Just got my spanking new rig set up... Steam's installed, re-DLing games for fresh install's sake.
Anyway, TF is ~9.5 GB to DL?
I just have to ask, what makes an FPS that gigantic?
The maps? The textures? The hats? I'm just amazed it's quite THAT large.
I'd look myself, but itt'l be a couple hours yet before it's done DLing, and my old box is OTS ATM.
TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
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TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Fri May 06, 2011 12:09 pm
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Fri May 06, 2011 12:44 pm
But does your old hard drive still work?
Copy the Steam dir from your old hard drive to your new and you won't have to re-download TF2. I doubt that freshness is worth hours and hours of downloads.
Copy the Steam dir from your old hard drive to your new and you won't have to re-download TF2. I doubt that freshness is worth hours and hours of downloads.
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Fri May 06, 2011 1:25 pm
DairyCreamer wrote:I just have to ask, what makes an FPS that gigantic?
The maps? The textures? The hats? I'm just amazed it's quite THAT large.
I'd look myself, but itt'l be a couple hours yet before it's done DLing, and my old box is OTS ATM.
Years of incremental updates and additions can lead to some huge download file sizes.
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Fri May 06, 2011 1:47 pm
Oh, it does... but I'm ok with re-DLing it while I tinker with windows and such, and get everything else in order.
Just amazing how big it is.
Just amazing how big it is.
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Fri May 06, 2011 2:02 pm
That's what she said!
Seriously though, look at how big L4D1 and 2 sit on a drive and they aren't nearly as old and don't have nearly the additional content that TF2 now has.
I'm at work right now, but I'm sure they are hefty in their own right.
Seriously though, look at how big L4D1 and 2 sit on a drive and they aren't nearly as old and don't have nearly the additional content that TF2 now has.
I'm at work right now, but I'm sure they are hefty in their own right.
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Mon May 09, 2011 5:10 am
LOL some new games are like 35GB installed... somehow... (lack of compression).
9GB is TINY considering the game is still being updated.
9GB is TINY considering the game is still being updated.
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Mon May 09, 2011 8:29 am
MaxTheLimit wrote:That's what she said!
Seriously though, look at how big L4D1 and 2 sit on a drive and they aren't nearly as old and don't have nearly the additional content that TF2 now has.
I'm at work right now, but I'm sure they are hefty in their own right.
~4.8GB and 7GB, respectively. Heck, Portal says it's 3.5GB, which is insane.
I think at least some of that space is shared among Source engine games.
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Re: TF2 9.5 GB WTF?
posted on Mon May 09, 2011 9:52 am
Download one source negine game first and it should reduce the file size for subsequent source games
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