game reserving space

[bedominion1077]

why every time i download or update a game does it start off by reserving space. I have it downloaded to my pc storage so this shouldnt be happening

[Satoru]

Steam needs to ensure there is space on your drive for the game, or for the game update files

Games like Payday2 require ALL game files to be updated with each patch. So Steam needs to ensure you have 60GB+ of drive space available to do the actual patch. So it reserves the space so that other processes can't take it because you decided to copy over your anime movie collection while a game was downloading

[nullable]

I'm not clear. Are you downloading a game, or do you already have it on disk? Both can't be true. You might try to clarify what you mean.

At any rate when you're downloading a game or downloading an update, or updating a game, the downloads are compressed and you may need additional space to extract the downloaded data. Reserving that space makes sure you have enough and that you don't use that space while Steam still needs it.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by bedominion1077:

why every time i download or update a game does it start off by reserving space. I have it downloaded to my pc storage so this shouldnt be happening

Because it needs space to not only to accommodate the update (network) but also re-write any files within the directory (disk)

A 1mb update may still require a 14gb write of the games directory so you will need that in reserve for instance.

[crunchyfrog]

Ity absolutely SHOULD be happening because this is how Steam works.

All downloads on Steam are encrypted and compressed. It was originally setup this way to save on bandnwidth.

So anything downloaded needs to sit somewhere on your hard drive and that data is sorted and decrypted before writing to where it finally resides. Ergo, that is the space it's reserving for that use.

[bedominion1077]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Ity absolutely SHOULD be happening because this is how Steam works.

All downloads on Steam are encrypted and compressed. It was originally setup this way to save on bandnwidth.

So anything downloaded needs to sit somewhere on your hard drive and that data is sorted and decrypted before writing to where it finally resides. Ergo, that is the space it's reserving for that use.

My friend also has a pc and downloads games with steam but when we download the same game on the pc storage his doesn’t have to reserve space but mine does. Why is this

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by bedominion1077:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Ity absolutely SHOULD be happening because this is how Steam works.

All downloads on Steam are encrypted and compressed. It was originally setup this way to save on bandnwidth.

So anything downloaded needs to sit somewhere on your hard drive and that data is sorted and decrypted before writing to where it finally resides. Ergo, that is the space it's reserving for that use.

My friend also has a pc and downloads games with steam but when we download the same game on the pc storage his doesn’t have to reserve space but mine does. Why is this

I can't say, but it does.

It might have something to do with how his PC is set up and maybe the message doesn't appear. Maybe he uses separate drives?

But this IS how it works.

[bedominion1077]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by bedominion1077:

My friend also has a pc and downloads games with steam but when we download the same game on the pc storage his doesn’t have to reserve space but mine does. Why is this

I can't say, but it does.

It might have something to do with how his PC is set up and maybe the message doesn't appear. Maybe he uses separate drives?

But this IS how it works.

Ok thanks