60GB Update WTHeck?

[CoolJ 007]

Really? for an update?

[Frenchie]

Keeps crashing too... I cant launch..

[zaltocleotl[Banned@Paradox]]

60GB of bad code.
lol

[CoolJ 007]

Originally posted by zaltocleotlBanned@Paradox:

60GB of bad code.
lol

No lie. My game didn't even last a minute. It loaded my last save and crashed within a few seconds.

[sternenstaub70]

The update itself is "only" about 3.5 GB.
But it updates several files throughout your already existing 60 GB installation.

[CoolJ 007]

Originally posted by sternenstaub70:

The update itself is "only" about 3.5 GB.
But it updates several files throughout your already existing 60 GB installation.

I understand that is how patches normally work, but not in this case. I had almost 50Gb of storage available, which surprised me that I was even that low - but it would not allow me to resume the download until I had enough free space. Once I freed up some space, it proceeded to download a full 60Gb of data. But the crash issue is not persistent. I just ran it again without issue.

[GGreenie]

It’s not that deep chill out

[Mysticalmaid]

It's only 3.8gb. They must have changed something pretty important to updated 60gb of existing files.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Mysticalmaid:

It's only 3.8gb. They must have changed something pretty important to updated 60gb of existing files.

It's just how the game is packaged. Fewer, large database files with lots of data. So Steam has to make a backup of each one, patch in the differences, compare the checksum for any errors, then finally delete the backups when it's confirmed everything was done correctly.

This is how patches have worked since before the internet.

[pat-mag]

i need also much space,my city skylines 2 upgrade needs 54GB free space

[pat-mag]

does is way to play city skylines 2 without upgrade

[Mansen]

Buddy. It is temporary. It just needs that much space AVAILABLE for the patching. It's not an update that makes the game take up an additional 54GB permanently

[mrdo919]

If you have a custom map, the maker has to update the map. And mods need to be updated or your game will crash this is common knowledge I thought after an update??

[Caprea]

Originally posted by mrdo919:

If you have a custom map, the maker has to update the map. And mods need to be updated or your game will crash this is common knowledge I thought after an update??

Maps do not need to be updated because of this update.

And if you already started with your city on a map, any change made on this map would not change anything for your city.

[Dave]

Originally posted by CoolJ 007:

Really? for an update?

It's only a small update. However, that small update had to patch 60GB of data. I doubt you downloaded that much. Steam, can be misleading. It was a 3.8GB download that had to patch 60GB worth of data. If you pay attention to the download section, it will tell you this. It will show a download bar and a patch bar. Only the download bar is the actual downloaded patch size.

Here's a screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/13qvj7vh5veq20lurjgxq/patch.jpg?rlkey=eh3g5rnhkyixycv763d03vmc0&st=m6yv31ms&dl=0

Steam breaks this link. You have to manually copy and paste

[Mansen]

Steam literally shows this now with a recent UI update to the downloads page. It'll show how it it downloads, and how much it's patching on separate lines.