Game takes so long to update

[nurlan2007944]

Download update, install udpate, then verify files... Takes up to 45 minutes to update core 135gb. My game is on a SSD if you are interested

[Miðgarðsormr470]

Probably you have the same problem than me, if the ssd have not enough space (135 or more) clear, it will use a second drive you have, for me it used a 2tb hdd i have so it`s take a lot of time, i moved the game in another ssd with more space clear so for the next update it should not be any issue.
If u have not other drives but not enough space (over the 135 of the installed game, it seems like he need the same amount to check and all) you probably are just slow for "not enough space"

[rustypup]

SSD on SATA or PCIe?

[Terat_York]

it only took a few min with my m.2s... what are your pc specs and does your SSD have a cashe? is it a good ssd or the cheapest one you found?

[A TIN OF JAR]

What update are you downloading 1.0.3?

[Ramstar]

Feel like step one is why is the game so big in first place. Looks like metro exodus tbh which was what 80gb?

Not entirely sure why the patches have been +10gb for bug fixes either. Feels like bloat but if the game needs it then fair enough just can’t see why.

[nurlan2007944]

Originally posted by Terat_York:

it only took a few min with my m.2s... what are your pc specs and does your SSD have a cashe? is it a good ssd or the cheapest one you found?

i9-12900k, 64gb ddr5, rtx 4090
1) Windows SSD is full (125/128gb)
2) HDD 2tb has 1.5tb free space, but I don't use it for games
3) Steam SSD with STALKER 2 has 300gb free space (700/1000gb)
4) PCIe SSD has 90gb free space (90/500gb)

[nurlan2007944]

Originally posted by A TIN OF JAR:

What update are you downloading 1.0.3?

yeah, 1.0.3

[Greyfire]

This latest update only took about 5 minutes for me. And thats a guess - it felt really quick.

[Saidin]

Have the same problem. Both my Windows and the game are on an (seperate) PCIe drive.

The windows drive has 400gb of free space, the game drive has 1.5 gb free space...

[Coso]

Originally posted by Miðgarðsormr470:

Probably you have the same problem than me, if the ssd have not enough space (135 or more) clear, it will use a second drive you have, for me it used a 2tb hdd i have so it`s take a lot of time, i moved the game in another ssd with more space clear so for the next update it should not be any issue.
If u have not other drives but not enough space (over the 135 of the installed game, it seems like he need the same amount to check and all) you probably are just slow for "not enough space"

I have 1 nvme, and 2 ssd, 1 tb all of them, no hdd... it takes so long...

[nurlan2007944]

Originally posted by Coso:

Originally posted by Miðgarðsormr470:

Probably you have the same problem than me, if the ssd have not enough space (135 or more) clear, it will use a second drive you have, for me it used a 2tb hdd i have so it`s take a lot of time, i moved the game in another ssd with more space clear so for the next update it should not be any issue.
If u have not other drives but not enough space (over the 135 of the installed game, it seems like he need the same amount to check and all) you probably are just slow for "not enough space"

I have 1 nvme, and 2 ssd, 1 tb all of them, no hdd... it takes so long...

I've figured. Steam has choosen my Windows SSD as a main storage space. Used WizTree, gained 20gb more on main SSD, changed Steam folder to gaming SSD and now installing and verifying takes minutes

[Toombs]

Originally posted by nurlan2007944:

Originally posted by Terat_York:

it only took a few min with my m.2s... what are your pc specs and does your SSD have a cashe? is it a good ssd or the cheapest one you found?

i9-12900k, 64gb ddr5, rtx 4090
1) Windows SSD is full (125/128gb)
2) HDD 2tb has 1.5tb free space, but I don't use it for games
3) Steam SSD with STALKER 2 has 300gb free space (700/1000gb)
4) PCIe SSD has 90gb free space (90/500gb)

You're very cheap on storage and speed compared with the rest of your pc, you can have a futuristic i9 20900k if you still use slow arse hdd to patch up same job will do a i7 3770k in 45 minutes.
your problem is the game uses a secondary storage to patch then paste it on the game install folder , so you need more speed which you don't have space,on another ssd so it uses the lazy hdd to patchup then move the files on the ssd. so yeah it takes that much time, the game uses by default the hdd , i have 2 ssd, 1 hdd and 1 nvme ,i removed the hdd from library and is patching within minutes.

[Arc]

Originally posted by nurlan2007944:

Download update, install udpate, then verify files... Takes up to 45 minutes to update core 135gb. My game is on a SSD if you are interested

Assuming it's the installing is the part that troubles you, which exact SSD model is it ?

Also, did you check if the update is indeed installing on that SSD and not in any of your other Steam Libraries ?
Keep in mind that Steam not only needs the space for patches but it also expects certain % of total capacity free, so 300GB might not be enough (pure speculation here).

[Victorique]

I just came back from work and somehow my update has gone backwards. I think it would have been faster for me to uninstall and reinstall