"The longer term goal has always been to bring the PC installation size much closer in line with the console versions. We are happy to report that, thanks to our partners at Nixxes, we have reached that goal much sooner than expected. By completely de-duplicating our data, we were able to reduce the PC installation size from ~154GB to ~23GB, for a total saving of ~131GB."
"The reduction in file size should have a "minimal" impact on load times, "seconds at most," the developers said. The original file size was significantly larger because the developers were duplicating game asset data to improve load times on mechanical HDDs, which they estimate about 11 percent of Helldivers 2 players are currently using. However, as the post on the update explains, the developers now know that load times in Helldivers 2 are mainly due to level generation, not loading game assets, so duplicating asset data was offering minimal benefit and impacting a small percentage of players (while making the file size larger for everyone)."
PC installation size for Helldivers 2 was reduced by about 85%, cutting the installation from roughly 154GB to about 23GB through complete data de-duplication. Partners at Nixxes performed the deduplication, producing an estimated saving of ~131GB. The file-size reduction should increase load times only minimally, on the order of seconds at most. Prior duplication targeted faster loads on mechanical HDDs used by about 11% of players, but load times were found to be driven primarily by level generation rather than asset loading. A technical public beta on Steam offers the slim version for testing before it becomes the default.
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