Not a why is the game 400gb Thread

[Cowtipper]

What i would like to know is how
276.42
- Aberration: Fixed issue with Powernodes not recharging when stasised. Requires server update.
- Fixed issue with Queen Bee. Requires server update.

Justifys 500mb . how can 2 very small insignificant hotfixes take half a gig >? please do enlighten me.i understand why some people complain but what i dont understand is the ever increasing size of the updates and they seem to contain less and less each time.ei , 0 content and 2 hotfixes for an already ingame item / system

[Max Klinger]

Because when you change any part of a file the ENTIRE file needs to be redownloaded to overwrite the old one,

So even though they do not sound like large fixes, the file/files that those items were contained in were large and needed redownloaded to overwrite the old file/files.

[Grimmrog_SIG]

probably because they simply exchange some of the big files storing all the behavior.

back when downlaod rates or disc space was limited (like patches in PC magazines) updates went into those files and simply altered values.

Nowdays, like ark already did it just downlaods all the altered files and decompresses and exchanges them.

Thats why some updates were crying if you hadn't 250GB free discspace ontop of those 400GB consumed space.

Kinda madness if you ask me to realise that such an update required like 700GB because it had like 69Gb update, its 400Gb install and requiring all that free space for processing the update.

Originally posted by MaxKlinger:

Because when you change any part of a file the ENTIRE file needs to be redownloaded to overwrite the old one,

So even though they do not sound like large fixes, the file/files that those items were contained in were large and needed redownloaded to overwrite the old file/files.

no it doesn't, you could simply change a value in a file. No need for a huge file to entirely be replaced. But of course replacing a file is just the "easier" way of making an update.

[Cowtipper]

Originally posted by MaxKlinger:

When you change any part of a file the ENTIRE file needs to be redownloaded to overwrite the old one,

So even though they do not sound like large fixes, the file/files that those items were contained in were large and needed redownloaded to overwrite the old file/files.

Ah i see , thn it kinda makes sense i suppose :P i just wish they would consolidate them more , and just release a large lump of fixes with content ect .

[Geltini]

Originally posted by MaxKlinger:

Because when you change any part of a file the ENTIRE file needs to be redownloaded to overwrite the old one,

So even though they do not sound like large fixes, the file/files that those items were contained in were large and needed redownloaded to overwrite the old file/files.

Great explanation!

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Angeleon:

Originally posted by MaxKlinger:

Because when you change any part of a file the ENTIRE file needs to be redownloaded to overwrite the old one,

So even though they do not sound like large fixes, the file/files that those items were contained in were large and needed redownloaded to overwrite the old file/files.

Great explanation!

+1

[MaxKool007]

Yah they don't use injectors anymore.
None of what they do is what I call patching. What they do is replace the whole files.
It's why I have games with similar size installs but they have patch lists a mile long yet only use a few Megs.....

Arks patching is the only game, in my 400+ that acts like this.