Sick of all the patches

[Nats]

Why do they always take so long? It's the file patching not the download - seems to take ages and ages. Might have to uninstall it like I had to do to Arc Survival Evolved because the constant patching just got really frustrating. This game is going the same way.

[Conflagration]

Don't let the door hit you.

[ChaffyExpert]

Proof that people will find literally anything to complain about.

Next they will complain about having to actually click on it in their Steam library to run the game instead of thinking it and it just magically happens.

[Zeek]

Originally posted by Nats:

Why do they always take so long?

It doesn't for most people. This is a you problem

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by Nats:

Why do they always take so long? It's the file patching not the download - seems to take ages and ages. Might have to uninstall it like I had to do to Arc Survival Evolved because the constant patching just got really frustrating. This game is going the same way.

Try not having the game installed on a 5200 RPM HDD from 10 years ago

[leandrombraz]

You need to have free space on your SSD or it will take an eternity to install. Try to keep 120gb free to guarantee that you won't have any problems. In my experience, it gets worse the less free space you have.

and no, this isn't people finding anything to complain about. It's as if the game occupies 240gb on your SSD, at least when a major patch is imminent. It's ridiculous that it still works that way. Every time a patch is about to hit, I need to go uninstalling stuff that I would rather not uninstall, just to open free space for a patch install to work properly. At least hotfixes don't seem to have the same problem, which would be a real nightmare now that they are frequent.

[Human bean]

Im also sick of the patches. Why cant they just do two patches a year like they used to.

[Ashley]

It took me like 12 minutes for the last one on mid line hardware from 8 years ago. That's a long time? It took me like an hour to install a 100gb game a few weeks ago. How is that shorter than the patch?

[Ashley]

Originally posted by Human bean:

Im also sick of the patches. Why cant they just do two patches a year like they used to.

Because people complained endlessly that having one patch every few months and CA sitting on bug fixes for months was awful. And it was.

Come back in a few months and hope the issue was fixed is a horrible solution especially in a game that's still getting dlc on a few months basis. Try being a Bethesda fan where Bethesda breaks their game and mods once a year for stuff no one asked for or wanted in some 10+ year old game that should have stopped being updated about half as long ago.

[MadArtillery]

Originally posted by Ashley:

Originally posted by Human bean:

Im also sick of the patches. Why cant they just do two patches a year like they used to.

Because people complained endlessly that having one patch every few months and CA sitting on bug fixes for months was awful. And it was.

Come back in a few months and hope the issue was fixed is a horrible solution especially in a game that's still getting dlc on a few months basis. Try being a Bethesda fan where Bethesda breaks their game and mods once a year for stuff no one asked for or wanted in some 10+ year old game that should have stopped being updated about half as long ago.

This 100%

[Teh_Diplomat]

lmao

[dulany67]

Originally posted by Human bean:

Im also sick of the patches. Why cant they just do two patches a year like they used to.

Two reasons: they weren't fixing enough, and they often broke other things and the fix was 6 months away.

[Nats]

Its not the download time its the patching time. It takes an eternity. Unfortunately I cant have all my games on an SSD because guess what they are all so bloody massive now.

And I hear the new Assassins Creed game is going to be what 300 odd Gb? Its just getting ridiculous now trying to game. Tech cant keep up with the publishers they are just creating games that are not playable for the majority of people.

I hate to think how long it would take me to download a 300gb game - 3 or 4 days I reckon. Because guess what I like to play games in my free time, not just download them. Games are just getting too big and taking too much time with the downloads.

And this game is another game that I might well be uninstalling in the near future just for this reason. I dont play all my games I have about 130 and if I dont play them often like this one they will get uninstalled just to prevent the constant downloads.

Publishers need to start thinking sensibly and not creating massive games that are half hearted and need constant downloads to fix. I know Ubisoft are one of the worse publishers for this that is why they are on my black list. I dont buy any Ubisoft games.

[feillyne]

Aye, it is completely normal. Before on my old SSHD even small patches were a 3-5+ hour nightmare, while on SSD it takes half an hour to an hour (can download whole 50-100gb games in that time, lol), still fairly faster. Probably their packing/file/pak system is to blame, not the patching process of the Steam client itself (who knows, though?).

[Nats]

Well ive checked and this game is on my hard disk to save space for my best games which are on my SSD. Probably need to get a new SSD shortly but still. These downloads are getting to be a nightmare.

[dulany67]

Amazon prime sale is in a couple weeks. Other retailers will lower prices to compete during that time. Look to get a bigger and faster ssd. Newer games are going to continue to get larger.