Why is this small game 49 GB size

[Azuwi]

Just curiousi how a small game like this can be 49 GB in hard drive size. Almost take up my entire pc hard drive.

[Ryuu]

It's about 30 Gb for me, including mods and additional sound banks. But for installation and updates it might need a bit more.

The game has more than a hundred very highly detailed warships and about 2 dozen detailed maps and ports, wouldn't call it small.

And seriously regular HDDs are quite cheap nowadays, and there are far bigger single and multiplayer games out there, complaining about size wouldn't get you anywhere.

[UnderTaker2020]

get urself a 1 or 2 terabyte external dard drive mate, thats where i put most of my games on, i can unplug it and take it anywhere with me, drag my lp along 2...

[Rastrelly]

Small? It can be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ RNG-fest, but it still has 10 huge maps with detailed landmass, and how much? About 100 high-res ship model with almost unparalleled detail and a bunch of reskins and model applicable tweaks for each. Of course it would be a ton to download!

[thedudenamedpaul]

1. What kind of PC do you have with only 50gb of Harddrive??
2. That is a normal size for games like these!!

[TentacleMayor]

It was like half the size 18 months ago, they keep adding to it with ships, maps, ports, music...

[Ryuu]

Tool a look into res_packages folder: 11 Gb for maps, 15 Gb for ships.

[L.o.D.]

You can also save some space by deleting the contents of the updates folder.

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by L.o.D.:

You can also save some space by deleting the contents of the updates folder.

Except Steam version does not ever create it, all updates are through Steam client directly.

[Eslo]

My issue is SSD. I have a 250gig SSD and hate having to install and uninstall games as I switch up games I am playing. So these days the operating system and 2 - 3 games is really all i can have installed at any 1 time.

[RickyRockFish]

without looking at the assets I would bet... There are tons high resolution video. It does boggle my mind that a game of this simplicity, simple in terms of video rendering not coding depth wise has a size as large as it does.

The models are relatively simple as compared to more complex games... however, the footprint is Ginormous for game of this type.

Could also be rendering engine that is not very optimized. BigWorld is the Australian company that makes the engine.

my guess is combination of Video and BigWorld with a smidgen of developer laziness. It is easy to keep adding to the recipe... it is harder to manage assets that no longer have parent.

[Jackson]

Originally posted by Rayden☆✪:

Just curiousi how a small game like this can be 49 GB in hard drive size. Almost take up my entire pc hard drive.

Err.. it's not small? It's also no where near 50 GB

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by Eslo:

My issue is SSD. I have a 250gig SSD and hate having to install and uninstall games as I switch up games I am playing. So these days the operating system and 2 - 3 games is really all i can have installed at any 1 time.

Install it on non-ssd drive then. I keep mine only for OS and some critical things.

[Jackson]

+1 Yea, it doesn't 'really need an SSD. Tho I put mine there since it's the main game I play. Still, it'd fuction fine on a disk

[Kaiman]

Originally posted by Jackson:

Originally posted by Rayden☆✪:

Just curiousi how a small game like this can be 49 GB in hard drive size. Almost take up my entire pc hard drive.

Err.. it's not small? It's also no where near 50 GB

Five years later, it's more like 60-70 GB. It's ludicrous.

[Firewalk]

Originally posted by RickyRockFish:

The models are relatively simple as compared to more complex games...

Show me one game with more detailed ship models, I will wait.