Downloading 64 mb takes forever to install (not download)

[Lou Wheeze]

Why is that? This is the only game that does this and it does it every time. What's the reasoning behind taking forever to install 64mb to the game?

[Shiro♌]

Umm.. I'd disagree, and claim, that it can happen to every single game.

Just a few hours ago, I downloaded a Rocket League update, which took several seconds, but applying the changes took more than ten mintues, while the size was 91.7 MB.

I also hope, I don't need to mention Rainbow Six SIege, which is kinda famous for it, and its Servers, that have been experiencing a lot of packet losses everywhere.

[Vanitas]

Originally posted by Spoon:

Why is that? This is the only game that does this and it does it every time. What's the reasoning behind taking forever to install 64mb to the game?

In order to save space and not add any more through updates the game replaces old files with the new ones.

In order to do that it basically goes through each file in the game and changes what needs to be changed.

Thats why it takes longer.

At least thats how i heard it is done in this one

[Lou Wheeze]

That is weird. This is the only game Ive ever experienced that with. Currently, Ive been waiting almost 15 minutes now for it to install.

[Vanitas]

Originally posted by Spoon:

That is weird. This is the only game Ive ever experienced that with. Currently, Ive been waiting almost 15 minutes now for it to install.

Pretty sure there was another one game doing it similar but don't know the which one.

But what this prevents that in a game like for example a game like Fallout 76 where you downloaded the game but than another ~50GB for a day one update that the overall file size is not getting any bigger.

Funny enough the game always says it needs ~16GB space for downloads.

During an update you can see that this amount is gone from your space on your pc until the download is finished where it goes back up.

[Vanitas]

But i digged through an old reddit post right now and some say it could also be because of the unreal engine packages games.

They also state that games like Fortnite and Rocket League have the same issue because of that

[Shiro♌]

Originally posted by Superintendent Chalmers:

Originally posted by Spoon:

Why is that? This is the only game that does this and it does it every time. What's the reasoning behind taking forever to install 64mb to the game?

In order to save space and not add any more through updates the game replaces old files with the new ones.

In order to do that it basically goes through each file in the game and changes what needs to be changed.

Thats why it takes longer.

At least thats how i heard it is done in this one

I'd take your word for it, as I remember reading something very similar...

[Lou Wheeze]

Originally posted by Superintendent Chalmers:

But i digged through an old reddit post right now and some say it could also be because of the unreal engine packages games.

They also state that games like Fortnite and Rocket League have the same issue because of that

I appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me. +rep