Author Topic: Overwatch USED TO take up 200gb on my hard drive (Read 1922 times)

Willco2 · November 23, 2016, 02:38:20 PM

So I made a thread about this not too long ago, and I didn't know why it was taking up so much space, but I narrowed it down to Blizzard just having a stuffty update system. But now, its gotten worse after installing the PTR.

I really don't care its taking up that much space, I still have 500gb left on my 1tb drive, but come on, this stuff is ridiculous.
yes i know its not 200gb but 198.8gb doesnt exactly sound good in a title

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TheABELBOTO · November 23, 2016, 02:39:50 PM

What
The
Absolute
forget

Tudoreleu · November 23, 2016, 02:45:54 PM

the forget dude lmao

i downloaded it for the free weekend and it was 7gb

The Murderous Cop · November 23, 2016, 02:54:18 PM

Nymph · November 23, 2016, 03:19:45 PM

Make sure there's not a screenshot folder in the overwatch file with a bunch of huge images. I had a ~30gb file with like 10 images in it once.

Steve5451� · November 23, 2016, 03:26:35 PM

Quote from: Nymph on November 23, 2016, 03:19:45 PM

Make sure there's not a screenshot folder in the overwatch file with a bunch of huge images. I had a ~30gb file with like 10 images in it once.

wth

Xillogean · November 23, 2016, 03:38:47 PM

You probably have screenshots at 8x, which creates files that eat up space cause theyre .bmp

Willco2 · November 23, 2016, 06:48:38 PM

Quote from: Xillogean on November 23, 2016, 03:38:47 PM

You probably have screenshots at 8x, which creates files that eat up space cause theyre .bmp

I have screenshots at 1x, and I don't even take screenshots in the first place.

So I reinstalled both live and the PTR and now its down to ~6gb and ~7gb respectively.

Outpact- · November 23, 2016, 06:57:24 PM

How does a loving screenshot take up that much space, holy Christ.

Willco2 · November 23, 2016, 06:58:18 PM

Quote from: Outpact- on November 23, 2016, 06:57:24 PM

How does a loving screenshot take up that much space, holy Christ.

compression is an amazing peice of technology isn't it