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Conan install size 30 Gig?

firegolemfiregolem Registered User regular
edited May 2008 in Games and Technology
I come here cause the Conan website doesnt let you do jack shit unless you give them your credit card details first.

Anybody local genius know-

I have 10 gigs free on my 40G hd, when I try install it says I need 30G for the install process.

ALthough the content on the disk is only 6G. IM wondering if i need to try and delete everything off my pc to try free up 30G (probably impossible given the size of xp and Office).

Id hate to delete everything and find out it still didnt work.

Sidenote: anyone know what the full install size of Conan is (patched etc)? Is it the full 30G?

Many thanks

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It's 30 gigs without patches. There's not much you can do.

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  • firegolemfiregolem Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Damn. Thanks for the reply.

    (I had planned to seal myself into the cave for the weekend, now I must go into human contact for a new hard drive!)

    Tx :shock:

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Holy fuckin' shit, really? A game with a 30GB base install? How...how is that at all feasible?

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    HD gaming. Welcome to the Future.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    you can get 160gb hard drives for like $50. . .

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  • TVs_FrankTVs_Frank Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Triple B wrote: »
    Holy fuckin' shit, really? A game with a 30GB base install? How...how is that at all feasible?

    HUUUGE BEAR MODELS

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  • LotharsLothars Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Cherrn wrote: »
    It's 30 gigs without patches. There's not much you can do.

    That's absolutely insane

    I mean I would have to delete alot to make room but I don't know if any game is worth install 30gb of stuff.

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  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Wait, did you build your computer in 1947? 40 GB is.... I mean... with that size hard drive, I'm shocked your machine meets the minimum requirements. Not to be a dick, but... wow.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    30gb is about $3 isn't it?

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Way to miss the point, everyone.

    Sure, 30GB is tits, that's not the issue. The issue is that as far as games go, that is unreasonably massive.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    If they've got 30gb worth of stuff to show you, I don't see why it's unreasonably massive.

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It just seems purely asinine to me to expect that kind of dedication. A 30GB install. For fuck's sake, I've just never seen a piece of software that takes up that much space.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    30GB for Conan is acceptable where 25GB for Vanguard wasn't, apparently. Not that it actually made the game good.

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    how is installing something "dedication"

    it's not like you can't get the space back

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You'd think they would do the Asheron's Call 2 style "Hey you want install high res stuff?" install for all of us who have no dream of playing it on the highest settings.

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You're dedicating a sizeable chunk of your storage to one game. Not to mention the time it's going to take to install (and patch) the fucker. I just don't think any game is worth taking up that kind of space.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    damn it man, when you can have close to a fricken TERABYTE of storage for mere peanuts, there's no reason for the developers to not make their games 30gb small.

    I'm assuming the majority of that is uncompressed textures and audio, which is generally the thing that makes the gamers go "woah look at the shiny graphics and audio!!!"

    sure, 30gb is kinda xbox hueg. But once again, for $100 you can have 500gb of storage.

    hell that's only the size of one HD movie.

    edit: also, patching really wouldn't take all that much time assuming that the (assumed) uncompressed textures/audio need not be changed.

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  • BerenBeren Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mine only seems to take up about 26g on the drive, how odd.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kinda wonder what they're going to do on the 360. I know Microsoft has some really weird limitations on how much HDD space you can use for an MMO.

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  • AngryAngry The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of handRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    that's because it is a 26gig install and not 30. also, if installing 26gigs is offending you, don't fucking worry about it because you aren't going to install it anyways.

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Not to mention most Xbox 360's in use today don't even have that much HD space.

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  • BerenBeren Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Angry wrote: »
    that's because it is a 26gig install and not 30. also, if installing 26gigs is offending you, don't fucking worry about it because you aren't going to install it anyways.

    Damn people and your rounding.

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  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    And here I thought my WoW folder was large at 10GB.

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  • achelusachelus Registered User new member
    edited May 2008
    Here's some things to consider.

    First, if you're too ignorant to find the system requirements without buying the game, that's not really their fault:
    http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2338&table=CONTENT

    Second, if your computer has a 40GB HDD. Wtf? And your computer is probably not going to be able to play the game.

    Third, to help you figure out the answer to such easy questions in future:
    http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

    It'll do it automatically, so your tiny brain doesn't have to surrender financial information.

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  • TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Damn, that's hostile.

    Anyhow, I'm saddened that my computer now lacks the cojones to even begin to run this game. It was hanging in there for a while, I guess it's officially becoming obsolete.

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  • NarianNarian Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Triple B wrote: »
    Way to miss the point, everyone.

    Sure, 30GB is tits, that's not the issue. The issue is that as far as games go, that is unreasonably massive.

    Unreasonably massive? :|

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  • AngryAngry The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of handRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    triple b lives in a world where 500gig hard drives aren't 90 dollars narian.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I remember back when 300 mb HDDs were introduced to the market.

    25 mb for an install? This is outrageous!

    Before you know it, 25 tb won't be that insane. And by that time, we'll have 500 tb HDDs available.

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  • SnareSnare Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    30gig is pretty damn huge. Hope you've got a good system to make all those resources worth it.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    30 gb isn't that big anymore. I have 2.9 tb on this PC, and it's no powerhouse.

    Like someone said, 500 gb HDDs go for less than $100 now. You can pick up a 40 gb HDD for around $30 - less than $1 per gigabyte.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    30gig is probably for temporary installations. It happens. Check your tampons people, they may need to be replaced.

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  • MonstyMonsty Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Definitely just shell out the $100 for 500 gigs. It'll do ya good.

    I am also amused at how some people act like their baby is being attacked or something. I say the complaint is semi-valid. Even if it wasn't--just chill, brahs.

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Theeeere's the PC elitism I was waiting for. I thought something was missing from this thread. Congratulations, you're a condescending prick.

    Edit: if you think it might apply to you, it does.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    We're going to need a bigger boat.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Triple B wrote: »
    Theeeere's the PC elitism I was waiting for. I thought something was missing from this thread. Congratulations, you're a condescending prick.

    Edit: if you think it might apply to you, it does.

    persecution complex

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  • TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It never ceases to amaze me how divisive computer talk can get. It's interesting how people approach the subject of hard drive sizes with enough personal attachment to become perturbed about it.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Trevor wrote: »
    It never ceases to amaze me how divisive computer talk can get. It's interesting how people approach the subject of hard drive sizes with enough personal attachment to become perturbed about it.

    Don't underestimate how tough it is deleting porn.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Rook wrote: »
    Trevor wrote: »
    It never ceases to amaze me how divisive computer talk can get. It's interesting how people approach the subject of hard drive sizes with enough personal attachment to become perturbed about it.

    Don't underestimate how tough it is deleting porn.

    I think if you look at the $100 for a 500GB HD investment as the fee for all the porn you leech of Usenet and Bittorrent its a lot easier to accept.

    This is for the 7 people who had a problem accepting it at face value, that is.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Trevor wrote: »
    It never ceases to amaze me how divisive computer talk can get. It's interesting how people approach the subject of hard drive sizes with enough personal attachment to become perturbed about it.

    It's a cycle I've seen many times before. It's a slow cycle, but one that's definitely there.

    I remember outrage on BBS' when games started taking several megabytes to install. Then 100 mb... oh there was a shit storm. But by this point, 1 gb HDDs had started to appear.

    Then there was the 1 gb install... also a shitstorm. Now we're at 30 gb installs. There WILL be 100 gb installs, there WILL be 1 tb installs. But only when the price of space becomes affordable. It's just the way technology progresses.

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  • TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    Trevor wrote: »
    It never ceases to amaze me how divisive computer talk can get. It's interesting how people approach the subject of hard drive sizes with enough personal attachment to become perturbed about it.

    It's a cycle I've seen many times before. It's a slow cycle, but one that's definitely there.

    I remember outrage on BBS' when games started taking several megabytes to install. Then 100 mb... oh there was a shit storm. But by this point, 1 gb HDDs had started to appear.

    Then there was the 1 gb install... also a shitstorm. Now we're at 30 gb installs. There WILL be 100 gb installs, there WILL be 1 tb installs. But only when the price of space becomes affordable. It's just the way technology progresses.

    I'd hate to see the shit-fit people throw when they hear about Moore's Law.

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