Curse

=HT=Ingram · Oct 03, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

Depending on how fragmented your dat file is it can be as big as 10gb with all three chapters fully loaded in it.

However with Prophecies, Factions and WPE of Nightfall I get a Dat of about
2.5 GB That's a fresh dat last day of WPE for Nightfall. I had to do that for my laptop that had to have a reinstall, and I copied the GW.dat over to my server afterward to replace the smaller one I had there.

You can decompress the DAT file if you want to but as far as I can tell it does not seem to improve load times anyway... As it is, it only takes a second to load any map in the game.

Tijger · Oct 03, 2006, 07:46 AM // 07:46

2.63 Gb and I didnt participate in the WPE of Nightfall.

Azure · Oct 03, 2006, 08:30 AM // 08:30

4,71 gigs whoa, hvnt rlly paid attention to it heh d;

Aegeroth · Oct 03, 2006, 10:05 AM // 10:05

2.48gigs

Divinus Stella · Oct 03, 2006, 11:14 AM // 11:14

5.12 GB (5,504,159,744 bytes)
wtf?

Is this because i use the -image command?

xiao1985 · Oct 03, 2006, 11:36 AM // 11:36

staggering 4.85 gb...

Clord · Oct 03, 2006, 11:45 AM // 11:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Divinus Stella

5.12 GB (5,504,159,744 bytes)
wtf?

Is this because i use the -image command?

Reinstall GW and you get smaller gw.dat file.

Psyks · Oct 03, 2006, 11:49 AM // 11:49

2.29 GB (2,466,988,032 bytes)

Although as someone has stated if you are an idiot and don't defrag it would be HUGE. So it is kinda easy to cheat.

Ninna · Oct 03, 2006, 12:04 PM // 12:04

3 gig

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...23#post1968423

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I was asked about this earlier, and here's the official response from Mike O'Brien: The full Gw.dat file size is currently about 2.7 GB. Anyone whose Gw.dat file is larger than that is suffering from an old bug where space wasn't being reused efficiently. That bug was fixed in March. People with larger Gw.dat files should see them stay the same or slowly shrink over time.

Now, more info for you: If you want to, you are welcome to delete and pull a completely new .dat file. But keep in mind that if you do this, you will be downloading a lot of files, and that each time you join a mission you'll need to fetch a new map. So doing this is up to you. Reacquiring the GW.dat file will reduce the size of the file right away and by a considerable amount, if that is a goal that you feel is important. It will, however, take a bit of time and trouble on your part, and you may choose to stick with what you have, knowing it will adjust for size over time.

I hope this helps!

Neven15 · Oct 03, 2006, 02:26 PM // 14:26

2,31 GB (2.483.651.072 bytes)

Loki Gladius · Oct 03, 2006, 05:06 PM // 17:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by talon

threadcromancy is definately ftl

:sigh:

Make a new thread about it then people bitch about using the search engine, so when people do use it people bitch about bringing old threads up... stfu.

broodijzer · Oct 03, 2006, 06:55 PM // 18:55

2.74 gig, with everything downloaded/decompressed.

wilq · Oct 03, 2006, 06:57 PM // 18:57

3 gb...

Andisa Kalorn · Oct 03, 2006, 07:00 PM // 19:00

3.03GB, recently defragged it

Caelus The Fallen · Oct 03, 2006, 09:21 PM // 21:21

3.88GB, reinstalled from scratch at the end of the NF weekend; seems a little large I thought compared to other peoples...

Etta · Oct 03, 2006, 11:29 PM // 23:29

2.68 gb, wow! 2 weeks ago it was 1.7gb! um,...must be the nightfall thingy.

Divinus Stella · Oct 04, 2006, 12:36 AM // 00:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyks

2.29 GB (2,466,988,032 bytes)

Although as someone has stated if you are an idiot and don't defrag it would be HUGE. So it is kinda easy to cheat.

Dont be so quick to call people idiots, i have reformatted my PC a few times since ive been playing guildwars and defragged even more, but isntead of re-downloading the GW.dat file every time i reformat i copy it into disk and copy it back after, saves a lot of time.

Unlucky Slayer · Oct 04, 2006, 12:47 AM // 00:47

2.79Gig with full -image.

Reza · Oct 04, 2006, 01:30 AM // 01:30

3,638,661 Kb (3.46 Gb)

Farin · Oct 04, 2006, 04:53 AM // 04:53

3.67 Gb