Helldivers 2 Dev Worked With Sony Studio Nixxes to Create a 'Slim' Version for PC That Reduces File Size From 154GB to 23GB

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has created a “slim” mentation of its explosive co-op third-person shooter that massively reduces its record size connected PC.

For immoderate clip present PC gamers person complained astir Helldivers 2’s bloated installation size connected PC, and Arrowhead precocious outlined plans to bring it person to the size of the console version. In a station connected Steam, Arrowhead said it had worked with Sony-owned PC larboard specializer Nixxes to scope its extremity sooner than expected, reducing the PC installation size from 154GB to 23GB for a full redeeming of 131GB (85%).

Arrowhead has present rolled retired this slim mentation of Helldivers 2 arsenic portion of a nationalist method beta. “Our investigating shows that for the tiny percent of players inactive utilizing mechanical hard disk drives, ngo loading times person lone accrued by a fewer seconds successful the worst cases,” Arrowhead explained.

The workplace had warned that changing the record size of Helldivers 2 mightiness person accrued load times by a origin of 10 — so that’s wherefore it duplicates information with update releases. But it turns retired that its worst lawsuit projections did not travel to pass.

“These loading clip projections were based connected manufacture information — comparing the loading times betwixt SSD and HDD users wherever information duplication was and was not used,” Arrowhead explained. “In the worst cases, a 5x quality was reported betwixt instances that utilized duplication and those that did not. We were being precise blimpish and doubled that projection again to relationship for chartless unknowns.

“Now things are different. We person existent measurements circumstantial to our crippled alternatively of manufacture data. We present cognize that the existent fig of players actively playing HD2 connected a mechanical HDD was astir 11% during the past week (seems our estimates were not truthful atrocious aft all). We present cognize that, contrary to astir games, the bulk of the loading clip successful Helldivers 2 is owed to level-generation alternatively than plus loading. This level procreation happens successful parallel with loading assets from the disk and truthful is the main determining origin of the loading time. We present cognize that this is existent adjacent for users with mechanical HDDs.”

Once the beta confirms nary issues, Arrowhead volition rotation retired the slim mentation of Helldivers 2 to each players and marque it the default mentation for everyone. Assuming each goes smoothly, the bequest mentation volition beryllium discontinued immoderate clip adjacent year.

The slim mentation arrives astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic Helldivers 2’s large 5.0.0 spot arsenic good arsenic its jungle-themed Python Commandos Warbond, which adds a fig of fan-requested weapons including a minigun.

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