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DCAtje
4 months ago
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Paranormal stuff pack + Snowy escape 50,5GB each?

I can't install the new game update because I don't have enough storage space. so I went and looked at my storage and saw this (see picture) these two EACH take up 50,5 GB in my storage. does anyone ...
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    puzzlezaddict
    4 months ago

    @DCAtje  I very much doubt that either of these packs takes up anywhere near 50 GB.  I would guess that this is a reporting error, that the entire game takes 50 GB and Windows is attributing that to each pack as well as to the base game.  If you want to check though, open the folder where you've installed the game, typically one of these by default:

    C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 4

    Right-click this Sims 4 folder and select Properties, then let Windows calculate the size of the folder and let me know what it says.

    Please also list the free and total storage for each drive your computer has.  You can see it by clicking This PC in a File Explorer window and scrolling down a bit.

    As a side note, repairing gets around the free storage issue related to updating.  The EA App budgets too much space for an update but not for a repair.

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puzzlezaddict
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4 months ago

@DCAtje  I very much doubt that either of these packs takes up anywhere near 50 GB.  I would guess that this is a reporting error, that the entire game takes 50 GB and Windows is attributing that to each pack as well as to the base game.  If you want to check though, open the folder where you've installed the game, typically one of these by default:

C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4

C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 4

Right-click this Sims 4 folder and select Properties, then let Windows calculate the size of the folder and let me know what it says.

Please also list the free and total storage for each drive your computer has.  You can see it by clicking This PC in a File Explorer window and scrolling down a bit.

As a side note, repairing gets around the free storage issue related to updating.  The EA App budgets too much space for an update but not for a repair.

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