Mr_sukebe Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 Question for you chaps. My existing 2.2 install is taking up 77GB. I have Nevada, NTTR, FC3, CA and about 8 other aircraft. When 2.5 hits, my understanding is that it's a new install, which will copy files from 2.2. Could you give me a rough indication of how much disk space I should ensure that I have free before trying to install 2.5? My assumption is circa 100GB, as it'll need room for the new Caucasus map. Sound about right? Note: Don't really care how much space it is, just trying to plan upfront whether I need to clear out any more from my secondary SSD. 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 19, 2017 ED Team Posted December 19, 2017 About 100GB is about right, with all three maps and most of the modules Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
Spetz Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 As far as I remember, the new 2.5 replaces both 1.5 (1.5 no longer supported IIRC) and 2.2 so you can uninstall both of those and only install 2.5, worrying about an extra 30 or so gb. That's my plan anyway :)
javelina1 Posted December 19, 2017 Posted December 19, 2017 that's my plan as well... I plan to ditch one install, (currently have alpha, beta, and prod). MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
HiJack Posted December 20, 2017 Posted December 20, 2017 It would be better if ED made the installer move the data from the other installation to minimize disk space requirements, possibly as a option.
cichlidfan Posted December 20, 2017 Posted December 20, 2017 It would be better if ED made the installer move the data from the other installation to minimize disk space requirements, possibly as a option. It already does that. I suspect that there is a lot of base code changes. The portable stuff is going to be in the modules and not the base sim. However, even if the data is copied from the other installation which would still save no space, nobody would be happy if the files were 'moved' so that the source installation became broken. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
coldViPer Posted December 20, 2017 Posted December 20, 2017 I have 2 x 120Gb SSD so my second SSD is reserved only for DCS :D Maybe its time to buy 512Gb SSD, not so expensive anymore. Asus Prime X570-P * Ryzen 5800X3D + Scythe Fuma cooler * RTX 4080 Super * Corsair 64GB DDR4 3600MHz * Samsung 980 pro 2Tb + 1Tb nvme * Samsung 850 EVO 512Gb SSD * Corsair RM850x V2/2018 * HP Reverb G2 * CH Fighterstick/Pedals/Throttle * Win11 Pro
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 20, 2017 ED Team Posted December 20, 2017 I have 2 x 120Gb SSD so my second SSD is reserved only for DCS :D Maybe its time to buy 512Gb SSD, not so expensive anymore. Probably a good idea, I had to do the same, with the current three public builds and three testing builds on my PC I ended up with 4 SSD's and a 1TB SSHD. Looking froward to making some space on them when 2.5 is out :) Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
_SeaFox_ Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 My current DCS 1.5.8 has nearly 37 GB. What size should I expect after update to 2.5 with no additional map (just CCS)?
Art-J Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Current Caucasus map is about 3,3 GB big. Updated one is often quoted to be around 14. Aircraft modules will rather remain similar in size. Do the math. The only difficult thing to estimate is how much space is going to be needed for installation process itself (downloading and extracting temporary archives - not only new map, but new textures for airplanes as well). Edited January 28, 2018 by Art-J i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
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