Michi.G85 Posted Saturday at 05:46 PM Posted Saturday at 05:46 PM (edited) I can´t load the last update. It seems, like there is to less space on my drive (~200 GB). WTF? Why do I need to install ALL of the modules - even if I don´t own them? No wonder my drive is full. This isn´t normal behaviour, is it? I.E.: I don´t own the F-15E - but it stills downloads it with 3.2GB. Absolutely unnecessary. Edited Saturday at 06:18 PM by Michi.G85
Art-J Posted Saturday at 05:52 PM Posted Saturday at 05:52 PM (edited) Yes, it's normal. Even if you don't own them, you need to be able to SEE them as AI units, or other palyers' units while palying online. "Coremods" folder contains all files required for that purpose (3D models, sounds, textures, animations, liveries). When you purchase an aircraft module, the rest of the files needed to make it flyable (mostly cockpit model and textures) goes into "Mods" folder. Edited Saturday at 05:54 PM by Art-J i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
TOMCATZ Posted Saturday at 06:08 PM Posted Saturday at 06:08 PM (edited) Yes - Exactly the point! I have the same problem and I avoid updates since ages. I have to make a decision: Delete Kola Map (The only map I have) and Update after or just let everything as it is. The problem is: Tons of skin files for types and aircrafts I `ve never asked and wanted. In order to download the Kola map or Cold War , I have to delete all the useless files I really not need or want ... 40GB´s just for the F-4 , 15GB`s for the F-1 , 600MB´s for the Christen Eagle What that fu.... plus all the WW2 stuff I not want or need. And evertimy when you hit the update button, DCS is trying to install all this ... again with the result ... guess what ... right, not enough space. So ... no updates, no problems. The real problem of ED nowadays: - too large skin files - too large map files (Kola 160GB`s, ColdWar 120GB`s) - too many unwanted modules ( I mean Christen Eagle ... come on!!!) Cheers TOM Edited Saturday at 06:12 PM by TOMCATZ 1 Born to fly but forced to work.
Michi.G85 Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM Author Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM 3 minutes ago, TOMCATZ said: Yes - Exactly the point! I have the same problem and I avoid updates since ages. I have to make a decision: Delete Kola Map (The only map I have) and Update after or just let everything as it is. The problem is: Tons of skin files for types and aircrafts I `ve never asked and wanted. In order to download the Kola map or Cold War , I have to delete all the useless files I really not need or want ... 40GB´s just for the F-4 , 15GB`s for the F-1 , 600MB´s for the Christen Eagle What that fu.... plus all the WW2 stuff I not want or need. And evertimy when you hit the update button, DCS is trying to install all this ... again with the result ... guess what ... right, not enough space. So ... no updates, no problems. Cheers TOM Well, no updates, no problems, no new stuff... Not what I want.
TOMCATZ Posted Saturday at 06:25 PM Posted Saturday at 06:25 PM (edited) Well - As long as there is no major update that changes everything (Sexy new modul ) or something I really need ( real ATC and tactical radio comunication and AWACs calls) no. Why ? The problem is : If there are more freaks like me, doing the same thing, then ED could lose some community members because not everybody has unlimited finacial resources and time available. Because with no updates you can not join online games or servers. Somebody might think, thats fine for me - I enjoy my own DCS alone. But then in the result the community might be divided a bit more Edited Saturday at 06:25 PM by TOMCATZ Born to fly but forced to work.
Rudel_chw Posted Saturday at 07:15 PM Posted Saturday at 07:15 PM 1 hour ago, Michi.G85 said: I.E.: I don´t own the F-15E - but it stills downloads it with 3.2GB. Absolutely unnecessary. unnecesary? If you enter an mp server, how do you expect to see the players that might be riding a 15E if your dcs doesn’t have the shape and texture files of that aircraft? 2 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
Michi.G85 Posted Sunday at 10:23 AM Author Posted Sunday at 10:23 AM 15 hours ago, TOMCATZ said: Well - As long as there is no major update that changes everything (Sexy new modul ) or something I really need ( real ATC and tactical radio comunication and AWACs calls) no. Why ? The problem is : If there are more freaks like me, doing the same thing, then ED could lose some community members because not everybody has unlimited finacial resources and time available. Because with no updates you can not join online games or servers. Somebody might think, thats fine for me - I enjoy my own DCS alone. But then in the result the community might be divided a bit more What about Bugfixes? 15 hours ago, Rudel_chw said: unnecesary? If you enter an mp server, how do you expect to see the players that might be riding a 15E if your dcs doesn’t have the shape and texture files of that aircraft? If thats true, why do these files get deleted after the update is finished?null
rob10 Posted Sunday at 04:45 PM Posted Sunday at 04:45 PM 6 hours ago, Michi.G85 said: If thats true, why do these files get deleted after the update is finished?null I suspect what you're seeing there is that it doesn't touch the old files until it has the new ones downloaded, so until the update is finished you can end up with 2 versions of the same files which bloats things up temporarily. If you search the forums you can find instructions on how to download the update to a non DCS drive but have it installed back onto your normal DCS drive. That will let you download the update on a larger HDD drive but have it install the update onto your space limited SSD for example.
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