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[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Decompression uses the cpu, so you loose performance if you compress textures.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Just use delta transfer, and compress for transit and decompress on the host during install like steam does.

Technology that's been around for decades and yet for some reason so many game launchers don't make use of it.

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was referring to the hard drive, not the download. I think loading times increases if you have the textures compressed.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if you decompress on install then you're not loading compressed textures.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But you’re still using the same amount of disk space

[–] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

not for the transfer which is what the ISP's are crying about.

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

Yes, but the first comment asked why games are so huge o the harddrive.