Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction

Re:Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction by reactordev on Thursday December 11, 2025 @01:59PM (#46235540)

Size of team has no bearing in this argument. Saying they were small so they get a pass at preventing obscene download sizes is like saying “Napster was created by one man, surely he shouldn’t be accountable” but he was.

When making a game, once you have something playable, is to figure out how to package it. This is included in that effort. Determining which assets to compress, package, and ship. Sometimes this is done by the engine. Sometimes this is done by the art director.

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Re:Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction by WheatMillington on Thursday December 11, 2025 @02:10PM (#46235741)

Amount of resources absolutely has a bearing on how resources can be allocated.

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Re:Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction by reactordev on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:46PM (#46237645)

This isn’t a resourcing issue. It’s a lack of knowledge and skipped a step issue.

When I did this. My small team took a whole sprint to make sure that assets were packed. That tilemaps were made. That audio files were present and we did an audit to make sure nothing extra was packaged on disk. Today, because of digital stores and just releasing zip files, no one cares what they ship and often you can see it if you investigate the files of any Unity or Unreal engine game. Just throw it all over the fence.

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