Zen00 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Am I downloading a new expansion map here? What's up with the giant update sizes that take many many hours to download on my measly 1 Mb/s download speed (and that saturates my bandwidth so I can't watch movies or do anything else while this is going on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrassil Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I have 16.7GB on one pc and 7.9GB on another.... no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nungtor Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 For me it jumped after 20% up to 22GB now. GL with 1Mb, i know the pain from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffmek Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 yeah 15gb for turkeys that will already be in the files and need a ini tweak .. DILO else is going on? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted November 24, 2020 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, Duffmek said: yeah 15gb for turkeys that will already be in the files and need a ini tweak .. DILO else is going on? lol The update was not just the Turkey Trial event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffmek Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, GP said: The update was not just the Turkey Trial event. sooo a few new skins, chibibs and colors should not equal 15gb lol .. unless the release / patch notes are up somewhere i cant find them to see just what else is been fix / broken or changed (would love a link if possible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape123 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 so say what else is in there instead of just saying it wasnt just that, all i see is fixed a bug here, fixed a bug there, mines 14gb getting a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted November 24, 2020 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2020 Just now, Duffmek said: sooo a few new skins, chibibs and colors should not equal 15gb lol .. unless the release / patch notes are up somewhere i cant find them to see just what else is been fix / broken or changed (would love a link if possible) Where the patch notes are normally posted: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/forum/5-changelog-patch-notes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonywhipple420 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 but yet you will download millions of skyrim mods np Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffmek Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, anthonywhipple420 said: but yet you will download millions of skyrim mods np if your playing ARK you dont have time to play anything else at least i dont .. its an unhealthy habit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffmek Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, GP said: Where the patch notes are normally posted: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/forum/5-changelog-patch-notes/ and yup found them literally a min after i posted .. as per normal sorry for been blind lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit0Corleone Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Welcome to Ark, where "patches" can be bigger than a lot of full games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nungtor Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I have no probs with large patches but having a fiber connection and staring at less than 2MB/sec is..hm..no words^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probitas Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 My update size is reported as 8.2GB. How is the update size so different on so many PCs? And the notes don't justify the size. Turkey event is already on all machines and only needs activation, not downloading. There is more going on in the update than just to what those notes are referring. And how many mods are going to be broken now I wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryManson Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 5.8GB for me..... freaking crazy size just for Turkey Trial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nungtor Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I think, the size depends on how many maps/addons are installed. If they fixed several mesh or foliage bugs on several maps, you have to download all the stuff again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probitas Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Nungtor said: I think, the size depends on how many maps/addons are installed. If they fixed several mesh or foliage bugs on several maps, you have to download all the stuff again. I think though that most people have most maps so the size isn't justified. The devs just released the update and unless they pushed the dev kit at the same time (which they should be anyway IMO) and the mod makers also updated the mods that's a separate download not a combined one. I just checked and none of my mods have an update at this time. I have all the DLC maps and any mod maps use the base code anyway so nothing new for them. It's something else. ...I think we should all post what we have installed on the machines in question by way of DLC to see if there is a real difference to explain these size differences. My list: CRYSTAL ISLES ARK: GENESIS VALGUERO ARK: EXTINCTION ARK: ABERRATION RAGNAROK ARK: SCORCHED EARTH THE CENTER PRIMITIVE + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probitas Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 And my update finally finished, only 2 hours after starting....damn.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR-8R Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I have 200 GB of space left in disk and when this " 15GB " update hit it reduce to a mere 9 GB disk space left forcing me to move some stuffs to other drive . Why..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greymantle Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Mine started out at at 15gb download, then killed itself and was a 6.6gb...still chugging away. Perhaps allow people to predownload event patches and such a day or two before the actual event...kinda like other big game companies lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen00 Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 My download finally finished, but now there' a 5 hour installation time? What is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin73 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Wait. What? Size matters? Crap! I better learn to cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xirael Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 19 gig for me, and it downloaded 3gig, and stops, start installing stuff and then it re starts , its been like this for like 6 hours now, this is like 10 time worse than all the past dlc combine , DILO? any fix ? or clues ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjskdjkfa Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I was having issues. This update almost broke me. I was minutes from uninstalling ark and reclaiming my hard drive lol. However my tribemate talked me into considering uninstalling unused maps. It was as simple as right clicking on ark in my library, going to properties, there there is a dlc tab, uncheck any map that you don't need and then go back and try to do the update again. For me the update size went from over 15 gigs to over 6 gigs buy unchecking boxes next to scorched earth, crystal isles, valguero, and the center. And better still later on i was looking at my hard drive which had been red lining, and now it's only about 2/3'rds full! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Did anyone look over patch notes before crying? Seems to be a lot of nice fixes in there. I really don't like the entitled generation we have nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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