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What's the purpose of the !DOSmetadata.zip and XODOSMetadata.zip files taking up 18 GB each?

• Scaevolus 6y ago
  XODOSMetadata is all the images (box art, disc art, screenshots) and manuals associated with a game, so the launcher has all the assets necessary to provide its interface. !DOSMetadata is dosbox configurations and .bat files for running games. It could be much smaller and stream those dynamically, but the creator is more focused on the archival and preservation than optimizing the download size.
  • 0-_-0 6y ago
    Or just splitting it up per game so you don't need to download 36 GB to play 1 game.
    • mescalito 6y ago
      I tried a couple donwloaded from the site and worked just fine on DosBox without those dirs.