Can some one tell me why this game needs 120GB space to install a update that is 7.5GB?

[◬ illumiTriX ◬]

i realy dont get it...

So after it has reserved 120Gb for the 7.5GB update.
I do not delete 120gb to load 7.5gb update .. Devs fix the ♥♥♥♥ please

[FeilDOW]

Because it unpacks it to a much bigger size and needs room to swap files.

[HüpfDuSau]

Can someone tell me how to use the search function of the steam forum? Because this would give like 20 exacly same post like yours with the answer

[◬ illumiTriX ◬]

sorry guys but it makes no sense that i need 120 gb to update 7.5gb and no other game i know has such a stupid update system

[FeilDOW]

Originally posted by ∆ !llum!Tr!X ∆ @pvpro.com:

sorry guys but it makes no sense that i need 120 gb to update 7.5gb and no other game i know has such a stupid update system

Lots of games do the same since it's a steam thing, but lots of games aren't over 100gb for the base game.

[◬ illumiTriX ◬]

i don't think so. I have 650+ games and no one only ARK is so stupid in his update system. i mean where's the logic that i need that space for the full game to install a update!? there is no sense

[HüpfDuSau]

Originally posted by ∆ !llum!Tr!X ∆ @pvpro.com:

sorry guys but it makes no sense that i need 120 gb to update 7.5gb and no other game i know has such a stupid update system

Ok, basic 1*1 how steam handles big downloads...
Download the ziped data ( here 8.2GB)
Unzip the data (depending on the compression that add up to lets say 50GB)
Copy the data to the location/install (here you need another 50GB)
Delete ziped and unziped data, you are then left with the game

Tadaaaa, in the process of handling the data you need 8.2 + 50 + 50 = 108,2GB of disk space
those numbers are totaly random, but you get the concept with it...

[Singrave]

cause it's 2018

[◬ illumiTriX ◬]

yeah i know what you mean. but it still makes no sense it dont load the full game it loads 7.5 gb
i need to delete 2 big games to update ARK really awesome

[KitsuneShiro]

Wait two weeks and this will happen again for the TLC patch.

[HüpfDuSau]

Originally posted by ∆ !llum!Tr!X ∆ @pvpro.com:

yeah i know what you mean. but it still makes no sense it dont load the full game it loads 7.5 gb

Did you read what i wrote??? The 7.5GB are highly compressed data, if you unzip them you get data wich are waaaaay bigger

[=Sarsante=]

Also it does make sense if the patching fails you dont need ti redownload the game

[◬ illumiTriX ◬]

yes and I can tell you again it does not make sense I have other big games none of those has such a bad update system

[FeilDOW]

Originally posted by ∆ !llum!Tr!X ∆ @pvpro.com:

i don't think so. I have 650+ games and no one only ARK is so stupid in his update system. i mean where's the logic that i need that space for the full game to install a update!? there is no sense

How would you know that the other games don't update the same when they are likely 10-20gb getting a gb patch not 120gb getting a 9gb patch.

Ark download is around 20gb but when unpacked it's over 100gb so you should be able to figure out why you need space for the patch.

[=Sarsante=]

Ok so uninstall until it fits your wishes for how the game should do the updates, most likely it wont change tho.

[◬ illumiTriX ◬]

How i would know that is I have eyes and can see it... no other games need the space of the full game to install a update that doesn't even make up 10% of the game...