Titanfall PC’s 48GB install size explained by Respawn

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Titanfall requires a 48GB installation on PC, and developer Respawn Entertainment has now explained the install size.

The Xbox One edition only requires a 17GB install, but it still takes bloody ages. My copy’s installing as I write this.

Speaking with Eurogamer, Respawn’s lead engineer Richard Baker explained that 35GB of that total install size is to do with uncompressed audio.

The idea is that by having uncompressed audio, PCs will have to spend less CPU power on decoding audio, thereby ensuring a slicker experience.

“We have audio we either download or install from the disc, then we uncompress it,” he told the site. “We probably could have had audio decompress off disc but we were a little worried about min spec and the fact that a two-core machine would dedicate a huge chunk of one core to just decompressing audio.

“So… it’s almost all audio… On a higher PC it wouldn’t be an issue. On a medium or moderate PC, it wouldn’t be an issue, it’s that on a two-core [machine] with where our min spec is, we couldn’t dedicate those resources to audio.”

What do you make of the above?

Titanfall hits Europe March 14.

Posted: Mar 11, 2014 12:29 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/11/titanfall-pcs-48gb-install-size-explained-by-respawn/

Comments

-DanPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

Kex Not looking forward to the install time if I get it for PC.

Yeah I think I will leave it running while I go work aha , will take a while on my computer internet speed

GT-RPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

-Mashiro
Miss I have no idea what I just read but, I'm glad the Xbox version is a bit smaller in size compared to the PC version. Although it'll probably look 100 times better on PC.

The difference between Xbone/PS4 graphics and PC is like switching from High to Ultra. Yeah things will look better, but it won't be that much. The biggest difference will be the resolution.

What games are you playing? There are plenty that look so much better on pc.

MultitaskPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

-Kieran- This is going to take a very long rime to download.
Your going to need a fast connection for this then.

Yeah good thing i got a decent connection but it probably will still take long so i will probably leave it overnight.

-CPPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

I like this arrangement, especially because it reduces CPU stress.

KatsumiChanPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

Titanfall is bigger than BF4? What.

LinearPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

Odin
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Oasis These are the risks of pc gaming, always have been. You never know how it'll run until it's in your very own machine.

That and many other issues, I remember gaming on a custom build from this trusted website, and the graphics card went a week later.

They should add an install option because I have a 6 core processor, I could dedicate 2 cores and still not experience an fps hit. Stupid that I have to waste space on uncompressed audio..

That kind of thing is impossible to do.

Kieran-Posted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

This is going to take a very long rime to download.
Your going to need a fast connection for this then.

MawderzPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

Not looking forward to the install time if I get it for PC.

SakiPosted: Tue. Mar 11, 2014

Miss I have no idea what I just read but, I'm glad the Xbox version is a bit smaller in size compared to the PC version. Although it'll probably look 100 times better on PC.

The difference between Xbone/PS4 graphics and PC is like switching from High to Ultra. Yeah things will look better, but it won't be that much. The biggest difference will be the resolution.