14GB patch but i have to download 66GB!?

[BaneLing]

What the actual hell is this?
I live in a rather sketch part of the world with not the greatest internet so it would take me ages to download this nonsense.
Why did a 14GB patch turn out to be a 66GB patch!?
Someone explain this to me.

[chipofsalt]

You're not actually downloading 66gb. The installer is patching already installed files on your computer from the 14gb download.

[Slyspy]

First time patching via Steam?

[Krude]

Because it's not actually 66GB, it's rewriting 66GB if I understand the tech right.

So it downloads 14gb, but has to open weird ass packages to make changes, so it's working with 66gb to make 14 gb of changes, only 14 gb is actually downloaded.

It's not a very popular method of patching, even if it has it's benefits.

[Ska_Hansen]

no, the download is only 14 gb. 66 GB is to restructure the game after the download.

[Krude]

Originally posted by Slyspy:

First time patching via Steam?

It's not a "steam" thing. There's probably only like 5% of games on steam that use this method lmao

[BaneLing]

Originally posted by chipofsalt:

You're not actually downloading 66gb. The installer is patching already installed files on your computer from the 14gb download.

Are you sure of this? Because Steam is telling me that it would take roughly 9 to 12hrs to download this "patch". I should normally download 14GB in roughly 1 1/2 hours.

[Elitewrecker PT]

If you actually have to download 66 GB then steam must have detected some corrupted file or so. THe update should be 14GB of download and 108 GB of disk activity.

[chipofsalt]

Originally posted by BaneLing:

Originally posted by chipofsalt:

You're not actually downloading 66gb. The installer is patching already installed files on your computer from the 14gb download.

Are you sure of this? Because Steam is telling me that it would take roughly 9 to 12hrs to download this "patch". I should normally download 14GB in roughly 1 1/2 hours.

Absolutely positive. The 14gb download portion utilizes your typical internet speed, whereas the patch / rewrite portion utilizes primarily disk speed.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by Plastic:

Originally posted by Slyspy:

First time patching via Steam?

It's not a "steam" thing. There's probably only like 5% of games on steam that use this method lmao

It's a combination of steam backing up files-to-be-updated and the way CA stores the game info on a few big packed files instead of many smaller files.

[BaneLing]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

If you actually have to download 66 GB then steam must have detected some corrupted file or so. THe update should be 14GB of download and 108 GB of disk activity.

Guess today is not my day :´) could it be cause of mods I installed?

[V??]

WHat is this new patch, we trying to continue a multiplayer campaign that we saved yesterday (last save), and now we are not able to join the campaign. whoever hosts it, the other guy is not able to join. So now there is a new patch and we cant continue our campaign in which we spent hrs and hrs??

[Tunch Khan]

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[U_Mad_Bro?]

Originally posted by chipofsalt:

Originally posted by BaneLing:

Are you sure of this? Because Steam is telling me that it would take roughly 9 to 12hrs to download this "patch". I should normally download 14GB in roughly 1 1/2 hours.

Absolutely positive. The 14gb download portion utilizes your typical internet speed, whereas the patch / rewrite portion utilizes primarily disk speed.

Thats wrong, the disk speed has nothing to do with this. My game runs on M2. The Speed howeveris 10mbit / s average. Thats not M2 speed AT ALL. its the way this is programmed. This is a pure CA bullcrap thing

[U_Mad_Bro?]

Originally posted by chipofsalt:

Originally posted by BaneLing:

Are you sure of this? Because Steam is telling me that it would take roughly 9 to 12hrs to download this "patch". I should normally download 14GB in roughly 1 1/2 hours.

Absolutely positive. The 14gb download portion utilizes your typical internet speed, whereas the patch / rewrite portion utilizes primarily disk speed.

Thats wrong, the disk speed has nothing to do with this. My game runs on M2. The Speed howeveris 10mbit / s average. Thats not M2 speed AT ALL. its the way this is programmed. This is a pure CA bullcrap thing

[Grubbs008]

Originally posted by Plastic:

Originally posted by Slyspy:

First time patching via Steam?

It's not a "steam" thing. There's probably only like 5% of games on steam that use this method lmao

This is very much a "Steam Thing". It's repacking and allocating the files from the update. It just so happens when CA updates their games, almost every single file is touched, thus it requires longer for the system to pick through, repair and update those said files.