• GTA 5 preload starts April 7th
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13 mins at the office! 45 at home :D
I wonder how big the download is after compression, hopefully its more like 55gb
It'll take me like 3 fucking days on my home network might just buy the disk from in store, until I get NBN or something I cannot afford to waste 60gb on my data allowance + speed
[QUOTE=Mike16112;47453840]There might be a physical copy, just expected it to come with [B]A LOT[/B] of discs.[/QUOTE] Yeah we're gonna sell physical copies at my store (EBGames) as far as I'm aware (I doubt it'd be a steam code in box... but dunno yet). If it is physical it'll probably be 8-9 discs since IIRC CDs hold around 700MB of data, if not maxing to ~750 before losing data.
[QUOTE=Prez;47454664]Yeah we're gonna sell physical copies at my store (EBGames) as far as I'm aware (I doubt it'd be a steam code in box... but dunno yet). If it is physical it'll probably be 8-9 discs since IIRC CDs hold around 700MB of data, if not maxing to ~750 before losing data.[/QUOTE] Assassin's Creed Unity's physical edition has 5 Disks and is about 53GB. I anticipate 6, 7 disks at the most for GTAV.
[QUOTE=Prez;47454664]Yeah we're gonna sell physical copies at my store (EBGames) as far as I'm aware (I doubt it'd be a steam code in box... but dunno yet). If it is physical it'll probably be 8-9 discs since IIRC CDs hold around 700MB of data, if not maxing to ~750 before losing data.[/QUOTE] But DVDs exist
I wonder if I should just bring my desktop into work. We're technically limited to 80/80 at our desks... but we do have a fiber node in the building...
Thank God I got the NBN about a month ago so I don't have to wait upwards of a couple of days to download this thing.
[QUOTE=Scratch.;47453181]Who the fuck is using 512k in 2015?[/QUOTE] Australians.
Freed up 100 gb of HDD space (I wish I could install the game on SSD but it'd take practically the whole SSD), approximately 4 hours of downloading. Can't wait
[QUOTE=damnatus;47455091]Freed up 100 gb of HDD space (I wish I could install the game on SSD but it'd take practically the whole SSD), approximately 4 hours of downloading. Can't wait[/QUOTE] To be honest, I don't think an SSD is necessary. The game loads pretty fast on my Xbox 360, and it's really only the initial load that's slow. An HDD will do fine
[QUOTE=Mike16112;47453840]There might be a physical copy, just expected it to come with [B]A LOT[/B] of discs.[/QUOTE] I'd rather buy it on DVD then risk data-cap overcharge. gj Comcast. ;-;
I heard you need twice the space available of the game's size to successfully decrypt a preload. Is this true? I was going to download GTA V to my SSD for much faster decrypting time but I only have 80 gb of space available. [editline]4th April 2015[/editline] Talking about Steam preload
My internet speed barely reaches 152kb/s on a good day Yeah, gonna be getting this one retail.
[QUOTE=Mike16112;47453840]There might be a physical copy, just expected it to come with [B]A LOT[/B] of discs.[/QUOTE] Usually physical copies come with one disc that is essentially a physical steam key and a download headstart. So you'll still have to download like 60 gb.
[QUOTE=proch;47455263]Usually physical copies come with one disc that is essentially a physical steam key and a download headstart. So you'll still have to download like 60 gb.[/QUOTE] I bought a physical copy of Dying Light and it came with a key for Steam, but had 2 DVD's with the data. Didn't have to install anything over Steam.
[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;47455298]I bought a physical copy of Dying Light and it came with a key for Steam, but had 2 DVD's with the data. Didn't have to install anything over Steam.[/QUOTE] So 1 DVD had 20 gb?
[QUOTE=proch;47455316]So 1 DVD had 20 gb?[/QUOTE] They both had 8GB on them and the game is only 16GB on my system. I don't know where you got the 20GB from.
I'd love to get it, I mean my specs aren't *that* bad. But with all the fancy HD shits here and there I have a bad feeling I'd be looking at 20fps out in the open, and that's a deal breaker.
[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;47455336]They both had 8GB on them and the game is only 16GB on my system. I don't know where you got the 20GB from.[/QUOTE] Steam says Dying Light needs 40 gigs.
[QUOTE=Noah Gibbs;47455223]I heard you need twice the space available of the game's size to successfully decrypt a preload. Is this true? I was going to download GTA V to my SSD for much faster decrypting time but I only have 80 gb of space available. [editline]4th April 2015[/editline] Talking about Steam preload[/QUOTE] Steam preload will hold the data in Steam's install folder (depotcache) and then install it to steamapps/common also in Steam's install folder. I'm not sure if Steam supports unpacking the preload data to a different drive (Steam Library Folders) but I really hope they do as it would be the ideal scenario for you. if it doesn't, you could use symlinks to change where the depotcache folder exists while still letting Steam access it via the original file paths.
[QUOTE=proch;47455519]Steam says Dying Light needs 40 gigs.[/QUOTE] Probably for future DLC and stuff because the image is ~16GB
[QUOTE=xPi;47455526]Steam preload will hold the data in Steam's install folder (depotcache) and then install it to steamapps/common also in Steam's install folder. I'm not sure if Steam supports unpacking the preload data to a different drive (Steam Library Folders) but I really hope they do as it would be the ideal scenario for you. if it doesn't, you could use symlinks to change where the depotcache folder exists while still letting Steam access it via the original file paths.[/QUOTE] As far as I know, steam treats all extra steam game directories as normal ones so it should work. But after you start preload, that directory is where it will install. You can move it across drives and restart steam to have it update (as it checks them on startup). You should not use symlinks with steam anymore as the client can support multiple directories natively now.
[QUOTE=nikomo;47453896]I'm still not buying it until reviewers tell me it's not a shit port.[/QUOTE] "I'll wait for other people to tell me what my opinion is" [editline]4th April 2015[/editline] Bought a 2TB drive and a new monitor for a glorious gta welcoming.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;47455608]"I'll wait for other people to tell me what my opinion is"[/QUOTE] It's a legitimate reasoning that nikomo has, since GTA4 was absolutely horrible performance-wise. If it's a shit-port then you don't want to pay 60 eu only to realize that the game doesn't run properly.
[QUOTE=Antimuffin;47455620]It's a legitimate reasoning that nikomo has, since GTA4 was absolutely horrible performance-wise. If it's a shit-port then you don't want to pay 60 eu only to realize that the game doesn't run properly.[/QUOTE] But we even know it's not a port...It would be legitimate reasoning if it were a port. But it's not, so...
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;47455608]"I'll wait for other people to tell me what my opinion is"[/QUOTE] uh port quality is objective, its not an opinion and even if it was, its better to know someone else's opinion than nothing about a product at all
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;47455608]"I'll wait for other people to tell me what my opinion is"[/QUOTE] Performance isn't subjective, available options aren't subjective, bugs and crashes aren't subjective, etc... The question isn't if the game is good; we know it's good because it's been out on consoles for quite a while, the question is if the PC version of the game meets the expectations of a PC game.
even trusted companies can lie, more at 11 [editline]4th April 2015[/editline] automerge
If it runs as good as Max Payne 3 i'll be great
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