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Many MMOs do actually download updated client executables on the fly in the launcher, and that shouldn't make the player wait more than necessary. Even the Stea
by flohofwoe 3y ago
Many MMOs do actually download updated client executables on the fly in the launcher, and that shouldn't make the player wait more than necessary. Even the Steam client has such an automatic update process (and at 200 MBytes this is already in "very annoying" territory IMHO).
- lifthrasiir 3y agoI mean, yes! Games are on the opposite end of the spectrum, where uncompressed assets fly around and 100 MB sounds like very small. These are what I refer to "low-hanging fruits"---I expect a moderate effort can halve the total size for most cases. (I did work on asset file formats back when I was a gamedev.) 400 KB executable is not really a big deal compared to that.