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Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB

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2020/10/21 11:12:35 (permalink)
https://www.overclock3d.net/news/software/fortnite_s_latest_update_decreases_game_install_size_by_over_60gb/1
 
Epic Games' latest Fortnite update weighs in at a whopping 27GB, which while small when compared to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it much larger than what players of the free-to-play Battle Royale game would typically expect. Thankfully, this patch should come as good news for PC gamers, as while the patch is 27GB in size, it contains optimisations that will decrease the game's size by over 60GB. Before now, Fortnite took up around 90GB of storage, which means that the game has become two thirds smaller through the application of a single patch. 

Epic Games has made sweeping changes to Fortnite's file structure, optimising several aspects of the multiplayer shooter. This patch has also made changes to Fortnite which will allow future game patches to be smaller in size and other changes which will decrease the game's loading times on PC.  With 60GB of extra storage, Fortnite players on PC will now have more space to install more games on their systems. After this patch, Fortnite will now take up less than 35GB of storage space on PC. Perhaps Call of Duty: Modern Warfare needs a similar file system overhaul. 
 
Fortnite has done a good job on this update in my opinion. 

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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/10/21 13:55:52 (permalink)
    big patch, lets hope all goes well

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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/11/18 22:50:39 (permalink)
    This is a pleasant relief.  Games keep getting bigger and bigger.  It's nice to see something take up less.
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/11/19 11:53:42 (permalink)
    waiting for Warzone to do something like this but like 100 GB. 
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/11/28 14:23:59 (permalink)
    Oh wow looks like alot of crud they fixed. 
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/12/15 08:00:21 (permalink)
    Wow! Thats a huge improvement!
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/12/18 12:49:43 (permalink)
    Always nice when you can reclaim some of your storage space.
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/12/19 03:18:07 (permalink)
    I don't like Fortnite/Epic, but that surely is a great change/improvement.
    The question though is if they really did a lot of actual optimization work or if they just cut off singleplayer content for those that just want to play the online battle royal or maybe most of the won size came from scrapping high resolution textures or uncompressed audio. Still impressive though.
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/12/21 00:57:50 (permalink)
    I like call of duty series than fortnite because fortnite's building mechanism is too difficult to me
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    Re: Fortnite's latest update decreases game install size by over 60GB 2020/12/22 18:39:10 (permalink)
    every game needs to be shrunk
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