I'll admit to mostly treating beta as a preload for the data that goes into updates. I could be mistaken, but I am pretty sure the downloads of sharp updates have consistently ended up really small, after a having participated in a beta that have had a large one.
Unless you really have a very small drive, the temporary inconvenience of 15Gb of beta which is generally discarded later is a small issue. Also. I would expect anyone taking part in a beta to know how to clear their own drives.
Unless you really have a very small drive, the temporary inconvenience of 15Gb of beta which is generally discarded later is a small issue. Also. I would expect anyone taking part in a beta to know how to clear their own drives.
Unless you really have a very small drive, the temporary inconvenience of 15Gb of beta which is generally discarded later is a small issue. Also. I would expect anyone taking part in a beta to know how to clear their own drives.
This is correct
When the live update comes the launcher will check the Beta files to see if any can be used
I always wait until after the live release to clear the beta files
c:>format c:
Just don't. Not sure if I was lucky but I never got any file corruption or had to tinker with the files after the transition. Leaving it as is significantly shortens your download time (as others already stated above).After that it always has removed itself after the game went live.<- Sorry, I just seem to remember that this is wrong and never was the case. But you can safely remove the ...\PUBLIC_TEST_SERVER_64 folder after the life build is successfully installed, if you need to free some disc space.
Seriously, if in doubt and something really would be screwed up you could still use the 'Validate Game files' function from the client.
On a slightly related note, on each update during all beta 3.x downloads, my controls always defaulted to 'Custom'. Very confusing until I figured what happens. Fortunately I have my own custom settings renamed some times ago so it can't be touched by the update process. I just needed to reselect them after each new update. Did this only happen to me? I could imagine that people who didn't rename their control settings were running into some serious trouble...
My ex used to tell me that not everyone could be as smart as me, and that my expectations of others in that regard were often too high.
(And I'm a cool cat, not some nerdly elitist or anything.)
On a slightly related note, on each update during all beta 3.x downloads, my controls always defaulted to 'Custom'. Very confusing until I figured what happens. Fortunately I have my own custom settings renamed some times ago so it can't be touched by the update process. I just needed to reselect them after each new update. Did this only happen to me? I could imagine that people who didn't rename their control settings were running into some serious trouble...