Not enough disk space

[SonOfMyst]

I have 30 gigs free and it's a half a gig update. What seems to be the problem.

[Grizzly]

the prob is that you shouldnt have just a little bit of space. 10% at least is recommend, and for games at the very least a bit more then double the storage of it. (not for each game, just for your highest taking game)

[SonOfMyst]

30 gigs is definitely 34.883% of Remnant 2's total file size.

[Shoah Kahn]

Game content files are often unpacked when a patch is applied, and if a game has the bulk of its content packed into one file, it may require disk space equivalent to the size of the file to be patched, in order to unpack, update, and then re-pack.

The main .pak files in Remnant II are 43 and 45 giga Bytes -- i. e., you'll need, at least 45GB to update.

[Wagreed]

80% of Remnants 2 total file size is also not enough I had to temporary delete a random game to get the storage just enough to download it, pretty retarded update method imo, its almost like Dead By Daylight's update style, and that is also bad (You need the full size of the game free around 84 gb to update, at least for me)

[Peredur]

Originally posted by Purple.Dog:

30 gigs is definitely 34.883% of Remnant 2's total file size.

He's talking about keeping free 10% of the total disk space.
Which is good rule in general (because your computer needs some free space to do various operations in background) but can be not enough on smaller disks.
With Steam added to the mix, you need to have enough room to patch your games (one at a time).

The patching operation on Steam is:
- Steam download the patch
- Steam copies the files to patch
- Steam applies the patch to the copied filed
- Steam overwrite the original files with the patched files

So, for Steam to update a game, you need to have enough room to store the copies of the files.
With Remnant 2, most of the game is contained within 2 files of 30-40GB each, so you need to have ~80GB free on your disk for the update to be done correctly (with a good download speed, enough room and a ssd, it's usually done in less than 2 min).

[Arc]

Originally posted by Purple.Dog:

What seems to be the problem.

I am not sure why people are assuming there is a problem. It really is that simple: YOu do not have enough disk space.
30GB is not enough on Steam because SteamPipe is what it is.

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by Peredur:

he explained it well