How big is yours?

[Suicide Junkie]

Well, I used to have three different SE4 Versions installed, with all the old Versions of Piratesmod and P&N, TDM and stuff.

Sadly, I now have zero files on my home computer.

[Captain Kwok]

I have 11,473 files and 504,972Kb in my Space Empires Directory! Ha Ha Ha!

This is also my 800th post. I'm officially a Captain now.

[Crazy_Dog]

354.263.434 bytes
8126 files
149 folders

And i have an 120 gb disk http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[geoschmo]

Can I count the PBW server in mine? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[President_Elect_Shang]

I have SE one, two, and three still installed, I'm just to lazy to remove them. In addition I have two installations of SE4 (original and personal pre-gold mod) and two installations of SE4g (original and personal gold upgraded mod).

Anyway it doesn't matter how big it is, it's how you use it that counts! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[ December 03, 2002, 14:59: Message edited by: President Elect Shang ]

[Deathstalker]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Just did a look see (properties) of my Shrapnel folder. Rather scared right now.

1,416,787,881.

1.31 GB, 41.463 files in 836 folders.

guess I gotta uninstall all those old patched Versions of se4 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[mlmbd]

248MB, 291,405,824
5,246, 98 Folders
But I have only been at this for 2 months!

President Elect Shang, Anyway it doesn't matter how big it is, it's how you use it that counts! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You don't honestly believe that, do you? You are some sort of Psychologist, Sociologist, Physiatrist type person. Correct? Wonder what that statement says about the inner you?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Gryphin]

mlmbd
ya know, there is an inverse ration between the size of a guys car engine and his other engine. I wonder if this applys to SEIV folders.

[Wardad]

Giga Bytes? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

I have Bigga Bytes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Ragnarok]

Well, besides Deathstalker I seem to have alot of you beat.

798,224,384.
18,038 files.
607 folders.
70 races or more.
10 mods. Those are:
AST-Mod
DeathstalkerMountModGold
DevnullModGold
FQModDeluxe
P&N V3.1
Proportions
TDB 1.5 fix(Needed for PBW game)
TDB 2.0 fix(Needed for PBW game)
TDM-Modpack
Total Annihilation mod (Needed for PBW game)

That's it for me.
Edit: Oh, and that's a grand total of 723MB
Edit #2: I also have the image modpack.

[ December 03, 2002, 16:30: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[President_Elect_Shang]

mlmbd, I am working on my degree in Psychology! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif And we won't go into details but I have three kids and had to tie it off or break my poor wife down even more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I got it and KNOW how to use it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
Besides mlmbd that is still smaller than mine!

The inner me is a perverted kid!

[ December 03, 2002, 16:37: Message edited by: President Elect Shang ]

[henk brouwer]

413 MB.. which is quite a lot on my machine, I have only a 2gb harddisk.. (and it's been on my harddisk non-stop since the demo came out)

[Suicide Junkie]

Hey, Prez, you never did state your space!
You shouldn't be making claims like that before you give a number!

[Alpha Kodiak]

Arrrggghhh! You would make me look. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Size: 829 MB (869,394,080 bytes)
Size on Disk: 1.06 GB (1,143,357,440 bytes)
Contains: 20,754 Files, 425 Folders

That doesn't count the stuff in the Povray directory for creating ship sets.

[DaftWager]

1.34 GB (1,444,020,224 bytes)
21,313 Files, 509 Folders

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Ragnarok]

Man, and the way Dogscoff talked no one would get a higher number then him. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif It's interesting to see how much space on their computers people dedicate to this great game though.

[President_Elect_Shang]

You are right SJ. But I know mine ain't the biggest. It's just big enough to get the job done. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Krsqk]

Space for SEIV Classic:
497MB (521,198,433 bytes); 15847 files/402 folders
Gold:
605 MB (634,792,973 bytes); 15280 files/465 folders
SEIV SUBTOTAL:
1.08GB (1,155,991,406 bytes); 31127 files/867 folders
SE3:
12.8MB (13,472,781); 318 files/16 folders
Space Empires Series TOTAL:
1.09GB (1,169,464,187 bytes); 31445 files/883 folders

Man, SE3 was small. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Ed Kolis]

11,303 files, 306 folders, 515,007,023 bytes! Hah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

(edit: oh, forgot to read the second page http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif )

[ December 03, 2002, 19:04: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]

[capnq]

You know, it never occurred to me to that the folder's Properties would show that. Thanks, Deathstalker!

My Shrapnel folder is a mere 967,402,977 bytes, but it's in 22,274 files and 586 folders. I've also got a separate "SE IV files" folder with 14,087,019 bytes, 40 files, and 3 folders; I keep backups of my PBW .zip files and unfinished mods there, as well as my drafts and notes for History of the Galaxy II, and some backup copies of shipsets. I've also got 4 floppies with more backups on them, which I'm not going to count because there are some duplicates from the other backup folder.

[ December 03, 2002, 19:47: Message edited by: capnq ]

[Fyron]

Gold:
1.07 GB (1,153,982,464 bytes), 28,767 files, 959 folders
Normal:
845 MB (886,444,032 bytes), 24,292 files, 657
SE4 Downloads Archive Folder (includes PBW game files):
1.18 GB (1,271,582,720 bytes), 3,430 files, 99 folders

Muahahahaha!

[TerranC]

Not very large:

458 MB
542 MB used

263 folders
10104 files

[Taz-in-Space]

MINE is SO big...Oh, it's not that kind of thread... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[dogscoff]

My Space Empires IV Gold directory currently stands at 474,119,514 bytes. That's 11,245 files in 326 folders.

That includes 54+20 races (+6 neutrals), half a dozen savegames, Devnullmod, FQM, P&N, 2 Versions of Proportions, Ultimate vehiclesize, the full image mod and my forthcoming neo-expansion pack.

Come on, who can beat that?

[Gryphin]

don't know you know "size doesn't matter" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
To answer your question, I can't. Not even with putting a copy of all of my races and FMQ under TDM directory.
Gottal love 20 gig drives.

[Kamog]

Originally posted by mlmbd:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Anyway it doesn't matter how big it is, it's how you use it that counts! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You don't honestly believe that, do you? You are some sort of Psychologist, Sociologist, Physiatrist type person. Correct? Wonder what that statement says about the inner you?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, size matters. Bigger is better, but only up to a certain point. If you draw a graph with size on the horizontal axis and the valuation rate on the vertical axis, you get a curve that rises first, reaches a maximum, and then drops off. The optimal size occurs where the tangent line is horizontal, i.e. the first derivative is equal to zero.

[mlmbd]

President Elect Shang, I wish you well with your studies. Whatever level of degree it is. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif As to Besides mlmbd that is still smaller than mine! <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Great, because according to you; had to tie it off or break my poor wife down even more. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">so I am much better off! Now The inner me is a perverted kid! <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I thought I spotted a kindred spirit! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Kamog, my point exactly!

Taz, it seems to turning into "that kind of thread".

mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Kamog]

This thread was doomed from the beginning to turn into "that kind" of thread because of its title.

[Desdinova]

897 MB (940,743,592 bytes) 13,211 files 349 folders

[President_Elect_Shang]

LOL, you got me mlmbd. I plead guilty! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[President_Elect_Shang]

For the size of the beast:

SE1= 389 KB 5 files, 0 folders
SE2= 1.5 MB 16 files, 0 folders
SE3= 6.88 MB 172 files, 7 folders
SE4c= 246 MB 6,214 files, 133 folders
SE4g= 315 MB 6,341 files, 123 folders
Personal Mod SE4's
SE4c= 281 MB 6,644 files, 92 folders (I keep this one for refrence only as I work on the gold Version)
SE4g= 319 MB 7,013 files/ 98 folders

Finally extra races that I keep in a seperate directory:
Races= 68.2 MB 2,910 files/ 31 folders.

That's all folks. Not much but it is getting the job done for me.

[ December 05, 2002, 02:02: Message edited by: President Elect Shang ]

[President_Elect_Shang]

Originally posted by Kamog:
This thread was doomed from the beginning to turn into "that kind" of thread because of its title.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And you expected...What?

[mlmbd]

Gryphin, tell me more about this ratio!

President Elect Shang, LOL, you got me mlmbd. I plead guilty! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Always glad to be of assistance!

I have a small correction from;
248MB, 291,405,824
5,246 Files, 98 Folders
But I have only been at this for 2 months! <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I forgot all the image files, for SEIV. So the adjusted totals are;

360 MB, 413,691,904 bytes
6,461 Files, 132 Folders

mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[President_Elect_Shang]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
mlmbd, just something I heard.
Besides, if you know the Gryphin Position it does not matter. Hmm, come to think of it, I don't own a car and I have a fairly small total dedicated to SEIV on my system. Espcialy true if you do it percentage wize. My secnic pictures and graphic programs take up close to 4 times as much space. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif No, I won't tell you what the senic pictures are of. Hint, I love the mountains and deserts. The ocean is boring.
Work install does not count since I don't play it.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I have a great link for scenic pictures. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Phoenix-D]

"No, I won't tell you what the senic pictures are of. Hint, I love the mountains and deserts. The ocean is boring."

Grrrrrr. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Phoenix-D

[Gryphin]

mlmbd, just something I heard.
Besides, if you know the Gryphin Position it does not matter. Hmm, come to think of it, I don't own a car and I have a fairly small total dedicated to SEIV on my system. Espcialy true if you do it percentage wize. My secnic pictures and graphic programs take up close to 4 times as much space. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif No, I won't tell you what the senic pictures are of. Hint, I love the mountains and deserts. The ocean is boring.
Work install does not count since I don't play it.

[ December 05, 2002, 13:37: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[mlmbd]

Gryphin, you are quoting here say now! Tisk, tisk, tisk!! Schande auf Ihnen! Translation; "Shame on you"!

President Elect Shang, fell like sharing the link with the class?

Speaking of sharing, Herr Gryphin! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Instar]

someone could cheat and be using like FAT16
people with NTFS or FAT32 are at disadvantage here

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Instar:
someone could cheat and be using like FAT16
people with NTFS or FAT32 are at disadvantage here<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Ed Kolis]

Hey, how come you got one of those cool avatars... <grumble grumble I guess I'll just go and make my own> http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Erax]

Jeez, who cares about the size ? Playing the game is the important part ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[dogscoff]

*bump*, for educational purposes...

[Andrés]

Well my old computer has a small 3Gb so I have to optimize how I use disk space.
I reduced most pictures to 256 colors and and saved them as RLE encoded bmps, and zip mods I'm not using.
So even if I have nearly 200 shipsets, the entire se4 directory is less than 300 mb.

[dogscoff]

Awww.... Andres, that really disapponits me. I knew you had hundreds of races installed, and I was really looking forward to some astronomically huge HD install. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

How dare you be so economical? You have to consume, consume, consume!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Gryphin]

We should all chip in and get Andres a new hardrive for Yule

[mottlee]

Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:
Well my old computer has a small 3Gb so I have to optimize how I use disk space.
I reduced most pictures to 256 colors and and saved them as RLE encoded bmps, and zip mods I'm not using.
So even if I have nearly 200 shipsets, the entire se4 directory is less than 300 mb.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well I have 1-gig on you as to drive, I have to look and see just how large it is (I can not bypass the EXE file http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) I hace like 4 mods and 6 extra ship sets http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[mlmbd]

Gryphin, We should all chip in and get Andres a new hardrive for Yule <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Count me in! Better, I will supply the HD and the pool money could be used for shipping!

mlmbd http://www.shrapnelgames.com//ubb/icons/icon6.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Andrés]

I had posted this only as a comment and information, by reducing color depth to 256 colors and using RLE encoded bitmaps I could reduce the installed size of an average shipset to a little more than half a Mb with barely noticeable (if any) change in picture quality.
I don’t think I’m the only want who wants to save HD space, and this should be helpful for others.

I feel a little uncomfortable with this change of topic to "get Andrés a new HD".
I don’t feel I have given you enough for such generosity. And I would feel obliged to repay you, if I get anything.

Adding a new larger HD to my old pentium II may help, but I can manage with this one, I just need to make some room from time to time. And there were other things that were higher in my priority list, increasing the 32Mb of memory should allow me to run 3dstudio more smoothly (and make shipsets without having to test my patience so much), and replacing the CD-ROM that does not work anymore.

Last year (2001) I was considering to get a whole new computer, but my economic situation this year wasn't as good as I expected (the worst part of course is that it wasn’t just me but everybody else around here) and there was always something more important than fixing a computer that after all keeps working.

For example I just spent $ 130 (arg. pesos that Last year used to be as good as american dollars), a sum that looks like a fortune for my devaluated salary that of course has not increased as all prices have, to get a new inkjet cartridge with only 22.8 ml of ink. After spending the whole week trying in vain to get a used recycled one because my old one was short-circuited and refilling it, that is what everybody does these days wouldn't help.

[Suicide Junkie]

Well, mine is only a paltry 1.38 Gigs of disk space.
(24,129 files, 762 folders, 1,175,049,182 bytes of data, FAT32)

Not counting about 400megs on a RW-CD as a portable game install to carry to and from work, so I can play my game anytime on any machine (with a RW-drive, but they're pretty common now).

[mottlee]

Originally posted by mottlee:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:
Well my old computer has a small 3Gb so I have to optimize how I use disk space.
I reduced most pictures to 256 colors and and saved them as RLE encoded bmps, and zip mods I'm not using.
So even if I have nearly 200 shipsets, the entire se4 directory is less than 300 mb.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well I have 1-gig on you as to drive, I have to look and see just how large it is (I can not bypass the EXE file http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) I hace like 4 mods and 6 extra ship sets http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">OK OK OK 345 MB http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif