[-URK-] wot_2016_gunner Players 2,588 posts 6,830 battles Report post #1 Posted October 4, 2019 There is this message in the news tab in the port, it's in italian, but basically, it says that the update 0.8.9 weights... 5.7 GB, and due to this, players are able to download it before with the WGC. A causa delle grandi dimensioni dell’aggiornamento 0.8.9 (5,7 GB), è ora disponibile per i giocatori la possibilità di scaricarlo in anticipo tramite il WGC. In questo modo, il giorno di rilascio dell’aggiornamento sarà sufficiente scaricare un piccolo aggiornamento e installare la nuova versione per iniziare a giocare. Just wanted to inform you of this if you didn't noticed it already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BONI] MoveZig Players 1,622 posts 20,823 battles Report post #2 Posted October 6, 2019 It's nice that they let you predownload but it's kind of moot if you then have to download more when the update is actually released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[WCBG] BrusilovX Beta Tester 2,838 posts 23,907 battles Report post #3 Posted October 6, 2019 Well, hopefully once you've downloaded the patch the additional download would be small by comparison. I've played games in the past where it's taken half a day to download an update and then apply the patch before I could play a game - mind you that was probably a long time ago before broadband internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-URK-] wot_2016_gunner Players 2,588 posts 6,830 battles Report post #4 Posted October 6, 2019 1 ora fa, BrusilovX ha scritto: Well, hopefully once you've downloaded the patch the additional download would be small by comparison. I've played games in the past where it's taken half a day to download an update and then apply the patch before I could play a game - mind you that was probably a long time ago before broadband internet. I downloaded it yesterday and it took around two hours (my internet is not really that fast), hopefully the additional update will be something small. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SM0KE] black_falcon120 Beta Tester 1,693 posts 4,658 battles Report post #5 Posted October 6, 2019 How do you pre download? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[WCBG] BrusilovX Beta Tester 2,838 posts 23,907 battles Report post #6 Posted October 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, black_falcon120 said: How do you pre download? If you're using the Wargamming Game Centre (their launcher) it can do it automatically. There is a setting that allows games to be downloaded in advance. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[EXIL] Wizard27_1979 WoWs Wiki Team, Supertester 2,558 posts 18,077 battles Report post #7 Posted October 6, 2019 1 minute ago, BrusilovX said: If you're using the Wargamming Game Centre (their launcher) it will do it automatically. ...if you activate "pre-downloads"... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[INTRO] Hanse77SWE Players 1,518 posts 28,995 battles Report post #8 Posted October 6, 2019 1 minute ago, BrusilovX said: If you're using the Wargamming Game Centre (their launcher) it will do it automatically. If you have it set to do so. I DL'd the whole thing in about 1 minute. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[WCBG] BrusilovX Beta Tester 2,838 posts 23,907 battles Report post #9 Posted October 6, 2019 Just now, Wizard27_1979 said: ...if you activate "pre-downloads"... Yes, I saw that (see above). I cant recall changing that to allow downloads so it may be the default setting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CptBarney Players 8,127 posts 245 battles Report post #10 Posted October 6, 2019 hmm ill have to see toineh patch notes, since im on steam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TOXIC] ThePurpleSmurf Players 2,554 posts Report post #11 Posted October 6, 2019 It's funny how they apologized for a 1.2gb update about a year (or so) ago and kinda promised that thanks to their new packing method updates will be smaller in the future. And now they casually release updates of 2gb to 3gb every time plus this gigantic update just assuming it would be okay for everyone. My WoWs EU folder, including this pre-download update, is 49gb which is absurd. I wonder if WG will sponsor me a new SSD because mine is running out of space. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NWP] Blixies Beta Tester, Players 2,160 posts 6,904 battles Report post #12 Posted October 6, 2019 No pre-download for me yet, strange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BanzaiPiluso Players 1,217 posts 13,126 battles Report post #13 Posted October 6, 2019 Why so big? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[EXIL] Wizard27_1979 WoWs Wiki Team, Supertester 2,558 posts 18,077 battles Report post #14 Posted October 6, 2019 Just now, Winged_Cat_Dormant said: Why so big? Halloween, Italian Arc, some Light and Sound-improvement... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CU] Rionnen_marksman Players 373 posts 6,979 battles Report post #15 Posted October 6, 2019 53 minutes ago, ThePurpleSmurf said: It's funny how they apologized for a 1.2gb update about a year (or so) ago and kinda promised that thanks to their new packing method updates will be smaller in the future. And now they casually release updates of 2gb to 3gb every time plus this gigantic update just assuming it would be okay for everyone. My WoWs EU folder, including this pre-download update, is 49gb which is absurd. I wonder if WG will sponsor me a new SSD because mine is running out of space. Yep, has to be one of the biggest games around, rather absurd. I’ll be moving it into an M.2 on its own soon 😂 sucks that we can’t pre download without the game centre, I hate that damn thing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[B0TS] ChatBanForSayingTruth Players 312 posts 15,158 battles Report post #16 Posted October 6, 2019 2 hours ago, ThePurpleSmurf said: It's funny how they apologized for a 1.2gb update about a year (or so) ago and kinda promised that thanks to their new packing method updates will be smaller in the future. And now they casually release updates of 2gb to 3gb every time plus this gigantic update just assuming it would be okay for everyone. My WoWs EU folder, including this pre-download update, is 49gb which is absurd. I wonder if WG will sponsor me a new SSD because mine is running out of space. every new AAA game takes 60 to 100GB instalation files. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NED] piet11111 Players 2,225 posts 8,827 battles Report post #17 Posted October 6, 2019 I rather have a big download over a highly compressed file that takes forever to unpack. Steam games for me are much quicker to download directly then a pre-load that needs to unpack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TOXIC] ThePurpleSmurf Players 2,554 posts Report post #18 Posted October 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Sugertukas said: every new AAA game takes 60 to 100GB instalation files. This is neither a new game nor a AAA game. And new games with 60 to 100 GB installations have decent UIs, decent FPS, no 100% GPU load in idle mode aka the port, have tons of QoL stuff to make the players life easier instead to make it a game of will and patience. Even the most basic stuff is still missing in this game after 4 years of development and almost 50gigs - and i'm not talking about fanzy stuff but more like logical stuff such as unified hotkeys for consumables, loadouts (consumables, flags and so on) for ships, a proper chat system, a proper replay system, filters for the bazillion camos and the list goes on and on. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havaduck ∞ Players 2,989 posts 11,824 battles Report post #19 Posted October 6, 2019 5 hours ago, ThePurpleSmurf said: This is neither a new game nor a AAA game. And new games with 60 to 100 GB installations have decent UIs, decent FPS, no 100% GPU load in idle mode aka the port, have tons of QoL stuff to make the players life easier instead to make it a game of will and patience. Even the most basic stuff is still missing in this game after 4 years of development and almost 50gigs - and i'm not talking about fanzy stuff but more like logical stuff such as unified hotkeys for consumables, loadouts (consumables, flags and so on) for ships, a proper chat system, a proper replay system, filters for the bazillion camos and the list goes on and on. This. And while we are at it, there were mulitplayer games that required an installation of roughly the same number but MEGABYTE instead of GB and those had working chats ........ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NSVE] iFax [NSVE] Players 535 posts 20,291 battles Report post #20 Posted October 6, 2019 WOWS is the online game version of a soviet T34... Not built to be a Rolls Royce, but good enough for the job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[PEZ] Yedwy Players 11,301 posts 39,586 battles Report post #21 Posted October 7, 2019 My guess is that huge number of models they are stuffing in the game is inflating the res files, they should really pull a brake on new ship lines after RM cruisers and focus on repacking and optimizing the game... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CptBarney Players 8,127 posts 245 battles Report post #22 Posted October 7, 2019 28 minutes ago, Yedwy said: My guess is that huge number of models they are stuffing in the game is inflating the res files, they should really pull a brake on new ship lines after RM cruisers and focus on repacking and optimizing the game... Its probs textures, textures especially 2k or beyond take up a stupid amount of space, games can go from 2gb for example without textures to around 20gb or something depending on the actual quality of the texture and how many they have unique object in the game. think models and anims would be second but no where near as close doe. Unless a stupid amount of polys went into the model. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruruni Players 70 posts 475 battles Report post #23 Posted October 7, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 7:31 PM, wot_2016_gunner said: There is this message in the news tab in the port, it's in italian, but basically, it says that the update 0.8.9 weights... 5.7 GB, and due to this, players are able to download it before with the WGC. A causa delle grandi dimensioni dell’aggiornamento 0.8.9 (5,7 GB), è ora disponibile per i giocatori la possibilità di scaricarlo in anticipo tramite il WGC. In questo modo, il giorno di rilascio dell’aggiornamento sarà sufficiente scaricare un piccolo aggiornamento e installare la nuova versione per iniziare a giocare. Just wanted to inform you of this if you didn't noticed it already. @wot_2016_gunner, is that the reason that this morning I got kicked out from EU server (I made a thread asking about this)? But still it is strange as I don't see any info on WG's Game Center saying that it is downloaded (still I have the 0.8.8.1.1874437 version) even though I have it on automatically to download any new updates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[PEZ] Yedwy Players 11,301 posts 39,586 battles Report post #24 Posted October 7, 2019 It isnt the reason, or at least it shouldnt be, game version doesnt change with pre-download but when the patch is installed on patch day, wr have a whole weekly directive to go before that... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruruni Players 70 posts 475 battles Report post #25 Posted October 7, 2019 Thank you Yedwy, I see. Anyway, it seems that it might be a re-roll of server as I got an answer from another fellow player (in my thread) which might be that the problem of me been kicked out of server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
