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Love seeing how the optimization parameters were different back then, that is, size constraints were more important than loading speeds, even though both drives

Love seeing how the optimization parameters were different back then, that is, size constraints were more important than loading speeds, even though both drives and CPUs were much slower back then. Ideally companies like this that make games keep all the original assets and make things like image format a build switch, for when the parameters change in the future. That said, back then they released on a DVD (I'm reading it would've taken 12 CDs otherwise), I don't believe any higher capacity storage devices were in the pipeline yet at that point. That said, hard drives back then were around the 100 GB mark, so a multi-dvd release would've been doable. Ironically nowadays, some games (like the FFVII Remakes) are on two disks again, an install and a run disk, despite them having a 50 or 100 GB capacity nowadays.

tomysshadow 2y ago
Someone on Reddit pointed out to me after, DDS is DirectX specific and the DVD was for Win/Mac, so it may have been more of a multiplatform issue than a space one. In an ideal world you'd use DDS on Windows because it's fastest there, and whatever the OpenGL equivalent is on Mac, but that would've been well, well outside of space constraints, at that point
tobr 2y ago
It was released on 2 DVDs as far as I remember.
Uvix 2y ago
It was already on two discs. You could choose whether to copy one or both to the hard drive. The game ran on machines as old as late 1999, so the typical disk size would’ve been more in the 10-20 GB range. Even the existing 3.4 GB minimum requirement (installing just one disc and streaming content off the other) was a pretty hefty ask.
hirako2000 2y ago
I remember on PS1 it sold with 3* CDs. It was beautiful as they had to make a special double edges holding box. Stood nicely aligned with all the other games but could be spotted from afar. We see physical media as a burden today, that's sad as they used to be pieces of arts. Edit: 3, not 4.

tomysshadow 2y ago

Someone on Reddit pointed out to me after, DDS is DirectX specific and the DVD was for Win/Mac, so it may have been more of a multiplatform issue than a space one. In an ideal world you'd use DDS on Windows because it's fastest there, and whatever the OpenGL equivalent is on Mac, but that would've been well, well outside of space constraints, at that point

tobr 2y ago

It was released on 2 DVDs as far as I remember.

Uvix 2y ago

It was already on two discs. You could choose whether to copy one or both to the hard drive. The game ran on machines as old as late 1999, so the typical disk size would’ve been more in the 10-20 GB range. Even the existing 3.4 GB minimum requirement (installing just one disc and streaming content off the other) was a pretty hefty ask.

hirako2000 2y ago

I remember on PS1 it sold with 3* CDs. It was beautiful as they had to make a special double edges holding box. Stood nicely aligned with all the other games but could be spotted from afar. We see physical media as a burden today, that's sad as they used to be pieces of arts. Edit: 3, not 4.