Not enough disk space to download updates but I have almost 16 times the free space.

[KittnCndy]

I've been catering to this silly problem for alot of updates now, but I'm tired of having to keep a huge chunk of free space just to update this game. The most recent update claims to be a download of around 500MB and I have 7.33GB of free space on my hard drive, but it stalls out claiming not enough disk space.

In the past it has done this as well and it seems to be that the game wants twice as much available space as the game as a whole takes up (or something close to that anyway.)

I'm not really sure what to do about this problem from my end other than let the game take my hard drive hostage pointlessly. If anyone knows a way to make the game updates act efficiently I'm all ears.

[Keijukain]

Sometimes you need the hole space for the game (40GB+).

[kokunze]

This is so annoying!
Just needed to use all cleanup tools for removing unused drivers, etc. to have the additional 25 GB(!) which are required for a patch without new content!

I mean, it's not even new textures, or stuff taking lots of disk space. It's just a minor patch with some fixes.

Seems like I really need to get Ark away from my (small) SSD if the required size is 70+ GB (for installation + temp update space).

But the worst thing is steam forcing you to always update...

[DISCOBAMA]

i made a post like this months ago with mostly negative comments saying get a bigger hard drive.

with my case, its a 120gb ssd and pretty much only ark is installed. I just found out that my pagefile.sys file is 32gb because i have 32gb of ram. I changed it to be 7gb to 16gb range, and it freed up 24 gb after restarting. Note i had to change it twice, after the first restart it didn't take. I am on windows 10 btw. Look into this if you have a lot of memory like me.

[tanek]

Originally posted by kokunze:

But the worst thing is steam forcing you to always update...

Unless it is a major version update, you usually don't need to install in order to connect to a server (meaning 236.x clients can connect to 236.x servers, but when 237 comes out, then 236.x clients will have to update to connect to 237 servers).

I hold off on updates using this method which still works for me:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/405692758700983210/#c405692758702064034

One thing to note, if you are playing on official servers or on unofficials that use BattlEye. In those cases, you may want to use the ShooterGame_BE.exe for launching. I have not specifically tested that with updates, though. Maybe I can check with this next big one.

[WishmasterUK]

Originally posted by DISCOBAMA:

i made a post like this months ago with mostly negative comments saying get a bigger hard drive.

with my case, its a 120gb ssd and pretty much only ark is installed. I just found out that my pagefile.sys file is 32gb because i have 32gb of ram. I changed it to be 7gb to 16gb range, and it freed up 24 gb after restarting. Note i had to change it twice, after the first restart it didn't take. I am on windows 10 btw. Look into this if you have a lot of memory like me.

This is a steam issue, and the fact that ARK is a pretty big install. Patches make a copy of all the files being modified and then applies the patch to those, then copies them back over the top of the old ones in the install folder. I'm in the same boat with a 120GB SSD, plan on upgrading soonish, I have about 20GB free and only struggled to patch when they added the seek free content, as that was a massive change.

Also, 32GB of RAM, why do you even need a page file? I have 16GB of RAM and have switched mine off.

[KittnCndy]

Originally posted by WishmasterUK:

This is a steam issue, and the fact that ARK is a pretty big install.

I feel like have had other big games that do not do this through steam, but Ark does this constantly, does Ark maybe just have one giant file that everything is packed into or something?

[Desertworld]

Originally posted by ScarletTerror:

Originally posted by WishmasterUK:

This is a steam issue, and the fact that ARK is a pretty big install.

I feel like have had other big games that do not do this through steam, but Ark does this constantly, does Ark maybe just have one giant file that everything is packed into or something?

yeah kind of. i'll tell you how steam updates things (because that's the most secure way to make an update

1. Patch gets downloaded (just the changed code and informations for which file it is)
2. The file that needs an update gets copied to another location and gets the changed code
3. if the file was succesfully patched it gets copied back to the folder where the old file is and replaces the old file now
4. The patch was succesful!

the problem with ark is that Ark uses some pretty huge files.. for example if only 1kb of the map gets changed Steam copies the whole 10gb map into another location and patches it.. so you'll need 10gb free diskspace for a 1kb patch in this case.

[EnragedN3wb]

Yeah, noticed this as well.

I had to symlink my "downloading" folder under steamapps & my Mods folder under Ark>Shootergame>Content to let me offload some space to another drive in order to keep ARK on my SSD.

[[EON] The One]

they try to optimalize the game but not the 100s of updates that just keep staying in ur system! why dont they just realease a update and the parts it ficed then auto remove the ♥♥♥♥ its gonne replace dont keep stacking until we get 100+ gb where more then 50/60% is just rubish replaced coding

[Desertworld]

Originally posted by rvandijk_1986:

they try to optimalize the game but not the 100s of updates that just keep staying in ur system! why dont they just realease a update and the parts it ficed then auto remove the ♥♥♥♥ its gonne replace dont keep stacking until we get 100+ gb where more then 50/60% is just rubish replaced coding

not sure what you're talking about. my ark folder was installed months ago and it is currently 56gb (i have at least 40 mods subscribed)

[Sam Of Haywood]

if you have 16x the space your hdd COULD be failing, when was the last time you looked at your hdd's s.m.a.r.t info?

[Turbozinzin]

Use steam mover to transfert some of your ark files to make the update, i had this issue and it was ♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying.

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover It's really to use, it use the symbiotic link beetween to folder to make you able to download your files, update it and put it back in your SSD or whatever hard drive with not enough space

[Desertworld]

Originally posted by Shiva:

Use steam mover to transfert some of your ark files to make the update, i had this issue and it was ♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying.

http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover It's really to use, it use the symbiotic link beetween to folder to make you able to download your files, update it and put it back in your SSD or whatever hard drive with not enough space

seriously there are programs for that? it's basically one line you need to put in your cmd to link folders..

[Luminia]

This is the exact issue I'm running into....I have over 500 gb free on my hd...so why the hell can't I install or update the game....It claims I don't have enough disck space, but that is definitely not freaking true as I have 10 times the amount needed for the game -.- How do I fix this?