September 1st, 2023 - Patch Notes size does not equate to Patch Download size

September 1st, 2023

Patch Notes size does not equate to Patch Download size

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    1. Snutt

      But yeah, it's hard to say how much better it will actually get at this point.

      One thing I also want to point out is that it's a bit unfair for folks to make assumptions as to how much the binaries should change just based on what you see in patch notes and in the game.

      A single line in the patch notes doesn't imply that it's a small fix under the hood, and seemingly small fixes can sometimes boil down to quite extensive changes.

      I also often see the argument that we're just changing like a few lines of code and that should just be like a couple of kilobytes of change.

      And yes, that is true for source code, but source code is then compiled into machine code and then it's cooked and packaged with the rest of the resources the game uses in a

      quite complex packaging process.

      So to optimize how the game takes advantage of those resources during a load.

      So it's not quite that simple.