.difolco]

Originally posted by Valentinius_II:

I have 25 GB of free space on disc, but it still says "not enough space". I heard it's supposed to be only around 3 GB, so why can't I download it?

Anyone having the same issue? Do I need to reinstall the entire game?

Simple solution : uninstall the game, then reinstall it, so you only need the base 110GB size and not double (or 1.5x not sure)

[Valentinius_II]

Originally posted by pascal.difolco:

Originally posted by Valentinius_II:

I have 25 GB of free space on disc, but it still says "not enough space". I heard it's supposed to be only around 3 GB, so why can't I download it?

Anyone having the same issue? Do I need to reinstall the entire game?

Simple solution : uninstall the game, then reinstall it, so you only need the base 110GB size and not double (or 1.5x not sure)

Yeah, already doing that. the only problem is - it's taking 4 hours since I live in a remote location and my connection is not that good.