why is it 200gb

[AwesomeKev]

like how why its way too big i cant fit it i watched a guide from a year ago and it has doubled in size thats kinda a overstatement but it went from below 200gb to over 200gb is there anyway to have a free small good flying game?

[Troll Norris]

What terrain modules you own?

[AwesomeKev]

none i dont even know what they are

[Troll Norris]

DLCs

[fikmeinshizer]

Marianas is probably installed. IIRC it is installed by default but you can uninstall it to save space

[AwesomeKev]

i dont have any dlcs

[Gunfreak]

Originally posted by AwesomeKev:

i dont have any dlcs

The base game is about 170-200g.
The default map is about 15gig. Then all the high quality models and liveries for aircraft
The weather, the physics etc.
If you have all the maps and aircraft. DCS will be about 700gig.

[Troll Norris]

To understand:
Game binnary core: around 4GB.
Non-playable assets, AI and 3D models, textures and external unit sounds: 120 GB
This includes:
Aircrafts (around 90 units): 77,7 GB
Probably the biggest one is F-14 (16,7 GB). It is one of the most detailed aircraft in whole game.
Everything else is around 30 GB



Data for playable content:
SU-25T 725 MB
TF-51D - 421 MB
Caucasus - 17,5 GB
Mariana islands: 14,3 GB

[SSerponi76]

Originally posted by AwesomeKev:

like how why its way too big i cant fit it i watched a guide from a year ago and it has doubled in size thats kinda a overstatement but it went from below 200gb to over 200gb is there anyway to have a free small good flying game?

If you think 200gb of install size are a problem then you should know that my DCS folder is 645gb...

[Xupicor]

718GB + 128GB here. It is what it is, they're making 8TB M.2 SSDs for a reason, lol.

[zemzero]

Originally posted by SSerponi76:

If you think 200gb of install size are a problem then you should know that my DCS folder is 645gb... :lunar2020confidentrooster:

Originally posted by Xupicor:

718GB + 128GB here. It is what it is, they're making 8TB M.2 SSDs for a reason, lol.

Damn, Im over here sitting at 353GB. How many maps and modules do you have installed?

[Xupicor]

Originally posted by zemzero:

How many maps and modules do you have installed?

Yes.

[Czar]

Originally posted by AwesomeKev:

like how why its way too big i cant fit it i watched a guide from a year ago and it has doubled in size thats kinda a overstatement but it went from below 200gb to over 200gb is there anyway to have a free small good flying game?

7 years back it was under 100gb.

Please, make sure to own a SSD dedicated for DCS of 1TB or higher. It doesn't need to be nvme.

Next 5 years DCS can weight close to 1TB. if you own most of the maps. It is a growing simulator. A LOT of assets.

May 21st I believe DCS will include a new asset pack making its footprint on storage a little more larger.
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/348830-ah-64d-new-features-new-massun-free-assets-f-5e-tiger-ii-update

This is not the usual videogame you see anywhere. It requires a certain amount of hardware investment.

'Free', 'small' and 'good' can't be in the same sentence about flight simulators.

[RatsoRizzo]

I uninstalled DCS because it just takes up too much space, I need it for other games. I won't even buy games now if they are over 150+ GB.

[Troll Norris]

I have 1 TB drive dedicated to DCS:W only.

[MaDeuce]

Originally posted by RatsoRizzo:

I uninstalled DCS because it just takes up too much space, I need it for other games. I won't even buy games now if they are over 150+ GB.

It's 2024.
ssd storage space is ~6¢ per gig.
hdd storage space is ~2¢ per gig.

Games aren't going to get any smaller moving forward, and if they do it's because you're paying a premium for alternative solutions to owning local storage.