Game is downloading 24,4gb of an "update"

[GODzilla]

I did not buy the DLC. But I guess in order for the game to have the same data for everyone, the game still needs to download the data of the DLC.

It'll take over an hour on my end, it'll probably screw people with much slower connection.

Must be that pesky combination of a game with tightly packed archives and no tools to update individual files within these archives. So every time a larger patch rolls around, the game has to download many gigabytes of data just to replace or add a few files.

Great work. -.-

[Zero McDol]

It could be bug fixes and performance upgrades as well, if I had to guess. I dunno myself, as I just bought this game today and am in the middle of downloading it.

[Ninjafroggie]

Originally posted by Zero McDol:

It could be bug fixes and performance upgrades as well, if I had to guess. I dunno myself, as I just bought this game today and am in the middle of downloading it.

just go ahead and refund it now and buy mercs instead, its the better game

[Omnes Interficere]

What's funny is that it isn't even 24.4GB worth of patches, it's just 24.4GB worth of affected files that were affected. Meaning one massive file could have had a very minor edit but the whole thing had to be downloaded again. Noticed this first during the last "minor" hotfix, so I suppose the file management is also suboptimal if minor fixes need massive downloads.

[Zero McDol]

Originally posted by Ninjafroggie:

Originally posted by Zero McDol:

It could be bug fixes and performance upgrades as well, if I had to guess. I dunno myself, as I just bought this game today and am in the middle of downloading it.

just go ahead and refund it now and buy mercs instead, its the better game

No.

I get your disappointment with this game, but I just don't share that disappointment.

Besides that, I'm looking for a Mech Warrior game with AI companions and not a multiplayer experience; the singleplayer experience is all that I'm interested in.

[Dalinar917]

There's also a free update side that came out today that everyone gets regardless. Trueborn difficulty was added to the game along with 8 new omni-pod variants 2 in each of the weight classes. So the update isn't just to make sure you have the same data OP.

Plus the way this game updates is how most Unreal Engine based games update. Been a known thing for a while now.

[GODzilla]

Originally posted by Ninjafroggie:

Originally posted by Zero McDol:

It could be bug fixes and performance upgrades as well, if I had to guess. I dunno myself, as I just bought this game today and am in the middle of downloading it.

just go ahead and refund it now and buy mercs instead, its the better game

Originally posted by Zero McDol:

Originally posted by Ninjafroggie:

just go ahead and refund it now and buy mercs instead, its the better game

No.

I get your disappointment with this game, but I just don't share that disappointment.

Besides that, I'm looking for a Mech Warrior game with AI companions and not a multiplayer experience; the singleplayer experience is all that I'm interested in.

Plus you can always have both experiences. I've played Mercs to exhaustions. I never actually finished it, got kinda lost in the hunt for mechs and eqipment and then the story-DLCs got releases and I quite liked them, even if their presentation was a far cry from what Clans brings to the table.

I also never really got into modding. Lately I've watched a Baradul video which was already a year old and he was grabbing mission types I've never seen, piloting clan mechs. So I guess modding got rather big with that one. One day I'll give it another look maybe, especially since Clans is a one and done campaign (I do hope for more singleplayer content later down the road though).

Originally posted by Dalinar917:

There's also a free update side that came out today that everyone gets regardless. Trueborn difficulty was added to the game along with 8 new omni-pod variants 2 in each of the weight classes. So the update isn't just to make sure you have the same data OP.

Plus the way this game updates is how most Unreal Engine based games update. Been a known thing for a while now.

Oh...we got the variants for free, you sure? Well I didn't expect mthat, thought they are part of the paid DLC. If it's true than kudos to Piranha actually. I still weont buy the DLC since there is nothing in there that interestes me, apart maybe from the omni variants and I was rather bitter that those where supposed to be behind the paywall, too...which isn't the case it seems. :)

[Dark (-z-) Light]

Originally posted by Zero McDol:

It could be bug fixes and performance upgrades as well, if I had to guess. I dunno myself, as I just bought this game today and am in the middle of downloading it.

It literally fixed nothing for me. Performance is still terrible, and HOTAS is affecting mouse function.

[Mr.Kill]

DLC is sharable by anyone who has it. So you end up downloading it in case any of your friends invites you to the arena or a horde fight.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by GODzilla:

I did not buy the DLC. But I guess in order for the game to have the same data for everyone, the game still needs to download the data of the DLC.

i see you are not familiar with how unreal engine patches.

[Omnes Interficere]

Originally posted by GODzilla:

Oh...we got the variants for free, you sure? Well I didn't expect mthat, thought they are part of the paid DLC. If it's true than kudos to Piranha actually. I still weont buy the DLC since there is nothing in there that interestes me, apart maybe from the omni variants and I was rather bitter that those where supposed to be behind the paywall, too...which isn't the case it seems. :)

The free update gives you a couple of variants you can unlock, of which I think only the Mad Dog S is Canon, haven't checked the P variants of the other chassis if they are legit. It also updates the UI of the game to show DLC's, and the new simpod, though of course you can expect the DLC content to be locked out until you buy it.

The hero variants and camo are part of the DLC.

[GODzilla]

Originally posted by Thundercracker:

Originally posted by GODzilla:

I did not buy the DLC. But I guess in order for the game to have the same data for everyone, the game still needs to download the data of the DLC.

i see you are not familiar with how unreal engine patches.

Can't say that I am, true. The thing I do remember is that Call of Duty games tended to have rediculously large patches, but those are neither UE4 nor UE5.