How large is your game?

jokerhusky1129 · 03-07-2019, 11:58 AM

So, with OOTP 20 around the corner...time to delete OOTP 19. Now, last year when I deleted OOTP 18...it had ballooned to 220 GB. OOTP 19 this year? 273 GB! How large is everyone elses games?

Leo_The_Lip · 03-07-2019, 12:03 PM

You do know OOTP exists in at least 2 different directories? The .exe location (which could be in Steam) and the Documents folder(s)

Leo_The_Lip · 03-07-2019, 12:04 PM

And only a savage ever deletes a version of OOTP.

jokerhusky1129 · 03-07-2019, 12:07 PM

Yes, I keep the documents part. But I generally have no need for the old version once I get a new one.

David Watts · 03-07-2019, 12:31 PM

I play on a desktop with a 21 inch monitor

scott1964 · 03-07-2019, 06:27 PM

jimmysthebestcop · 03-07-2019, 07:02 PM

Think my 19 folder is around 20gb I'm rounding

NoOne · 03-08-2019, 07:06 PM

i don't do facegens and a lot of that type of stuff.

my 150+ year league is only 2.20 gigabytes. i have a backup.. .so game + ~5gb. i don't keep stuff in documents folder or any windows system directory. causes hassles in some contexts, so i just avoid to start.

inevitably there are some ootp-related files in the user directories, of course. pretty sure these are small potatoes.

Eugene Church · 03-08-2019, 08:44 PM

My 59-season league has only 64 teams in 8 divisions... no minors... use reserve rosters.

3,000,000 files... 50 gigabytes.

Westheim · 03-09-2019, 03:38 PM

Only use 19 for PT; my OOTP 16 has only my Raccoons league, which has 24 teams with three levels of minors in its 53rd season, tunes in just over 4.3 GB for the entire game folder.

NoOne · 03-10-2019, 10:17 PM

it's all about the news articles, history and player pictures -- however they are made.

if you turn it to 'on demand' for the pictures, i bet it knocks a ton of space off. plus, it will have a pic if you look at them -- even if in retirment. so, everyone that matters gets a face at some point. nothing lost, like history or news articles related settings. no way to avoid the bloat due to that stuff, if you want to keep it all.

a picture is worth a thousand news stories... maybe.. i don't know the size of the pics, lol.... they are 'heavier'. so, if you generate a pic for every player created at incepction, you could have millions (but, more likely tens-of-thousands) of pictures of players that never even reached the MLB. again, nothing lost if you put it to on-demand. you pull up ricky smits from 2022 A-ball team, whe then retired the next year, and it will generate a picture at that time.

jokerhusky1129 · 03-16-2019, 06:38 AM

Yes, I admit. I make a new "game" and just keep making new games. I don't go back and delete them lol. It's almost a fun thing to see how much the game ballooned when I go to delete an old one for a new one.

MizzouRah · 03-16-2019, 09:15 AM

1.68 GB - 10 years and still going

03-07-2019, 11:58 AM	#1
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 444	How large is your game? So, with OOTP 20 around the corner...time to delete OOTP 19. Now, last year when I deleted OOTP 18...it had ballooned to 220 GB. OOTP 19 this year? 273 GB! How large is everyone elses games?

03-07-2019, 12:03 PM	#2
Leo_The_Lip All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,703	You do know OOTP exists in at least 2 different directories? The .exe location (which could be in Steam) and the Documents folder(s) __________________ "My name will live forever" - Anonymous

03-07-2019, 12:04 PM	#3
Leo_The_Lip All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,703	And only a savage ever deletes a version of OOTP. __________________ "My name will live forever" - Anonymous

03-07-2019, 06:27 PM	#6
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,561 Blog Entries: 19	__________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

03-08-2019, 08:44 PM	#9
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,095 Blog Entries: 1	My 59-season league has only 64 teams in 8 divisions... no minors... use reserve rosters. 3,000,000 files... 50 gigabytes. Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-09-2019 at 08:55 PM.

03-07-2019, 12:07 PM	#4
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 444	Yes, I keep the documents part. But I generally have no need for the old version once I get a new one.

03-07-2019, 12:31 PM	#5
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 8,880	I play on a desktop with a 21 inch monitor

03-07-2019, 07:02 PM	#7
jimmysthebestcop Banned Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 1,728 Infractions: 0/2 (5)	Think my 19 folder is around 20gb I'm rounding

03-08-2019, 07:06 PM	#8
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	i don't do facegens and a lot of that type of stuff. my 150+ year league is only 2.20 gigabytes. i have a backup.. .so game + ~5gb. i don't keep stuff in documents folder or any windows system directory. causes hassles in some contexts, so i just avoid to start. inevitably there are some ootp-related files in the user directories, of course. pretty sure these are small potatoes.

03-09-2019, 03:38 PM	#10
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,905	Only use 19 for PT; my OOTP 16 has only my Raccoons league, which has 24 teams with three levels of minors in its 53rd season, tunes in just over 4.3 GB for the entire game folder. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-10-2019, 10:17 PM	#11
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	it's all about the news articles, history and player pictures -- however they are made. if you turn it to 'on demand' for the pictures, i bet it knocks a ton of space off. plus, it will have a pic if you look at them -- even if in retirment. so, everyone that matters gets a face at some point. nothing lost, like history or news articles related settings. no way to avoid the bloat due to that stuff, if you want to keep it all. a picture is worth a thousand news stories... maybe.. i don't know the size of the pics, lol.... they are 'heavier'. so, if you generate a pic for every player created at incepction, you could have millions (but, more likely tens-of-thousands) of pictures of players that never even reached the MLB. again, nothing lost if you put it to on-demand. you pull up ricky smits from 2022 A-ball team, whe then retired the next year, and it will generate a picture at that time. Last edited by NoOne; 03-10-2019 at 10:20 PM.

03-16-2019, 06:38 AM	#12
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 444	Yes, I admit. I make a new "game" and just keep making new games. I don't go back and delete them lol. It's almost a fun thing to see how much the game ballooned when I go to delete an old one for a new one.

03-16-2019, 09:15 AM	#13
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,251	1.68 GB - 10 years and still going