COD MW stupid large update files.

[RollinLower]

Am i doing something wrong? i've been getting 60+GB updates for a while now. it's almost as if it's downloading the entire thing over again.

what gives?

 

the directory is up to 147GB, and i still have 60GB of download pending. when this has finished the game would be a whopping 200 GB! what the hell?

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

Am i doing something wrong? i've been getting 60+GB updates for a while now. it's almost as if it's downloading the entire thing over again.

what gives?

Spoiler

It's all them shaders that take twenty minutes to apply /s

I get the same thing, I'm honestly not sure. 

[dizmo]

Ahhh yes I knew I had to download something.

Can't wait to see how the new Rust map plays.

[NinJake]

My friends and I were on discord discussing purchasing a SSD and simply naming it CoD.

[Princess Luna]

And here I am... still wishing they'd sell the Single Player campaign stand alone version for like 15$ so I can play it through a weekend and never go back to it

 

Any ways the latest system requirements stated on Activision's official page lists 175GB storage needed so it doesn't seem all that off.

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Princess Luna said:

And here I am... still wishing they'd sell the Single Player campaign stand alone version for like 15$ so I can play it through a weekend and never go back to it

Apparently there were many references to the original MW. I didnt get any of them cause this was the first one I played (used to only play the treyarch Black ops versions back when I was a scrub and though these games were the best)

[RollinLower]

7 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Apparently there were many references to the original MW. I didnt get any of them cause this was the first one I played (used to only play the treyarch Black ops versions back when I was a scrub and though these games were the best)

i don't remember the OG MW being 200GB tho

[TVwazhere]

Just now, RollinLower said:

i don't remember the OG MW being 200GB tho

The OG MW was also basically 480P  (1080p, but relatively speaking it was made to run on the PS3 and xbox 360. The engine, maps, textures and mode/features were smaller and/or less)

[Princess Luna]

13 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Apparently there were many references to the original MW. I didnt get any of them cause this was the first one I played (used to only play the treyarch Black ops versions back when I was a scrub and though these games were the best)

The remastered version of the original Modern Warfare that came along side Infinity Warfare holds up extremely well... it was an excellent game, now this new one from the little footage I seen does look like it has different missions, game looks cool for a sit down or two on a free day.

 

But it's still primarily a competitive online shooter which is not my thing... Maybe I'll pick it here in a couple of years when it gets phased out and nobody cares as much to it but I stick to the wish they'd sell the SP on the side for those who only wanted it.

 

Either ways the game is indeed *huge* in size... not very in line with the usual e-sports games, even BF5 which looks as good as if not better only takes 50GB so I'll call it on poor optimization and excessively heavy textures / cutscenes.

[TVwazhere]

19 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Excessively heavy textures / cutscenes.

Having individually "optimized shades" for campaign, multiplayer and Co-Op is understating it!

[RollinLower]

@TVwazhere @Princess Luna

turns out the 60Gig update included new maps and a battle royale mode among other things.

meh, still shouldn't have been 60 gigs imo. but i can't rightly complain about free content

[TVwazhere]

Just now, RollinLower said:

@TVwazhere @Princess Luna

turns out the 60Gig update included new maps and a [redacted] mode among other things.

meh, still shouldn't have been 60 gigs imo. but i can't rightly complain about free content

Cant believe you just swore! /s

 

^{........have you tried it yet?}

[LogicalDrm]

This is because you as consumers let them get away with it. They could do incremental patching as the games are already on always-up-to-date platform. Unlike what they were back in the days with CD and DVD games. But seems like they don't. New map is maybe 1Gb at most, new game mode less unless it brings full new versions of existing maps. Even then the delivery of patches could be done better, with core stuff as one package and other free stuff as other packs with their sizes clearly seen.

 

BF2 update 1.5 with new map was 2Gb. I think they didn't have incremental patch for that. But the next version was only incremental and something like 200Mb in size. Yes, it meant you had to download/install both if you reinstalled the game. But this seems more like patching is actually installing almost whole game again.

[RollinLower]

2 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

This is because you as consumers let them get away with it. They could do incremental patching as the games are already on always-up-to-date platform. Unlike what they were back in the days with CD and DVD games. But seems like they don't. New map is maybe 1Gb at most, new game mode less unless it brings full new versions of existing maps. Even then the delivery of patches could be done better, with core stuff as one package and other free stuff as other packs with their sizes clearly seen.

 

BF2 update 1.5 with new map was 2Gb. I think they didn't have incremental patch for that. But the next version was only incremental and something like 200Mb in size. Yes, it meant you had to download/install both if you reinstalled the game. But this seems more like patching is actually installing almost whole game again.

Yeah it's a pretty bad situation right now. I have pretty decent internet so downloading doesn't take too long. But imagine downloading a 60gb patch on shitty internet. That's just game breaking stuff, without even playing the game!

[RollinLower]

@LogicalDrm @TVwazhere guess what?

 

[TVwazhere]

28 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

@LogicalDrm @TVwazhere guess what?

Every fucking time!

 

I always find it weird that the Blizzard client updated the game, then you load the game and the game says "We must restart to install an update"

[Mick Naughty]

Don’t see the issue really. Isn’t really new and isn’t a new trend. 

[PlayStation 2]

Money says that the way MW updates is that it basically re-downloads entire archives including updated content. Inefficient? Probably, but that's a likely reason.

[Mick Naughty]

It’s increasing in size. As it was only around 140 and fit on my m.2. Didn’t after the first 30h update. Then the 60g. 

[RollinLower]

sorry for thread-necromancing. but guess what?

[Mick Naughty]

Yea, map and skins do take up space. Guess even when they give you all for free people will still complain. 

[RollinLower]

13 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

Yea, map and skins do take up space. Guess even when they give you all for free people will still complain. 

Maps and skins upwards of 150GB now tough. That's gotta be a lot of skins

[GreatnessRD]

15 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

Yea, map and skins do take up space. Guess even when they give you all for free people will still complain. 

All for free, eh? That's an interesting hot take. But people do have a right to complain if they don't like something. Maybe it sparks change. Maybe not.

[Mick Naughty]

4 hours ago, RollinLower said:

Maps and skins upwards of 150GB now tough. That's gotta be a lot of skins

I guess. That and an entirely new game type. Guess it shouldn’t take up any space. Pubg did this weekly. Cod game 7 years ago was 90 gigs. 
 

2 hours ago, GreatnessRD said:

All for free, eh? That's an interesting hot take. But people do have a right to complain if they don't like something. Maybe it sparks change. Maybe not.

Yea if they don’t like it they can take their ass to another game. Or ask that they make it so you have to buy each update/map pack. 

[GreatnessRD]

5 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

 

Yea if they don’t like it they can take their ass to another game. Or ask that they make it so you have to buy each update/map pack. 

I love this answer especially when we're talking about people who spent their money on said game. I could see if it were free, then that would be entirely different. And I'm glad that Activision aren't charging for rehashed maps like they normally do. That's a step in the right direction which promoted some change.