vanyelxp5 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Why is the game size so ridiculous? I have a 225GB SSD. Ark is the only thing on it. I've compressed everything on it as much as possible, and still the newest update can't install because of insufficient space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erinn Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Because ark's code looks like mom's spaghetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboNation Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, Erinn said: Because ark's code looks like mom's spaghetti. I hear it also has weak knees and heavy arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossmr Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 I actually heard that the size of the game was inversely proportional to how well their users understood game development. The code portion of Ark is extremely small. What takes up a lot of space are the dinos. Models, textures, sounds, animations, etc. Most people don't realize that a single paragon character takes over 1 gb, and those are somewhat stripped down as Epic doesn't release all the sound effects, particle effects, etc with them. Ark currently has 176 dinos and if each one was around 1.25 gb that's 220gb. Map files, textures, models, effects, sounds ,etc for that stuff can easily make up the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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