70gb game size but 20 gb download? whats up?

[Termiite]

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[Silverlight]

Must be really well compressed IG.

[Birdman656]

they can compress their files, unlike every AAA dev to exist.

[Chaos]

They compress the file to save your bandwidth and help those who have ♥♥♥♥ internet...
but if one have ♥♥♥♥ internet why would they want to play an always online game tho?

[Kackstift]

there are alot of 1's and 0's

[FissionChips]

They did a great job with compression, you should thank them.

[FissionChips]

Originally posted by Chaos:

They compress the file to save your bandwidth and help those who have ♥♥♥♥ internet...
but if one have ♥♥♥♥ internet why would they want to play an always online game tho?

Some of us in rural areas have been cursed with either Starlink or other Satellite providers with strict DL limits. I lived with that for 2 years before a fiber provider finally made it out to my town.

[Chaos]

Originally posted by FissionChips:

Some of us in rural areas have been cursed with either Starlink or other Satellite providers with strict DL limits. I lived with that for 2 years before a fiber provider finally made it out to my town.

I see, yes I can see that be a problem, but my point was if you have bad internet, then how are your pings? how are rubber banding? it is enjoyable?
Since this game even if you are a host, since need connection to process your gameplay in some way.

[FissionChips]

Originally posted by Chaos:

Originally posted by FissionChips:

Some of us in rural areas have been cursed with either Starlink or other Satellite providers with strict DL limits. I lived with that for 2 years before a fiber provider finally made it out to my town.

I see, yes I can see that be a problem, but my point was if you have bad internet, then how are your pings? how are rubber banding? it is enjoyable?
Since this game even if you are a host, since need connection to process your gameplay in some way.

Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought. For a while I was playing CS and Overwatch on Satellite or a 4G hotspot and I'd rarely get lag spikes. My ping was fairly solid, aside from the occasional spikes. However, it took a bit of extra equipment. I installed a cell signal booster on my house for the 4G hotspot, that made a big difference but it also cost a few bucks.

Now I have a fiber connection, so everything is butter smooth in my little cabin in the woods.

[Panda-Bishop]

Originally posted by Chaos:

Originally posted by FissionChips:

Some of us in rural areas have been cursed with either Starlink or other Satellite providers with strict DL limits. I lived with that for 2 years before a fiber provider finally made it out to my town.

I see, yes I can see that be a problem, but my point was if you have bad internet, then how are your pings? how are rubber banding? it is enjoyable?
Since this game even if you are a host, since need connection to process your gameplay in some way.

DL limit doesn't mean bad internet, you can have a provider that provides decent ping but still cap you at 1TB/month (Comcast, AT&T, to name a couple), and the amount of traffic in online games is only a few kilobytes.

Conversely you can also have a provider that offers unlimited data and fast speeds, but have horrible ping due to how they route their traffic.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Termiite:

70gb game size but 20 gb download? whats up?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless_compression

[Chaos]

Originally posted by FissionChips:

Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought. For a while I was playing CS and Overwatch on Satellite or a 4G hotspot and I'd rarely get lag spikes. My ping was fairly solid, aside from the occasional spikes. However, it took a bit of extra equipment. I installed a cell signal booster on my house for the 4G hotspot, that made a big difference but it also cost a few bucks.

Now I have a fiber connection, so everything is butter smooth in my little cabin in the woods.

Originally posted by Panda-Bishop:

DL limit doesn't mean bad internet, you can have a provider that provides decent ping but still cap you at 1TB/month (Comcast, AT&T, to name a couple), and the amount of traffic in online games is only a few kilobytes.

Conversely you can also have a provider that offers unlimited data and fast speeds, but have horrible ping due to how they route their traffic.

I see, I always assume that a capped connection are bad internet due to how ISP in country advertise it. and it's going to have bad ping.
But I see now that's not always the case and download limit can be restrictive for some ISP.
Thanks.