30GB reallocation for a 110MB update...

[patch.]

lol

[Dizzeke]

they damn near rewrote the game bruh

[f00b]

Welcome to modern games

[jrod933]

and for you to not be able to log in

[FreshlyGrilledPanic]

Depending on your internet speed it could be legitimately faster just to redownload the whole thing lmao.

[Endymion Gainer]

It's called compressed assets. All the game's assets are inside compressed files, so when you want to change one of the files inside, you have to decompress the whole thing. That's why the file size affected is so large.

The tradeoff is that the game doesn't take up near eight times the amount of hard disk space, which to me is more than worth the longer update period.

[okami5432]

updated the game but it wont let me login...

[patch.]

Originally posted by Endymion Gainer:

It's called compressed assets. All the game's assets are inside compressed files, so when you want to change one of the files inside, you have to decompress the whole thing. That's why the file size affected is so large.

The tradeoff is that the game doesn't take up near eight times the amount of hard disk space, which to me is more than worth the longer update period.

Yeah, I know. I was a game dev. This is just poor asset allocation. REALLY poor.

[Blaze]

Man, I swear I need an explanation on why this is a thing? They'll do like a small ass 2 digit MB update but I'll be sitting there watching my hard disk do ♥♥♥♥ for a whole 10-15mins for apparently no reason. No other game in my library does this.

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Big Patch Ahead

[jrod933]

Originally posted by Tokage5432:

updated the game but it wont let me login...

same hahahaha

[patch.]

Originally posted by Tokage5432:

updated the game but it wont let me login...

Some people are reporting that restarting Steam helps.

[geistXIII]

Marika bless SSDs.

[patch.]

Originally posted by Blaze:

Man, I swear I need an explanation on why this is a thing? They'll do like a small ass 2 digit MB update but I'll be sitting there watching my hard disk do ♥♥♥♥ for a whole 10-15mins for apparently no reason. No other game in my library does this.

Like I said above, it comes down to how the devs 'bake' the assets and allocate them. Because FS has been running on an old arse engine for years, they've become really inefficient in packaging updates.

[Weedsmell]

does this has anything to do with epic servers?
i'm seeing this issue with alot of unreal engine/epic games, and they all just overwritte the entire game. like FK your hard drives we dont care

[jrod933]

Originally posted by ThePatch:

Originally posted by Tokage5432:

updated the game but it wont let me login...

Some people are reporting that restarting Steam helps.

lets see