Gw.dat file size at this moment

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zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

The German Order [GER]

Joined Jun 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 8:58 AM • #21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

Theory about it in German: http://guildwars-forum.onlinewelten....3&postcount=50

and http://guildwars-forum.onlinewelten....2&postcount=63

Basically the theory says, that the download is slower than the output on the disc. So the output writes a lot of zeros.

That seems like pretty stupid theory.

Why the hell would anyone design it like that, it just makes no sense.

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Astral Revenants

P/W

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 24, 2008 at 9:06 AM • #22

3.58. How do other people have such huge .dats?

Karuro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Mystic Spiral [MYST]

Joined Apr 2008

Apr 24, 2008 at 9:11 AM • #23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

3.58. How do other people have such huge .dats?

the DAT works in mysterious ways..
Could be it's all leftover data that isn't being used anymore.

After Image-ing, mine is: 3,56GB.
Have all 3 campaigns + EotN + BMP.

gmonster2

Academy Page

moo

E/Me

Joined Jul 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 9:14 AM • #24

I have all campaigns gw.dat file is up to date and is 3,589,993 kb .

Seef II

Desert Nomad

R/Mo

Joined Nov 2005

Apr 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM • #25

3.64 GB, though it pushed 3.9 previously.

racso

Ascalonian Squire

Joined Jul 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM • #26

Well, I let it download all night long, it finished already, at this moment, my gw.dat file is 3.54Gb.

Thank you all for sharing. Bye!

stretchs

Jungle Guide

Untimely Demise [Err了] - SOHK

Joined Sep 2007

Apr 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM • #27

From what I understand about the .dat file, is that people that tend to use alot of different characters & accounts increase their dat size by corruption. I have had mine close to 5GB before and had it go completely caput so I had to redl which was no fun. Currently all of my pc's have a dat file under 4GB, ranging from around 3.5 to 3.9. If you are getting up into the middle 4s, it may help things along (including game performance) by removing the dat file you have, and redownloading it.

cataphract

Forge Runner

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

Joined Aug 2005

Apr 24, 2008 at 1:46 PM • #28

Mine was over 9 GB a month ago. Will check it once I get home.

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Astral Revenants

P/W

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM • #29

Quote:

Originally Posted by cataphract

Mine was over 9 GB a month ago. Will check it once I get home.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeebuz!

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Joined Jan 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 2:16 PM • #30

Mine is 3.6, never -images.

Haodu

Krytan Explorer

Joined Aug 2005

Apr 24, 2008 at 2:34 PM • #31

3.6 afterr -image

Lamoureux

Ascalonian Squire

Mo/

Joined Apr 2008

Apr 24, 2008 at 2:39 PM • #32

Did a fresh install last night. Then I -image'd it and it's at 3.55gb.

Mister_Smiley

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Mar 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 2:41 PM • #33

3.56gb all chapters + expansion.

FrAnt1c??

Forge Runner

Legion Of Sacred Light [LSL]

Mo/

Joined Jan 2007

Apr 24, 2008 at 3:01 PM • #34

3.60 GB after -image

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Joined Sep 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM • #35

Hmm.. maybe I need to clean mine up...

hmmmm

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

Joined Nov 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 4:05 PM • #36

/image : 4.20Gb

File size: 4.516.952.576 bytes

Disk space used(NTFS): 4.516.954.112 bytes

Tarkin

Jungle Guide

W/N

Joined Dec 2005

Apr 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM • #37

NTFS system

Size 3,66 GB (3.934.036.480 bytes)
Size in disk 3,66 GB (3.934.040.064 bytes)

i used -image before get the size and dont download anything.

LOL my arenanet.log file. 120 KB (123.888 bytes)

First crash

*--> Crash <--*
Assertion:
DxDev.cpp(1518)
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 11750
When: 8/7/2005 23:03:52
Flags: 0

Last one

*--> Crash <--*
Exception: c000001e
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 25132
When: 2/12/2008 13:21:49
Flags: 0

JeniM

Desert Nomad

W/E

Joined May 2007

Apr 24, 2008 at 4:44 PM • #38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Drops Az

Hmm.. maybe I need to clean mine up...

hmmmm

Over 13GB

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Joined Sep 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 4:48 PM • #39

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeniM

Over 13GB

hehe 8 accounts does that I guess

I am uploading an image as we speak.

Procrastination ftw!

oh and I have that 13 GB on three diff GW files too o.O

Snograt

rattus rattus

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

Joined Jan 2006

Apr 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM • #40

3.56 to around 3.7 is about right. Anything above that is good ol' "dat-bloat" which I suffered from myself. One theory is that old dats have disused items in there that never got deleted during updates - I don't know for sure.

Oh, and Miss Drops Az? How come your PC is set to open .dat files with Windows Media Player by default?