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General discussionGames are 3x the size on GOG Galaxy compared to standalone?(9 posts)solved(9 posts)solved
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Posted June 09, 2016
So I thought I would try GOG Galaxy for the first time and I started downloading a game. To my surprise, the size of the game was 943MB. However, the size of the standalone game is less than 300MB. Anyone tell me why that is please?
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Posted June 09, 2016
Perhaps, like Steam, it takes into account the space it needs to decompress/install. Just guessing here, since I don't have access to Galaxy, but it's the most reasonable guess.
Posted June 09, 2016
Installers are usually well packed, it's not a big secret. Galaxy shows (and for some games even download) already unpacked size.
Posted June 09, 2016
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lukew: So I thought I would try GOG Galaxy for the first time and I started downloading a game. To my surprise, the size of the game was 943MB. However, the size of the standalone game is less than 300MB. Anyone tell me why that is please?
The standalone installers are compressed. Galaxy doesn't DL compressed files. They're full size. Stupid? yes.
Posted June 09, 2016
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lukew: So I thought I would try GOG Galaxy for the first time and I started downloading a game. To my surprise, the size of the game was 943MB. However, the size of the standalone game is less than 300MB. Anyone tell me why that is please?
Compressed and uncompressed files is the magic word.
Posted June 09, 2016
Ah, you're probably exactly right now I think about it. Steam does the downloading and installing simultaneously, so when it's done downloading, you can play it right away. I guess that's what GOG Galaxy does too.
Posted June 09, 2016
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GR00T: Galaxy doesn't DL compressed files. They're full size.
I thought this was changed in recent-ish versions, hasn't it?

Edit: 1.1.6 introduced compression support, and 1.1.7 fixed a few bugs on it. Still not sure if all games support it, but Galaxy does.
Post edited June 09, 2016 by JMich
Posted June 09, 2016
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lukew: Steam does the downloading and installing simultaneously, so when it's done downloading, you can play it right away.
Err.. I doubt that's even possible.
It probably does the 2 things in succession, but shows you only 1 bar.
Post edited June 09, 2016 by phaolo
Posted June 09, 2016
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JMich: I thought this was changed in recent-ish versions, hasn't it?
Maybe so, I don't use Galaxy, so can't say for certain, but the last I'd read about it, it was reported the way I described.
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