Patch 1.10 - Why Download 24GB ??

FuzzyDunlop81 · December 2015

I have been using ESO since launch and have had intermittent problems with patches, which are made worse by having a slow'ish internet speed where I live.

This week the 1.10 patch is making me download 24GB as other people have noted. I of course would like to know why?

I always work with around 25 - 30GB of spare space on my HDD and I was unable to start the download of the patch until I freed up 50GB of space.... to do this I had to delete a 19GB game!!

Now the patch is downloading and it is taking a loooooooooong time. Longer than 24GB would normally take.

..... and apparently the patch is only 450MB.

So between Sony & Zenimax.... WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

terrordactyl1971 · December 2015

Nope, 24gb is total game file size - the download is the last 450mb of that file that already exists on your HDD. It's called an incremental download.

FuzzyDunlop81 · December 2015

Thanks for the reply, but did you read my message fully?

I had to download the FULL 24GBs. I did not just download the small file you refer to.

I am familiar with the incremental patch and that did not happen.

Hence the question in the first place

FuzzyDunlop81 · December 2015

Have a look at this screenshot if you can.... that was part-way through the 24GBs that I downloaded. Or so it tells me.

It certainly took overnight and a good few hours on Friday to complete.

Maybe 99% of it is a ghost download?... and maybe the Zenimax server is telling me PS4 that there is a download happening but really nothing happens until I get to the bit I really do need?

I do know that my file size for ESO is the same as my friends, so I don't know WTF is going on.

But this isn't normal thats for sure!