2.8 Question about update size

[Captain Chuck]

Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to find out roughly what size in GB the update the update to 2.8 will be. I have limited bandwidth and have to time this right.

Any ideas?

 

 

 

[ANDR0ID]

22GB for me last night

[chroma_aus]

Just over 10GB for me (download size, not installation size). Update sizes usually depend on how many modules/maps you have installed.

Edited October 30, 2022 by chroma_aus

[MAXsenna]

Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to find out roughly what size in GB the update the update to 2.8 will be. I have limited bandwidth and have to time this right.
Any ideas?
 
 
 

About 22-23GB for me, and I have every module.

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[Captain Chuck]

Well..... apart from the basic DCS World I have bought

5 aircraft modules

a Supercarrier

and 5 more maps

btw does the downloader tell you the size accurately when you click on the Update? .... I think it said over 32,000 mbts but I wasn't sure if that is how much bandwidth it will use to download.

[admiki]

If time is problem for you, you will be perfectly fine to download what you can, stop it and start again when able. Updater will download only what's missing, not starting it all over again.

[Captain Chuck]

On 10/30/2022 at 12:57 AM, chroma_aus said:

Just over 10GB for me (download size, not installation size).

 

What is the difference between a software download size and instilllation size? How is this determined? ....Anyone?

[Mars Exulte]

40 minutes ago, Капитан Чук said:

What is the difference between a software download size and instilllation size? How is this determined? ....Anyone?

 

#1 Compression

  Files are heavily compressed for download, so it's faster, and then extracted afterward.

#2 Patching files

 You may down 150MB of ''patches'' that must then apply to several hundred files totaling several gigabytes of rewrites. Basically, it's ''appending'' to a preexisting file, rather than replacing it outright.

#3 Replacement vs addition

 You may download 25GB, but a lot of that will replace stuff you already have, rather than adding to it, so your actual total install may only increase 5GB, or not at all, or technically could even shrink if the new files are smaller.

 

End result, download size is not directly related to the storage space required.

 

 

Edited November 1, 2022 by Mars Exulte