100gb...? Going to need a bigger SSD...

[Bulloko]

As I have already said, I would not count on this. The game compression and asset removal is unlikely to yield such high gains that we will be able to reduce our client size to 30-40gb. The size and number of assets that are left to deliver means that our client size is much more likely to be 100gb.
Also, yes we are optimizing game patching for speed and to only deliver diffs, but this is unlikely to reduce actual patch size. Again, each patch has 100s of assets, each of these assets are at times 200mb, this leads to 2-6gb patches, and if we end up doing a file type re-factor and have to re-download 30-40% of the assets on the hard-drive, then the patch will be 14-20gb.

JMasker.CIG

 

[Jhonon1]

4 years ago my 1TB HDD was plenty, but upon truly joining the Master Race...
Yeah gonna need a MUCH bigger SSD

 

[AntiSqueaker]

welp, time to look at getting a 256GB SSD instead of a 128....

 

[Horizonz]

I have been speaking with a few CIG members in RSI chat on private and 100gb is the estimate for the "PRE-alpha PU" and i must stress, this is before the optimization and compression the files will go through for the solid build. But he also has said that no one actually knows yet, it is all guesses for now. But it could be anything from 60 upwards.

 

[Czechmate]

well, complicated stuff requires lots of code

 

[K1NG]

It won't be 100tb

 

[WarrenPeace]

Good thing I was planning on one of those new 1+ TB SSDs...

 

[Flashwit]

I could always use another SSD just for games. My SSD with the windows install is getting kind of cramped anyhow.

 

[Dalarast]

Looks like I need to go bigger than a 1tb ssd.


Well I need someone to go ahead and designs solid state petabyte...

 

[HID45]

So it's going to take about third of my 3x120GB SSD Raid0 stack... Don't mind, I don't play much else than SC and World of Tanks and as long as those fit I'm cool with it.

 

[Huegpaynis]

well, complicated stuff requires lots of code

It's not so much the code as it is the textures and geometry.

 

[Sethious]

glad I have a TB SSD already, but this is going to be epic

 

[Annitias]

Just go SSD Raid 0 for the speed! So long as you can back it up, why not.

4x SSD RAID 0 FTW. 2GB/s is just stupid fast.

 

[Walex]

It won't be 100tb

Always look on the bright side! :D

But yeah, if it's 100GB, then I'll adjust. Just motivation to keep upgrading. I wouldn't want CIG to cut corners just to not exceed a current client size.

I have been speaking with a few CIG members in RSI chat on private and 100gb is the estimate for the "PRE-alpha PU" and i must stress, this is before the optimization and compression the files will go through for the solid build. But he also has said that no one actually knows yet, it is all guesses for now. But it could be anything from 60 upwards.

I also agree with the other posters. I think during the alpha/beta phases of the FPS and PU, everything will still be in the works. Compression, optimization, and polish of the code and assets will come as full release draws closer.

 

[Trick Shot Bob]

Ok so we buy a bulk order 125 gig SSD's, add on a little Black and Yellow then slap on a custom TEST Logo.

Now we have a new product for the TEST store!....it's costs you less that a Cutlass.

 

[K1NG]

Always look on the bright side! :D

This guy understands stuff

 

[mindfart]

Just go SSD Raid 0 for the speed! So long as you can back it up, why not.

4x SSD RAID 0 FTW. 2GB/s is just stupid fast.

Get a Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe the 480GB version is about 650$ it's a PCIe add-in card that reads and writes at roughly 2GB/s ^^