Posted December 12, 2020
As we all know, the game requires the size if "itself" to apply the patches; i.e. game size roughly 50GB => it needs that amount again to apply the patches.
If you're low on SSD space or just have smaller driver, here's possible solution.Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but here it goes:
- windows supports the concept of "links" on the file system, i.e. you can make a directory on drive E:\foo and then make D:\foo be linked to it, transparently to (most) software
- so the solution is to go to your installation and move the "!Temp" in the root to another drive where you've enough space
- create the linkfrom there to where you moved it from
- run updater / profit
Doing the links AFAIK is possible with regular cmd.exe, but I just prefer to use https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html for it. Served me pretty well in the last 10 years.
HTH
If you're low on SSD space or just have smaller driver, here's possible solution.Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but here it goes:
- windows supports the concept of "links" on the file system, i.e. you can make a directory on drive E:\foo and then make D:\foo be linked to it, transparently to (most) software
- so the solution is to go to your installation and move the "!Temp" in the root to another drive where you've enough space
- create the linkfrom there to where you moved it from
- run updater / profit
Doing the links AFAIK is possible with regular cmd.exe, but I just prefer to use https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html for it. Served me pretty well in the last 10 years.
HTH