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    TF2 Download

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hydroxs, Dec 29, 2008.

  1. hydroxs

    hydroxs Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know how big tf2 is when you download it from stream. I have portal installed and i'm looking to buy tf2 before the sell ends.
     
    hydroxs, Dec 29, 2008
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    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    around 8gb
     
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  3. crash

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    Mine says it takes us 7072 MB.
     
    crash, Dec 29, 2008
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  4. Jlbrightbill

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    Source games use a lot of files in common so since you already have Portal, TF2 won't be a big download at all.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Dec 29, 2008
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    same here

    10char
     
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  6. crash

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    I have the many other Source games, and my TF2 install says 7072. I don't know if that's including shared files or not though.
     
    crash, Dec 29, 2008
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  7. Jlbrightbill

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    It includes shared files -- if you went to download Left 4 Dead it would be a small fraction of the full download because of all the Source shared GCFs.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Dec 30, 2008
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    That makes sense. It'll still be several GB though... I can't imagine the shared files taking up more than half of the total space.
     
    crash, Dec 30, 2008
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    depends on the game. tf2 after already installing portal wont be too heavy. they use the same engine. id say half the assets are downloaded already. 3.5GB more for tf2.
     
    masterchef341, Dec 30, 2008
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  10. hydroxs

    hydroxs Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks. Guess I'll buy the cd version since it will take me a day to download lol.
     
    hydroxs, Dec 30, 2008
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    what is the speed of your internet?
     
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  12. unknown555525

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    Team Fortress 2 is an extra 3260 MB if you already have Portal, or HL2 ep 2 installed. Without those installed it's close to 8GB.

    At full speed on a 768k DSL connection it would take 22 hours and 50 minutes to download TF2 if you do not have any other source game installed.

    Even if you buy the game retail, you will still have to download the updates for the game, which are an extra several hundred megabytes.
     
    unknown555525, Dec 30, 2008
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  13. crash

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    Even after installing TF2 from the CD, Steam will need to install several hundred MBs of updates for TF2. Couldn't you just start the download before you go to bed and it'll be almost done by morning? Unless of course you have dial-up :p
     
    crash, Dec 30, 2008
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  14. hydroxs

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    I'm home from winter break so I am on dsl which downloads at 125 KB/s. I just bought it and it started at 45%. This is going to be while :) lol
     
    hydroxs, Dec 30, 2008
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    The download meter isnt very accurate...
     
    flipfire, Dec 30, 2008
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  16. hydroxs

    hydroxs Notebook Enthusiast

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    My modem is cap at 1472 kbps so it takes about 11 hours at full speed.
     
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  17. Jlbrightbill

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    What's your Steam username!

    I'll add you and hit up some TF2 action.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Dec 30, 2008
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  18. MainEvent

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    The retail DVD won't reflect the 50% discount as Steam online, FYI. Just leave it downloading overnight as others have said, then make a backup so you have it on discs from now on.
     
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    Join the NBR group in steam so you will see other NBR gamers.
     
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  21. hydroxs

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    My account name is hydroxs. I having problems with tf2 now. It is using about all my ram (2gb) and I get an out of memory error.
     
    hydroxs, Dec 31, 2008
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