Sometimes games get....um....big.....
Sunday, August 26, 2012 by Jafo | Discussion: Personal Computing
I remember one of my first games for PC ...that I was eager to try....Mechwarrior II the demo..... it fitted on 4 floppies [1.44 meg each - for those who might not know what a floppy was....I'm sure there's some]...
I just checked my FSX install [Microsoft's Flight Sim 10]....
It's 143 GIG .....255,137 files. Now ignoring 1024 and just going with 1000 [I'm lazy] that's about twentyfive THOUSAND times larger.
Like I said.....big ....
Reply #2 Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:06 AM
wow....looks like it would require it's own dedicated disk, I mean really, 143 gigs isn't big....it's HUGE !!! --Ace --
Reply #3 Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:07 AM
Is FSX really classified as a "game" though? I would expect a simulation program to contain vast amounts of data with far greater detail than the average game.
One that can be user modded would naturally grow in size with use. Even so, that's a lot of aircraft and skins!
Out of curiosity, how large is the base install of the program without any patches or expansions installed?
Reply #4 Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:08 AM
Lots of aircraft....and one single image [skin] on one aircraft [one I'm doing at the moment] is 4096x4096 ....as an extended bmp it's 64meg.
Reply #6 Monday, August 27, 2012 2:56 PM
a yet somehow I find the top one more alluring ...
Reply #7 Monday, August 27, 2012 3:47 PM
Well, let's look at your options. You can either:
1) Pilot a plane, in beautiful, realistic environments and scenarios.
or
2) Pilot a mech with lasers, missile launchers, and rocket boots.
Not exactly a tough choice for me, really.
Reply #8 Monday, August 27, 2012 11:59 PM
Drat...I only just deleted an early install backup that would have been representational.... but the proggy fits on one disk so it's only going to be a dozen gig or so...
Reply #9 Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:03 AM
1) Pilot a plane, in beautiful, realistic environments and scenarios.
or
2) Pilot a mech with lasers, missile launchers, and rocket boots.
Not exactly a tough choice for me, really.
FSX has addons.....
An A380 got in the way of my L-39 ....
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Reply #1 Sunday, August 26, 2012 9:54 AM
Lots of maps or something? Odd.