Posted January 11, 2022
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pds41: GoG uses 4GB. However, 4GB at least makes some sense as it's the maximum file size under a FAT32 volume (makes sense in that it prevents additional support queries from someone transferring files under a FAT32 rather than NTFS or alternative).
1.8GB is an interesting one - I can't think why they would settle on that limit (I recall that some earlier versions of ZIP Manager had a 1.8GB file limit, and that some versions of SAP struggle with larger than 1.8GB data extracts), but I don't think it's tied in to any overarching system architecture.
[Edit] Post above appeared after I started drafting!
Inno setup is 2GB max (https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setup_diskslicesize), I believe gog have modified Inno Setup to get 4GB (I do agree 4GB makes sense, I assume inno is so old that they had 2GB for FAT16?)1.8GB is an interesting one - I can't think why they would settle on that limit (I recall that some earlier versions of ZIP Manager had a 1.8GB file limit, and that some versions of SAP struggle with larger than 1.8GB data extracts), but I don't think it's tied in to any overarching system architecture.
[Edit] Post above appeared after I started drafting!
Post edited January 11, 2022 by SlackR84