Download size on Steam

[Bigcringe]

Hi, I am thinking of getting a new custom tower for this sim and DCS. I already have DCS but I don't own MSFS2020.
Whats the download size for this sim? and does it download the whole world or can I cut the download size down by only using lets say UK/Europe?

Many thanks

[Schmegg]

Publicado originalmente por Bigcringe:

Do you know what is causing this issue for re-downloading the whole sim when it needs to update?
Do you think this is just an issue with a below chance of happening to the average simmer?

As Manwith Noname says, it's hard to be sure what percentage of users are affected by the various install and update issues. I can only go from my own experience and the experiences of my friends who have this game. None of us have had any issues installing or updating.

Based on myself and those I know, I'd say the issue would, as you say, affect a "below average" number of users. But no-one really knows for sure.

What is probably safe to assume is that a much higher percentage of people that DO experience install/update issues post about them compared to the percentage of users that don't experience issues post about not having issues. That's pretty much a given.

So, along with the number of reports of problems on forums such as this (which is not a tiny number, but certainly not a large number either), it's probably reasonable to assume that it's a minority of users who experience these issues. But people find this statement provocative - none of them, however, have any more to go on than I do.

You simply can't be sure until you try to download. Seems to me, anecdotally, that US customers seem to have more issues than us here in Australia - so one aspect of the issue might be server load or perhaps things that are done between the servers and the end users in terms of load balancing etc by the larger networking players in the various regions around the globe.

If you have a "standard experience" installing, it should take around 5 hours. If you are unlucky, it could take a day. Beyond that, there is most definitely something amiss - and the list of possible things is large. Server-side issues, networking issues at source, intermediate or destination, software environment issues, anti-virus issues, even hardware issues. But my guess is that you'll be fine and have the game installed in around 6 hours.

[Rever]

Publicado originalmente por Bigcringe:

Publicado originalmente por Schmegg:

What you should also know is that what is described above affects only some people. Most here report the updates, which bring bug fixes (and occasionally a new bug or two), along with new, free content, only take an hour or less. Last major update took around 20 minutes here. That's not uncommon. As always, treat rants with the scepticism that an emotionally affected argument warrants. For me, the game took around 5 hours to install initially, and since then, updates take less then a hour each - usually much less. My friends report the same experience. Hopefully you will too.

Do you know what is causing this issue for re-downloading the whole sim when it needs to update?
Do you think this is just an issue with a below chance of happening to the average simmer?

I have never had to re-download anything. The biggest reason people come here to complain about re-download is hitting the Steam verify button. Other than that it seems like issues that individuals have with their computers not cooperating with the game for one reason or the other.

The updates are normally around 10-15Gb recently and take me about 20-30 minutes to install. There are separate optional world regional updates that can take a bit longer. I have never spent more then an hour updating everything and that was for some of the bigger early updates. I believe that some people don't play for a long time and get many accumulated updates. That is the only way you would have a big update that no one else had. Unless you hit the verify button and cause the redownload.

[chuckmyster]

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

The game is about 120 GB that expands to about 200 GB on your drive. There is no way to shrink this by much.

The world is 2 petabytes or 2,000 GB, so it is like an online game. So you need to be logged in downloading new scenery regularly. There are some work-arounds to the constant downloads.

2 petabytes is 2 million gigabytes

[Rever]

Publicado originalmente por chuckmyster:

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

The game is about 120 GB that expands to about 200 GB on your drive. There is no way to shrink this by much.

The world is 2 petabytes or 2,000 GB, so it is like an online game. So you need to be logged in downloading new scenery regularly. There are some work-arounds to the constant downloads.

2 petabytes is 2 million gigabytes

yes it was a typo of sorts and I was already corrected.

[chuckmyster]

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

Publicado originalmente por chuckmyster:

2 petabytes is 2 million gigabytes

yes it was a typo of sorts and I was already corrected.

Haha, all good

[tmaddox]

Publicado originalmente por deerleggs:

Every 3 months or so you are going to spend 20 hours redownloading the sim (Mandatory Update). It takes forever because it’s about 260 zip files downloaded to your PC and extracted one at a time before downloading the next zip file. .

That is just not true for everyone, or even most people. I have had the game since release and never had to redownload the whole thing for an update.

[OldManTired]

I just brought it, took ten min to dowload, It took 7.5hr to install everything

[MadHunter]

Whats the size of the game itself + all updates provided by microsoft overtime?

[Manwith Noname]

About 290-300GB.

Edit: That's the unpacked install size.

[MadHunter]

Publicado originalmente por Manwith Noname:

About 290-300GB.

Edit: That's the unpacked install size.

alr thanks

[emil]

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

The game is about 120 GB that expands to about 200 GB on your drive. There is no way to shrink this by much.

The world is 2 petabytes or 2,000 GB, so it is like an online game. So you need to be logged in downloading new scenery regularly. There are some work-arounds to the constant downloads.

2 petabytes is not 2,000 GB, its 2,000,000 gb aka 2,000 tb

[X-Ray]

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

The game is about 120 GB that expands to about 200 GB on your drive. There is no way to shrink this by much.

The world is 2 petabytes or 2,000 GB, so it is like an online game. So you need to be logged in downloading new scenery regularly. There are some work-arounds to the constant downloads.

Everything you said is pretty spot on except 2 petabytes is not 2,000 it is 2,000,000

[Rever]

Publicado originalmente por X-Ray:

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

The game is about 120 GB that expands to about 200 GB on your drive. There is no way to shrink this by much.

The world is 2 petabytes or 2,000 GB, so it is like an online game. So you need to be logged in downloading new scenery regularly. There are some work-arounds to the constant downloads.

Everything you said is pretty spot on except 2 petabytes is not 2,000 it is 2,000,000

Thanks for necroing a thread from two years ago. We wouldn't want anyone to get confused after three other people corrected me back then.

[Manwith Noname]

As of today Premium Deluxe with all updates, less a few liveries I don't want, the eye hospital and Dune marketing stuff it's 332GB.

[l0ttus]

Publicado originalmente por Rever:

The game is about 120 GB that expands to about 200 GB on your drive. There is no way to shrink this by much.

The world is 2 petabytes or 2,000 GB, so it is like an online game. So you need to be logged in downloading new scenery regularly. There are some work-arounds to the constant downloads.

2 petabytes are 2,000,000 gb xD