How much space does this game take up?
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its small compaired to most games.
< 2GB last time I looked
< 2GB last time I looked
All of it, it's the whole universe
it can be small because you don't actually download all the stars and systems. You simply download an algorithm containing the ability to generate all the stars and systems, and it does so using a deterministic seeded algorithm. It works like minecraft! The world is (effectively) infinite, but doesn't require that much local storage. The world is generated on the fly with "random" terrain generation that uses a seed that ensures it generates the same "random" terrain the same way every time you visit the same space. Then the only data you need to store is what you've changed!
The game is installed to C:\Users\(Your user name)\AppData\Local\Frontier_Developments
It's 5.8gb on my HDD.
It's 5.8gb on my HDD.
No, its not. My game is completely on another drive. That folder you mentioned is empty on my machine.
I never install anything else than Windows on C: if not necessary.
Hmm, this game is about 120,000 light years in diameter. It's around 10,000 light years in 'depth' at the outer-ring and this steadily increases to to 30,000 LY as you head towards the nucleus. In other-words, pretty big!
It's procedurally generated though, therefore, the data is discarded once you've left the 'island' - zone - or whatever you want to call it.
It's procedurally generated though, therefore, the data is discarded once you've left the 'island' - zone - or whatever you want to call it.
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