Install size?

[BOYCOTT S-T-E-A-M!]

Any information about that says how large this will actually be when installed?

The store page here on Steam lists needing 4gb of available space, but that seems low.

[Thanatos]

We dont know for sure, but im gonna go with the store page and say 4gb more then likely

[BOYCOTT S-T-E-A-M!]

I figured with all those youtubers out there one of them might have provided some relevant information like the installation size.

[Shad]

4 GB sounds about right. Most PDX games do not require that much space.

[BOYCOTT S-T-E-A-M!]

Alright. I'll estimate around that 4 gig size then.

[Inhimilis]

On the stream they said a couple of gigs.

[Mansen]

Steam size approximations tend to include uncompressing cache space - though really you should always have as much free space as your largest game on your harddrive. If only for defragmentation purposes.

Around 3-4GB is correct, confirmed on stream.

[TRF]

which makes sense as we're not talking about massive 3d models and textures~~~

[Old Man Mordaith]

As others have mentioned, the game will likely be 3-5 gig. Even CK2 with all the expansions is little over 2 gig. Amazing what they can do with so many other games using 'size' almost as an indication of quality.

[BOYCOTT S-T-E-A-M!]

I admit I'm impressed at the size. Makes sense since it lacks much in the way of 3D. No expansive levels and lighting effects crammed with detailed models or anything.

Just figured I'd ask since I've not played many, if any, paradox games of late and wanted to ensure I'd have ample drive space free.

[Mansen]

It also makes sense given the 32bit constraints of Clausewitz, and how the game doesn't use levels or instancing. You're very likely to have almost all of the possible assets loaded at the same time.

Maybe one day when Paradox overhauls the engine completely to native 64bit, we'll see larger, more assets that will make their games larger. :)

[BOYCOTT S-T-E-A-M!]

Thanks for all responses. I'll leave this thread up incase anyone else is also curious about installation sizes.

[Remoria]

for the record though there already is a sticky answering this question right at the top

[BOYCOTT S-T-E-A-M!]

Ah well damn. I hadn't noticed initially that the pre-load sticky also mentioned the size.

[Random]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Steam size approximations tend to include uncompressing cache space - though really you should always have as much free space as your largest game on your harddrive. If only for defragmentation purposes.

Not to be an ar5e, but those of us in the current times that have/use SSD's... don't fragment.
Spin-platters, do though.
And honestly, with the way prices are... why would you want to game from a drive that wasn't an SSD? They're dirt cheap now, and still dropping.

[Mansen]

Not everyone has the luxury of an SSD. And even SSDs need some amount of free space for garbage collection.

That being said I have two SSDs of my own. One strictly for OS, and one for games where harddrive caching is extreme.