The large Helldivers 2 build will be completely removed from Steam on March 17 : helldivers2

[+] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Until they push this update to remove the larger build entirely, you can select the slim version by going to the game properties and checking the beta builds. It’s the “slim_prod” option.

In your Steam game menu, you should also see “[slim_prod]” next to the Helldivers listing.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 months ago

No wonder it was still ~130GB when I reinstalled recently expecting it to be half that. I was not aware it wasn't pushed out to the normal install.

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I did that a while ago. Do I have to undo that, once they get rid of the fat version?

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

I’m not sure. I’d guess when they make the slim version the main branch (and thus no more prod_slim beta), Steam will just remove the beta and install the main version.

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Think the teeny one has been default for a bit now

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You still have to opt in, theyr probably doing this cuz near everyone did

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

No, I think they shifted that to the standard one. I don't know why they kept the "slim" beta around, though.

[–] Dalraz@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As long as you don't break it on Linux I will be happy.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

The large build? I reckon it will be broken on Linux, by being removed

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's the difference between these builds?

[–] GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The large build contains a ton of duplicate data in an attempt to optimize for hard drives and is roughly 150 GB, the slim build cuts out the duplicate data and is closer to 30 GB.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's weird, the game is only 23GB here?

[–] GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Yep that’s the slim one, which is the default one now, even my 30 GB estimate was too big haha