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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / October 2007HD Space Optimization...
Hi all, I play Counter Strike: Source and, as I believe most of you, the Steam directory keeps growing larger and larger (over 10 GBs now...). The problem is that some maps download almost thru the end and then they interrupt because "something" is missing (generally, a map...). So, I believe I have a lot of broken/incomplete maps. Plus, I have downloaded/played some maps I didn't like and I believe they are taking up space, too... Is there a way to selectively delete these maps? If not, what files can I safely delete to regain space, even if that means having to reload all the maps? Thank you in advance for any help u may provide... Ciao, Lupo Heh. 14 GB for me. ;) On 10/19/2007 6:47 AM PT, lupo666 typed: > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Ciao, Lupo  Signature"As when death smites the swollen brooding thing that inhabits their crawling hill and holds them all in sway, ants will wander witless and purposeless and then feebly die, so the creatures of Sauron, orc or troll or beast spell-enslaved, ran hither and thither mindless; and some slew themselves, or cast themselves in pits, or fled wailing back to hide in holes and dark lightless places far from hope." --The Return of the King (book) /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: philpi@earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant@zimage.com Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thank you in advance for any help u may provide... Can't help but my Valve folder is 23.5GB and growing. With the price of hard drives nowadays wouldn't it be better to spring for a new one? Even the poorest 14yr old round here could pick up one for the price of their weekly fags. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > can I safely delete to regain space, even if that means having to > reload all the maps? You can delete the counter-strike:source\cstrike\maps folder, and that'll remove all downloaded maps (the stock maps are bundled inside the .GCF file) In fact, everything thats outside the .GCF file is deletable without breaking your game. (Although if you delete the entire counter-strike:source folder you'll lose all your settings, aliases, binds, models, etc) SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench Hi all, thank you for your replies... Ben: the GCF files are quite huge, about 6GB, while the maps folder is about 3GB. I'll try your solution. But, exactly, technically, what are "STOCK" maps. The GCF files also keep growing... Shawk: FAGS? Is that Australian/British (Cigarettes) or American (Homosexuals)?!?!? :-))) I don't have a space problem yet, it's just that I try to keep my HD as lean as possible... Ciao, Lupo > > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > - Show quoted text - > Hi all, thank you for your replies... > > Shawk: FAGS? Is that Australian/British (Cigarettes) or American > (Homosexuals)?!?!? :-))) I don't have a space problem yet, it's just > that I try to keep my HD as lean as possible... TBH, in this neck of the woods either would probably fit... I'm in the UK. > Hi all, thank you for your replies... > > Ben: the GCF files are quite huge, about 6GB, while the maps folder is > about 3GB. I'll try your solution. But, exactly, technically, what are > "STOCK" maps. The GCF files also keep growing... By 'stock' maps I mean the official maps which come bundled with the game from Valve :) There's not a great deal you can do about the .GCF files. Yep, they seem to grow whenever there's an update released, but they store _everything_ which the games need to run (My .GCF files all together account for about 15GB, but that covers CS:S HL, HL2, Portal, TF2, TFC, DoD:S, CS... ) SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench GREAT! I just erased the maps directory contents, regained about 3GB and everything works like a charm! THX! I don't mind waiting for the maps to download again, but I can't stand useless files... One other thing: when I "Find Servers", with all the filters on (no pass, not full, humans playing), I get about 250/300 servers.. Is this a good number of servers? Can I do anything to get more? Thank you very much for all the help u r giving me... Ciao, Lupo > > Hi all, thank you for your replies... > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > Ben Cottrell AKA Bench > GREAT! I just erased the maps directory contents, regained about 3GB > and everything works like a charm! THX! I don't mind waiting for the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pass, not full, humans playing), I get about 250/300 servers.. Is this > a good number of servers? Can I do anything to get more? You could disable the filters, that's one way to get more :) But presumably you enabled the filters for a reason, and I think 250-300 is more than enough to be able to find a game. Remember that the more servers you're refreshing, the longer it takes to fill your list up. SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench Of course! :-))) Needless to say, I enabled all the filters because I don't the passwords for the protected ones, don't like bots and don't wanna wait hours for a slot opening somewheres... Another question: after "MAPS", the biggest directories are "SOUNDS" (1 GB) and "MATERIALS" (250MB), which seem to be related to the downloaded maps... Are they also safe to delete like MAPS? Thakn you very much for all this helpand patience... Ciao, Lupo > > GREAT! I just erased the maps directory contents, regained about 3GB > > and everything works like a charm! THX! I don't mind waiting for the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Ben Cottrell AKA Bench Anything is safe to delete in that folder, it just means that some of those Sounds used for custom maps will have to be re-downloaded the next time you want to play the map that the sounds use. What I'm saying is, no, it's not dangerous to delete those. > Of course! :-))) Needless to say, I enabled all the filters because I > don't the passwords for the protected ones, don't like bots and don't [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> -- >> Ben Cottrell AKA Bench 25.9Gb currently. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Ciao, Lupo SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Jethro Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com |
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