Too Much Disk Space

[ganimaltiok]

Hi Guys,
With the last 6+ GB update , the game uses more than 17 GB disk space.
Is there any way to minimize or lower this?

Or should I uninstall and download again?

Thanks

[-Dare Devil/x/]

-That sounds right for game size.

[Lambert198]

How was the last update that massive ? Just because of a few new maps ?

[HE1NZ]

It's 40 if you download 4K pack ;)

[Null]

4.5GB of that is unnecessary localization files in every language, I would go into the AOE2DE/Resources folder and delete all the folders with two letters in them except for your preferred language, instant saving of 4.5GB. That might accomplish something.

This is a serious problem with some games because of developer laziness. You can save entire GB by deleting files that are in languages you don't use.

[-Dare Devil/x/]

Originally posted by Persephone:

4.5GB of that is unnecessary localization files in every language, I would go into the AOE2DE/Resources folder and delete all the folders with two letters in them except for your preferred language, instant saving of 4.5GB. That might accomplish something.

This is a serious problem with some games because of developer laziness. You can save entire GB by deleting files that are in languages you don't use.

-Pretty sure this has already been addressed in the second or third update. When you install it will only download the audio voice files that your game language is set to.

[ManiacalManwich]

Originally posted by -Dare Devil/x/:

Originally posted by Persephone:

4.5GB of that is unnecessary localization files in every language, I would go into the AOE2DE/Resources folder and delete all the folders with two letters in them except for your preferred language, instant saving of 4.5GB. That might accomplish something.

This is a serious problem with some games because of developer laziness. You can save entire GB by deleting files that are in languages you don't use.

-Pretty sure this has already been addressed in the second or third update. When you install it will only download the audio voice files that your game language is set to.

It has not. Installed only a couple of days ago, and it has each folder from BR to ZH.

[Null]

Originally posted by -Dare Devil/x/:

When you install it will only download the audio voice files that your game language is set to.

It downloads the files for each art of war cinematic.

[ManiacalManwich]

Originally posted by Persephone:

Originally posted by -Dare Devil/x/:

When you install it will only download the audio voice files that your game language is set to.

It downloads the files for each art of war cinematic.

^ Exactly

[Novi]

Originally posted by Persephone:

Originally posted by -Dare Devil/x/:

When you install it will only download the audio voice files that your game language is set to.

It downloads the files for each art of war cinematic.

That's a lot of unnecessary data. Hopefully fixed in the next update.

[-Dare Devil/x/]

Originally posted by Athan:

Originally posted by -Dare Devil/x/:

-Pretty sure this has already been addressed in the second or third update. When you install it will only download the audio voice files that your game language is set to.

It has not. Installed only a couple of days ago, and it has each folder from BR to ZH.

-Oh okay, so we were both right. Looks like this is resolved for the campaign language audio but the same optimization doesn't occur for the art of war videos.

-However at the end of the day 17 GB isn't really a large issue nowadays, but hopefully we see further optimizations.

Originally posted by KarlFookinTanner:

How was the last update that massive ? Just because of a few new maps ?

-The last update was 6 GBs because they did further optimization to file sizes to decrease the game size by about 1 GB. In order for your system to have the optimized files; you have to redownload all the files. Originally the game in beta was 50+ GBs I think I heard people say. Looking at the update content in each monthly update; I think we are in a good spot for hoping to see further optimizations across the board.

[ganimaltiok]

Originally posted by Persephone:

4.5GB of that is unnecessary localization files in every language, I would go into the AOE2DE/Resources folder and delete all the folders with two letters in them except for your preferred language, instant saving of 4.5GB. That might accomplish something.

This is a serious problem with some games because of developer laziness. You can save entire GB by deleting files that are in languages you don't use.

Thanks, good info. Saved 4 GB, will try uninstall and install again.

Some says 17GB is a reasonable size for a game but I am not a gamer and not using a game pc, so for a small ssd laptop, size matters.