Save Game Size
What are the major factors that increase a savefile size enormously? I've noticed that Large photographs (taken by Digital Cameras) increase the savefile size by a lot. What else increases the siz...
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"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17764574" wrote:
I'm not sure why this is a concern. Do you have a hard drive that is almost maxed out? Please explain
Well, since save files go to Documents, it may be an issue. I have the system drive on a 100GB SSD and even though I have only the basic stuff there, if W10 makes a 30GB backup on a major update, I get a 'disk nearly full' warning.
Though this is partly due to 5GB+ Mods file of TS4. I really hope EA makes the folder for mods and saves in the game directory instead of Documents for TS5.
As for photos, that probably goes to the point that TS4 uses PNG (uncompressed) instead of JPG (compressed). It's also what makes picture threads load for ages on slower internet because very few people convert screenshots to JPG before uploading them...
