Any small patch of PoE requires WAY TOO MUCH free disk space

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v3nomu wrote:

I understand what happens and i don't think Steam will change how they patch games anytime soon. So until(or if) GGG changes the structre of PoE and splits Content.ggpk in more smaller files, all i can do is use the standalone client.

Does anyone know if i can patch the game through the normal client and play it on steam after that?

the standalone client can use the steam installation including the resource file to run the game if you disallow the content.ggpk patching with a special command line parameter.
just copy the standalone pathofexile.exe into the steam installation folder and run it over a link to the exe which has the commandline parameter (from the wiki).


the steam installation can't use any of the standalone installation cause it can't handle this version of content.ggpk


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what you can do is: run the standalone installer, interupt the installation when it says "allocating resources".
copy content.ggpk from your steam install over to the folder of the standalone install.
run the standalone client, it should patch the file for some minor updates and run the game.

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v3nomu wrote:

Hey,

I wasn't sure where to post this, so i will do it here in the "bug reports" section of the forum.

I am playing Path of Exile on Steam, so maybe this problem happens only there.

Now the (big) problem:
Any small patch (today's patch had less than 195mb) requires/uses additional space on disk equal to the whole installed game. Today the game required ~40GB free space on my SSD to install a 195mb patch. I also checked the last few patches and all had the same problem.

GGG can you please make the game ask for less free space for any small patch? Another issue can be the useless writes on SSDs, but for me at the moment the free space required to install a patch is the problem.

Thank you

That will be fixed, VERY SOON.

A new post just went up about Data format changes to the game data, and Steam's patching process will change with it. Downside is, a Full game Re-install.

So instead of copying off to a temp directory, patching, then copy back, it seems they will move to a patch in place system for steam, and apparently according to the post, it is FAST.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2933680

With the new patch, it seems that this problem will be solved. Thanks for your answers.

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v3nomu wrote:

With the new patch, it seems that this problem will be solved. Thanks for your answers.

big downside is you are going to have to redownload the entire game with the patch, not a big deal for someone with a high speed connection, but for others.

but this is a one time thing

Yes, i have a high speed connection with no cap. Anyway, you will download the full game one more time, the game has 20 less Gb and it will patch faster and better.