DCS Updater - Storage Issue

[GeorgeSloan]

Good morning all,

I've not managed to play DCS for some time now - mainly due to working away. But I've settled back down and am  ready to jump into the cockpit! I've tried updating my game to the most recent Open Beta version. However, it says that I do not have enough space. Is there a reason as to why the update is over 200GB, that's bigger than the game, right? I've posted a screenshot to illustrate the issue that I'm having, any help would be greatly appreciated. 

DCS is installed on the M2 drive (X:). 

Thank you! 

[Rudel_chw]

2 minutes ago, GeorgeSloan said:

Is there a reason as to why the update is over 200GB, that's bigger than the game, right?

Yes, the basic game is less than 100 gb … but I would guess that you also have some terrains DLC, each of them have storage requirements too.

[GeorgeSloan]

Wow! This games file size is getting enormous! Do you think that a larger M2 drive is the answer? What is the recommended storage size? 

[Rudel_chw]

7 minutes ago, GeorgeSloan said:

Do you think that a larger M2 drive is the answer?
 

 

you also have the alternative of placing your less-used terrains on the C drive by means of an mklink command (search for the term in the forum, for details on how to do it), but if the C drive is not an SSD drive, the DCS performance will suffer.

 

7 minutes ago, GeorgeSloan said:

What is the recommended storage size? 

 

nowadays, I’m using a 1TB drive for dcs and it’s already getting a bit full after my latest purchase (the sinai map), so when the Kola map gets released I may have to upgrade it  

 

Edited July 17, 2023 by Rudel_chw

[rob10]

Mines almost 300 GB installed (the maps are the big space hog, 300 GB doesn't include them all).  But realized that it may need some extra space beyond what final installed size is to temporarily stash stuff while updating/installing the game.

[Rudel_chw]

I have DCS on the same drive as Windows and a few softwares like Adobe Lightroom And Office 2013 .. that is drive C ... only 154 GB remain on it, that's why I suspect that Kola will force me to step up to a 2 TB drive, fortunately they are not very expensive, at around US$ 100 for an M2 unit.

 

 

I have lots of other stuff on my other drives, my photo collection, music collection, family videos, etc. Only the C and G drives are SSD, the others are my older HDD drives.