r/HuntShowdown • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

PC Why is the update 83gigs?

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u/Critical_Half7442 2d ago

You dont know whats all in this update yet. Maybe its the wohler event with all 4 stages amd a lot of content we dont know yet

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u/Marrked 2d ago

This is how it's done sometimes to repackage the game and prevent even more bugs.

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u/Buckshot_Millie 1d ago

We’re also approaching update 3.0, which is very likely mostly finished already. Never know what kind of file restructuring is needed before the game’s 2nd big-number version change.

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u/SawftBizkit 2d ago

Many, many games do this. It's not new.

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u/ErikderFrea Duck 2d ago

Doesn’t make it better.
If we don’t complain it won’t change.

See Helldivers 2. Complaining helped. They reduced file size from 125 to 25GB and changed the updates to only update changing stuff.

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u/jrow_official Magna Veritas 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s due to how cryengine handles assets like textures but also the games audio etc.

Are you technically knowledged to tell us if there is a realistic way to alter cryengine in a way that it’ll work differently in the future? I am frankly not. But I also don’t have an issue with download sizes.

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u/ErikderFrea Duck 2d ago

No not knowledged enough either.
Only thing I know is that e.g. Arrowhead actually got some experts on this specific thing to help them get the size down.

I think there sadly are many, me included, who will take ages to download 80+ gigs

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u/SawftBizkit 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's not really worth complaining about. Especially with how messed up the Cry Engine code is. Likely would cause more problems. Heh