not enough free disk space

[jezy]

500mb update today and when i try downloading steam says i dont have enough disk space. i have around 200gb free on the drive i have the game installed on. cleared dl cache, verified game files, restarted pc and steam. anyone know of a fix without needing to uninstall the game?

[Black Raven]

Fix is making room, you shouldn't let your HDD/SSD get so full anyway as it can serious effect performance of literally everything including the OS, as everything need room to move files around.

If it don't have room it takes more time to do everything and has way high re-write frequency which effect the lifespan of you hdd/SSD

[Mayakashiii]

Originally posted by Black Raven:

Fix is making room, you shouldn't let your HDD/SSD get so full anyway as it can serious effect performance of literally everything including the OS, as everything need room to move files around.

If it don't have room it takes more time to do everything and has way high re-write frequency which effect the lifespan of you hdd/SSD

How much room?

I only have a 500GB drive and I want to keep some other games.

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by Mayakashiii:

Originally posted by Black Raven:

Fix is making room, you shouldn't let your HDD/SSD get so full anyway as it can serious effect performance of literally everything including the OS, as everything need room to move files around.

If it don't have room it takes more time to do everything and has way high re-write frequency which effect the lifespan of you hdd/SSD

How much room?

I only have a 500GB drive and I want to keep some other games.

Always have 10-15% of the whole Drive free

For a 500gb Drive that would be 75gb needs to be always free to work properly.

[wow]

I have the same problem, I love this game

[jezy]

Originally posted by wow:

I have the same problem, I love this game

i ended up uninstalling and reinstalling and it fixed it for me. that was the only thing that seemed to work :/

[Serious]

Standard values for free space are
at least 10% of the total storage space, as general rule
at least 50 gb on C drive, as general rule for your system drive (30 on mac or ubuntu)
In case you have steam and your games on different storages you still need 10% of the gaming storage space free on the steam drive. As the installation and update files are temporary files in steam folder.

the update process at steam is optimized to download as few as possible mb, but it's not optimized to use as few as possible space during any update process. e.g. A game needs 50gb download but 100 fully installed. You probably need 150 gb during installation and update processes, even if its just updating 5mb.

[MF DOOM]

Ok, but hear me out... On my laptop I have a 200gb drive. The game is 110gb. Steam says that in order to update I need 110gb free. So, the game cannot be updated on my system. I have to fully uninstall and reinstall for a 500mb update. In what world does that make sense?

[skyguard]

Originally posted by MF DOOM:

Ok, but hear me out... On my laptop I have a 200gb drive. The game is 110gb. Steam says that in order to update I need 110gb free. So, the game cannot be updated on my system. I have to fully uninstall and reinstall for a 500mb update. In what world does that make sense?

It makes sense in this world, 200Gb is not enough.
it needs to unpack and replace, many games do it like that. You will need to upgrade.

[servantOfJESUS]

it's because the game has to download and repatch the entire file:

so if it's 118 gigs you need 118gigs TIMES 2

to be able to update

it's due to the way unreal engine games are created/packaged


do to steam folder/downloads and check it each update you will see

that download folder swells to the same size of the actual game each time

[servantOfJESUS]

i am sorry i just realized i didn't actually answer your question

so in this place


Your Install Drive / Your Install Folder / Steam Library / Steam Apps / Downloading


erase everything and reboot your computer


then it should work!

[Tombs]

Originally posted by servantOfJESUS:

it's because the game has to download and repatch the entire file:

so if it's 118 gigs you need 118gigs TIMES 2

to be able to update

it's due to the way unreal engine games are created/packaged


do to steam folder/downloads and check it each update you will see

that download folder swells to the same size of the actual game each time

no, it downloads a small patch and then makes a temporary file of the game. It doesnt re download the whole game everytime.

[servantOfJESUS]

"small patch" which takes hours to reserve the space
requiring 118 gigs of free space (if the game file is atm 118 gigs)

you can quote my correct words and say they are incorrect all you like "tombs"

that is your ability in this earth and you choose to use your free will to do so

[Tombs]

Originally posted by servantOfJESUS:

"small patch" which takes hours to reserve the space
requiring 118 gigs of free space (if the game file is atm 118 gigs)

you can quote my correct words and say they are incorrect all you like "tombs"

that is your ability in this earth and you choose to use your free will to do so

no patch on ascended has took over 5minutes on my pc. Issue is at your end.
you are a mong

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by servantOfJESUS:

"small patch" which takes hours to reserve the space
requiring 118 gigs of free space (if the game file is atm 118 gigs)

you can quote my correct words and say they are incorrect all you like "tombs"

that is your ability in this earth and you choose to use your free will to do so

If it takes Hours for you your Drive is too full...

[servantOfJESUS]

Caduryn i understand that is the issue:

and i use steam deck to play, and genshin takes its hd

and i can barely fit ark onto the sd card

i've tried the other way around, its better for me with ark on the sd


so yes i understand and agree that is the issue!



@ utter clown "Tombs" calling me a "mong" whatever tf that is supposed to be

whatever clown slang satan taught u ur trying to regurgitate at me

unaware even who your master is, who stands beneath me,

you look down at me..


yes, clown tombs, the issue is on my end

now if you'd like to buy me and the (literally hundreds) of other users on these forums experiencing these EXACT SAME ISSUES new pcs

pls, do go ahead


as it is i have a hacked together windows 10 running on steam deck for my "pc" to be able to play as i also develop my own game