What is official size of GW.dat file at the moment?
Rakeris
Indeed, thanks! Worked great, now down to 2.7gigs. ^^
shibbypower1
Does i need to download updates again or it will be copied from old Gw.dat file?
Aqualung
They'll be copied.
shibbypower1
Hmmm... when i runn GWSETUP.exe from my hdd it start to download updates. I tried 3 times and its same every time. Any suggestions?
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Need to runn Setup.exe not GWSETUP.exe
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Need to runn Setup.exe not GWSETUP.exe
Lex
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Originally Posted by Njaiguni Blaze
So, the conclusion is: there is no and never will be an official size.
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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.
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Now I have the question for ObiWan07 and next ppl who redownloaded/reinstalled GW & used his advice to modify ini file. After you use "gw.exe -image" how big file was downloaded? It was already 2.7GB then? OR It got smaller just AFTER reinstallation?
Rakeris in this thread said that he used "gw.exe -image" and got 6GB file... So.. what is going on?
And how did you find this way to get smaller file, ObiWan07? I'm asking about explanation here because I dont know German language.
Aqualung
I got a 9gb file after I download the entire game.
Copied the files, edited the ini and the game Reinstalled from the 9gb Gw.dat file to a 2.69gb gw.dat.
Copied the files, edited the ini and the game Reinstalled from the 9gb Gw.dat file to a 2.69gb gw.dat.
Rakeris
The size seems to be based on how fast you download. Which doesn't make much since...
But what ObiWan's idea does is makes the game install from your gw.dat file. So it will make a new gw.dat file that will have everything from your old one. But it will be a lot smaller...me thinks the client has some compressing problems or something.
But what ObiWan's idea does is makes the game install from your gw.dat file. So it will make a new gw.dat file that will have everything from your old one. But it will be a lot smaller...me thinks the client has some compressing problems or something.
EternalTempest
I've reloaded a pc very recently and re-installed GuildWars via web client. As soon as the main exe was loaded. Deleted the gw.dat file and did the image switch.
It downloaded about 5gb. I do know it should be under 3gb at size at the moment. I think that bug that Gaile reported fix about downloading factions.. twice via image switch is back.
It downloaded about 5gb. I do know it should be under 3gb at size at the moment. I think that bug that Gaile reported fix about downloading factions.. twice via image switch is back.
ObiWan07
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Originally Posted by Rafal
And how did you find this way to get smaller file, ObiWan07? I'm asking about explanation here because I dont know German language.
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For me the size problem only appears when GW tries to download and decompress at the same time.
So I think the decompress process tries to unzip an incomplete archive which ends in an CRC error, and instead of deleting the garbage right after, it is left in the file.
Gaile Gray
I have sent a note to QA asking them to check into this, because it seems odd that you'd need to jump through hoops to get the DAT to a reasonable size. I mean, it's great to have the helpful advice, but I want to make sure that it's necessary to take those steps.
QA is great about checking out bugs and getting back to me real promptly, so I'll have some info for you soon, and thanks for the reports!
QA is great about checking out bugs and getting back to me real promptly, so I'll have some info for you soon, and thanks for the reports!
MegaMouse
Must be a bug that I never caught. Both my gaming machine and my laptop have 2.61 gig dat files for Guild Wars. Truthfully I have never seen it get above 2.7 so I guess I got lucky.
Mega Mouse
Mega Mouse
fivoroth
Mine is 8.5 GB 
I really don't care how big it is.I've got about 150 GB of free disc space.
I really don't care how big it is.I've got about 150 GB of free disc space.
Angel Netherborn
Well, the more space it takes, the more your GW data is fragmented, and possibly the more time it takes to lookup and load.
Mine's like 3.5 gigs or so atm. Maybe I'll give Obiwan's tip a shot.
Mine's like 3.5 gigs or so atm. Maybe I'll give Obiwan's tip a shot.
Kuldebar Valiturus
Obiwan's tip works very well!
I went from 3.9 gig to 2.63 gig DAT file. I wasn't concerned about disk space, I just feel that a file shouldn't be larger than it need to be for efficiency reasons.
I went from 3.9 gig to 2.63 gig DAT file. I wasn't concerned about disk space, I just feel that a file shouldn't be larger than it need to be for efficiency reasons.
Lex
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Originally Posted by ObiWan07
I just tried everything possible, and I think there was one point during the installation process that was thought-provoking me.
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
I have sent a note to QA asking them to check into this, because it seems odd that you'd need to jump through hoops to get the DAT to a reasonable size. I mean, it's great to have the helpful advice, but I want to make sure that it's necessary to take those steps.
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Maybe there is really still some "trashed"/not needed data storaged in this file and maybe ANet could release some small "external tool/program" for cleaning this bad data out when game isnt running/connected to any server - that would be best method I think.
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Mine is 8.5 GB
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Big and fragmented file means also a little slower data loading
mega_jamie
3.71 gig here.
jiggerjay
3.38gig here
but i have over a terabyte so i am not too worried !
but i have over a terabyte so i am not too worried !
Njaiguni Blaze
And still I don't think there's an official size. I'm noy ignoring Gaile's comment, but everyone seems to have different sizes and it seems to make difference about what download speed you have.
It doesn't bother me though. Got enough room.
It doesn't bother me though. Got enough room.
Kuldebar Valiturus
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Originally Posted by Njaiguni Blaze
And still I don't think there's an official size. I'm noy ignoring Gaile's comment, but everyone seems to have different sizes and it seems to make difference about what download speed you have.
It doesn't bother me though. Got enough room. |
I'm not really certain what the extra gig in my DAT file contained, or if it had any impact on load times, etc.
EternalTempest
When I did the trick on page 2 to "shrink" the data file on my laptop and pc, the gw.dat file goes to the exact same size on both, and it's always smaller.
I'm not at those machines and can't give you the exact size atm but it's about 2.7 gb.
It also comes to play that some people are reporting file size, and other people are reporting the size on disk. It depends on where your looking at the file as to which size is reporting (size/size on disk).
I'm not at those machines and can't give you the exact size atm but it's about 2.7 gb.
It also comes to play that some people are reporting file size, and other people are reporting the size on disk. It depends on where your looking at the file as to which size is reporting (size/size on disk).
Kuldebar Valiturus
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Originally Posted by EternalTempest
When I did the trick on page 2 to "shrink" the data file on my laptop and pc, the gw.dat file goes to the exact same size on both, and it's always smaller.
I'm not at those machines and can't give you the exact size atm but it's about 2.7 gb. |
Tuor Son Of Huor
2.77GB Installed in June 2005. Although I know for a fact that it went as high as 4gb at one point.