Steam Why Is The Early Version Of Tsw7 539 Gb?

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  1. iriv#7314

    iriv#7314 Well-Known Member

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    Title says it all. this takes ages, as if i'm downloading everything.
    ping DTG-Chris
    this is on steam
     
  2. DTG-Chris

    DTG-Chris Staff Member

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    It's likely you are downloading your entire back catalogue of DLC. Deluxe is 30 GB, and Ultimate is around 60 GB. Unticking DLCs you won't play today will make your download size much smaller.
     
  3. iriv#7314

    iriv#7314 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the swift response DTG-Chris .
    I didn't think those would be available already on early access.
    Anyway, a lot of clicking off now :)
     
  4. Shaun67

    Shaun67 New Member

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    I've got the delux only and in Steam its 149.3GB and only says its downloading 1 file, not DLC's

    I didn't get ultimate as had all the DLC's anyhow

    Anyhow not changing it if there are separate DLC as now have only half hour to wait
     
  5. iriv#7314

    iriv#7314 Well-Known Member

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    I'm down to 27GB now.
    My new problems are why my own network is so damn slow now :)
     
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  6. Shaun67

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    You think its slow now, just wait till GTA6 released for download

    All ISP's will be down then LOL
     
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    iriv#7314 Well-Known Member

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    Ive been an all time GTA fan, but i think i will let this one pass :)
     
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  8. Phil47569

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    Just a mere 344.6GB for me today :/ Should be ready to play at 04:06 tomorrow morning :(

    Gotta admit that this annual farce of re-downloading DLC needs to stop, add to it the whole "play it five days early unless you are on PC in which case it only releases for download in the evening so you'll only be able to play it 4 days early" is a bit much too...

    Luckily for me I uninstalled all of my non-UK DLC a few weeks ago otherwise I'd probably be waiting well into next week for it to finish downloading. Though I didn't see any checkboxes for this one to say only install the selected :/
     
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  9. Shaun67

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    Don't think I'll be touching it to be honest. As much as everyone been screaming for it I think they will be kicking off starting all over again and finding its too expensive with Shark Cards and such to get up to where they were with GTA5

    Other reason I won't be touching it is I'm now not on console and my son told me its basically impossible to play on PC with Mods and such + I'm too old now and I should have stopped at GTA 4 LOL
     
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    Princess Entrapta Well-Known Member

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    In my case it's solidarity with the union.
     
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  11. Shaun67

    Shaun67 New Member

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    Technically its still 5 days as when released fully on the on the 15th its still a 6pm *UK TIME download
     
  12. iriv#7314

    iriv#7314 Well-Known Member

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    i doubt it will be available before the 15th. so checking it off will speed stuff up
     
  13. Phil47569

    Phil47569 Well-Known Member

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    To quote the head bureaucrat from Futurama, "that is technically correct, the best kind of correct".

    Spinning back to GTA 6, I'm all for it however the PC version won't be out for another year so I'll have to wait as I'm not going to buy a console just for that when the PC version when it does arrive will be miles better. It's annoying though having had every other GTA since launch (well except 1 & 2 which I picked up a few months after release).
     
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    My download was something like 450gb, It took just over a hour the wonders of full fibre!
     
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    I'm not too sure what was going on yesterday, I think it peaked at around 107mbps, but was largely hovering around 80-85 as of course once the wife came home she starts streaming to the TV (not helped by the evening release time). The internet & TV package is in her name so I can't do much about it but I think I'll get her to call them and find out what is going on as we are paying for better than that, it's Beardy Media of course...
     
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