Mik75 Posted October 30, 2022 Posted October 30, 2022 Hi there! I´ve been away from DCS for a few months. Today, I wanted to update my 2.7.15.26783 beta install (Syria, South Atlantic, Persian Gulf, Nevada, AH64, F/A-18, Tomcat, Supercarrier, F16, AV-8B) to the most recent version. And the installer shows me an download of almost 150GB! That´s immense, can it be correct? Thx in advance for your input. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Greets, Michael
Rudel_chw Posted October 30, 2022 Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mik75 said: And the installer shows me an download of almost 150GB! That´s immense, can it be correct? You are updating 4 maps, yes it sounds correct. Edited October 30, 2022 by Rudel_chw 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
Mik75 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) On 10/30/2022 at 4:25 PM, Rudel_chw said: You are updating 4 maps, yes it sounds correct. Ok, thx for the quick reply. Does that mean that the final install will be 150GB bigger? DCS is on my (Win) drive, it's a 1TB Samsung M.2 SSD, and right now, it's got roughly 460GB of free space left. Is it still true, that a SSD shouldn't be filled up with data? Edit: the smiley above should read C:\ drive. Can't edit it somehow. Edited November 2, 2022 by Mik75 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Greets, Michael
Sacarino111 Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 Just now, Mik75 said: Ok, thx for the quick reply. Does that mean that the final install will be 150GB bigger? DCS is on my (Win) drive, it's a 1TB Samsung M.2 SSD, and right now, it's got roughly 460GB of free space left. Is it still true, that a SSD shouldn't be filled up with data? Hi. Well yes, DCS eats a lot of disk space. Indeed, I have it on a second SSD (500GB), and I am planing on dumping it on a 1TB SSD so the future maps can fit! Yhay a hole 1 TB SSD just for DCS! Besides that, I suggest you install DCS in a second SSD (if posibble), and use the main one just for Windows and system things. Saludos. Saca111
Mik75 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Sacarino111 said: Hi. Well yes, DCS eats a lot of disk space. Indeed, I have it on a second SSD (500GB), and I am planing on dumping it on a 1TB SSD so the future maps can fit! Yhay a hole 1 TB SSD just for DCS! Besides that, I suggest you install DCS in a second SSD (if posibble), and use the main one just for Windows and system things. Saludos. Saca111 That's it, I had that in mind. But now, the second 1TB Samsung M.2 SSD holds XP12 and MSFS (actually didn't want to install the latter one). And with both of these civilian sims eating up place like crazy, I'm only left with the system drive for DCS. Or, I might install a third SSD. But I'm pretty sure that my main board only offers 2 M.2 busses. Edited November 2, 2022 by Mik75 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Greets, Michael
Rudel_chw Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Sacarino111 said: Besides that, I suggest you install DCS in a second SSD (if posibble), and use the main one just for Windows and system things. Yes, that's my setup too: I have Windows + DCS on drive C, which is a 1 TB SSD, and my user files on drive G (Saved Games + my OneDrive + the Pagefile), which is another 1 TB SSD. The other drives are for other games, my Lightroom photos, and Backups For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
Sacarino111 Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 7 hours ago, Mik75 said: Or, I might install a third SSD. But I'm pretty sure that my main board only offers 2 M.2 busses. HI. I do not have M.2 busses, I use "normal SSD with SATA cable, and I find it fast enough.. Conisder adding one (unless you use a laptop, obviously...) Saludos Saca111
Solution western_JPN Posted November 2, 2022 Solution Posted November 2, 2022 7 hours ago, Mik75 said: Ok, thx for the quick reply. Does that mean that the final install will be 150GB bigger? No. I cannot show the correct number, but about .... 40 GB bigger ? 20 GB = SA map expansion. ( 5 GB = Marianas map expansion ... when you forget ) 9 GB = Mirage F1 AI common resources. 3 GB = MB-339 AI common resources. 2 GB = Ground units newly added. 1 GB = New aircraft Liveries officially added to the install. Rest 110 GB may replace existing files. 1 Modules: A-10C/II, F-4E, F-5E(Re), F-14A/B, F-15E, F-16C, F/A-18C, AV-8B, FC3, Ka-50-2/3, UH-1H, Mi-8MTV2, SA342, Mi-24P, AH-64D, CH-47F, P-51D Maps: Nevada, PG, Syria, SA, Sinai, Kola, Afghanistan, Iraq, CW Germany, Channel, Normandy2.0 Assets etc.: CA, Sc, WW2AP Mods and Skins in User Files: files/filter/user-is-western0221/
Mik75 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, western_JPN said: No. I cannot show the correct number, but about .... 40 GB bigger ? 20 GB = SA map expansion. ( 5 GB = Marianas map expansion ... when you forget ) 9 GB = Mirage F1 AI common resources. 3 GB = MB-339 AI common resources. 2 GB = Ground units newly added. 1 GB = New aircraft Liveries officially added to the install. Rest 110 GB may replace existing files. That sounds logical. Maybe I'll just give it a try and let the download run over night... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Greets, Michael
Mik75 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) I finally did the update. And in the end I got roughly 65GB of new data on my SSD, while the unpacked download was 155GB in size. Can't wait to give 2.8.0x a first try. The videos I've seen so far look absolutely amazing. Thx again for you input, guys! Edited December 1, 2022 by Mik75 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Greets, Michael
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