Why do all the patches require more space than they actually take up?

[Co0k]

So this is the second patch I have needed to move files out for to allow me to install the 4GB patch. I had over 50GBs free on the main SSD and I have needed to move another 20GBs to get it started. What are they doing with all this space? I cannot imagine its a streamlined patching process needing all this space to simply modify the game with almost an additional 5GBs of data (Assuming they are not replacing broken data).

It just seems very unnecessary and is extremely annoying.

[ShujhaYT]

patch does require addition space for downlaod but it is not actually taking it. it is just removing some components from game during patching process and adding new component.

so eventually in the end size will remain same or less.

that additional space just a temporary file.

[Co0k]

Still feels like it could use less than 70Gbs for a 5GB download.

[DarkWaterSong]

Its because you need to be able to roll back the patch.
So when a patch is replacing a bunch of game files, it first unpacks a whole new set....then swaps the locations of the new and old files, validates the install, and deletes the old files last.

[Co0k]

Well then they need to search and find other drives with free space for the temp folder. Since I clearly have space just not on the main drive.

[DarkWaterSong]

Originally posted by InterplanetaryIslandDrift:

Well then they need to search and find other drives with free space for the temp folder. Since I clearly have space just not on the main drive.

That is NEVER going to happen. The issue where do you stop grapping space on system? As in if I put a game on my sever, I don't want the game grabbing random room on one of my NAS drives and breaking the array. Of even dumping to my drive array for the NAS.

Next I don't want it grabbing my local backup drive on my desktop, or any of the mapped drives that lead back to the NAS on my server.

The only thing that makes sense is to have the game installed on 1 drive you specify (and can change in steam), and to patch to the same drive. Just to many of us don't want games elsewhere on our systems for reasons.

[Co0k]

Originally posted by DarkWaterSong:

Originally posted by InterplanetaryIslandDrift:

Well then they need to search and find other drives with free space for the temp folder. Since I clearly have space just not on the main drive.

That is NEVER going to happen. The issue where do you stop grapping space on system? As in if I put a game on my sever, I don't want the game grabbing random room on one of my NAS drives and breaking the array. Of even dumping to my drive array for the NAS.

Next I don't want it grabbing my local backup drive on my desktop, or any of the mapped drives that lead back to the NAS on my server.

The only thing that makes sense is to have the game installed on 1 drive you specify (and can change in steam), and to patch to the same drive. Just to many of us don't want games elsewhere on our systems for reasons.

To be clear its only a temporary folder for the install and if you are worried about it they could add a prompt to ask where you want the temp folder first (As user dialog prompts have been around for a while). It would solve this issue which I am sure is a big problem these days given SSD's are small in size compared to the many TB magnetic disks. (Unless you have a small fortune).

[DarkWaterSong]

Originally posted by InterplanetaryIslandDrift:

Originally posted by DarkWaterSong:

That is NEVER going to happen. The issue where do you stop grapping space on system? As in if I put a game on my sever, I don't want the game grabbing random room on one of my NAS drives and breaking the array. Of even dumping to my drive array for the NAS.

Next I don't want it grabbing my local backup drive on my desktop, or any of the mapped drives that lead back to the NAS on my server.

The only thing that makes sense is to have the game installed on 1 drive you specify (and can change in steam), and to patch to the same drive. Just to many of us don't want games elsewhere on our systems for reasons.

To be clear its only a temporary folder for the install and if you are worried about it they could add a prompt to ask where you want the temp folder first (As user dialog prompts have been around for a while). It would solve this issue which I am sure is a big problem these days given SSD's are small in size compared to the many TB magnetic disks. (Unless you have a small fortune).

The issue is 1 TB NVME drives are $70 USD, so there is no reason to do this.

[Co0k]

Originally posted by DarkWaterSong:

Originally posted by InterplanetaryIslandDrift:

To be clear its only a temporary folder for the install and if you are worried about it they could add a prompt to ask where you want the temp folder first (As user dialog prompts have been around for a while). It would solve this issue which I am sure is a big problem these days given SSD's are small in size compared to the many TB magnetic disks. (Unless you have a small fortune).

The issue is 1 TB NVME drives are $70 USD, so there is no reason to do this.

I do not think asking users to pay money to solve bad coding is the answer, especially when the cause of saying no is worrying over a temp folder that is deleted after the install might take up some space on another drive temporarily.

Anyway at best another SSD drive is a stop gap at best. My main drive is the only SSD drive I have and it has 500GB, which I have relatively full, with CS:GO, X4 and the latest game I am playing that was meant to be played on an SSD. The rest is basically OS software. I am sure if I had a 1TB drive instead I would roughly fill that easily too.

To be clear I have three other drives in my computer two of them are 8 TB drives so I have plenty of space without buying a new hard disk.

[Coristrum]

I have a similar issue where I have 90GB free on my drive and it won't let me download 5GB for the update, shouldn't require me to free up space to redownload the game
I have had practically no issues with this game until now

[Co0k]

Originally posted by DarkWaterSong:

The issue is 1 TB NVME drives are $70 USD, so there is no reason to do this.

While I do not agree this is a good way to solve the issue, it is the solution I have chosen, so thank you for posting it .