Whys my HL2 folder 9gb?

|Show| · 7 Mar 2006 at 00:54

wtf tbh

anyone any idea wtf is making HL2 9gb?

theres a file tree size assessment...steam apps :confused:

i should only have HL2 and CSS installed, so why are they so big....could it be a case of a previous install not being removed? or is HL2 just always this big :confused:

Psymonkee · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:06

You sure that isn't your Steam install folder that you mistakenly named HL2?

|Show| · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:22

erm, well yeah, same thing, either way i didn't expect it to be 9gb...its only 2 games max :confused:

Psymonkee · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:34

open up steam and look at the games list - will tell you whats installed

fini · 7 Mar 2006 at 01:58

mine's 8.2GB and includeds DoD just to give you a comparison...

fini

geiger · 7 Mar 2006 at 02:05

8 gig of that will be hundreds of duplicate wav files, mmmmonster kill :rolleyes:

aphex · 7 Mar 2006 at 02:12

Bit OT but how do you get the view that shows the size of every folder?

Keylow · 7 Mar 2006 at 08:04

Mine is 13GB :eek:

PinkPig · 7 Mar 2006 at 08:49

It'll be the GCF files in the steam games folder, they're enormous and that's probably the normal size. Big games.

Lagmeister · 7 Mar 2006 at 09:37

Mines 9.5, with HL2, CSS, HL (with everything else that comes with it, DoD, etc...), with darwinia and the rad doll kung foo demo, no that bad considering

Tesco · 7 Mar 2006 at 09:45

Mine is 13.6gb, I have a fair few games.

LabR@t · 7 Mar 2006 at 12:39

min = 7Gb

hl2
loast coast
cs-s
dod-s
battle grounds
hl2 dm

fullfat · 7 Mar 2006 at 12:53

mines 14gb

do i win a prize?

Shydave · 7 Mar 2006 at 13:23

Dont forget even though you only have those games installed a lot of the other games that run through Steam will be pre-installed so they take up a hell of a lot of run in the GCF files. (you just need to purchase and unlock them)

Plus depends on maps / sound files / etc.

I think I have 1.5 - 2 Gb of just maps in CSS so thats not actually that big of a file tbh.

So the only difference is those people who play the other games will have small amounts of custom data aswell as the GCF files that everyone has (maps etc).

Weebull · 7 Mar 2006 at 13:58

That's a bit odd. I've got HL2, DoD:S, HL1 and a whole bunch of mods for it (CS, CZ, DoD, TFC), plus the latest Minerva episode, and all that only clocks up to 6.59 gigs. :confused:

Maybe you've got some leftover .gcf files from previous Steam games you've had installed?

uk_viper · 7 Mar 2006 at 14:08

if you made a "backup" that may affect it, plus any additional sound files, maps, scripts etc

Street · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:53

Mine is 5.32Gigs... thats with HL2, CSS and Lost Coast