Studio CohortMay 26, 2023
Why are games not separated out by resolution when downloading? With lots of modern games having large download sizes, I'm curious why no one does this. I could be wrong but I'm assuming when you download the game, you get all the textures in every resolution from ~720p to 4k. But, if I don't have a 4k monitor, why can't I opt out of downloading the 4k textures? I'm not nearly far enough into my gamedev career to know the answer to this so I'm curious if anyone here will know.
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Show threadAntiquity/Midnight Spire GamesMay 26, 2023
@StudioCohort I was just talking about this the other day. Unless my memory fails me, some games used to have high-resolution texture packs available as separate downloads. I don't know why they can't do the same thing now. Laziness? I shouldn't have to download and install 100 gigs of textures that I will never use.
Show threadSimen Storsveen
@midnightspire @StudioCohort Some still do, like the recent FarCry 6. They have a pretty gigantic pack of hires textures you can download if you want to
May 26, 2023 at 3:23pmWeb