• loutr@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    1 month ago

    It requires 16GB RAM, which is perfectly acceptable. But it can use more if available, for high res textures I assume. Which are streamed from Microsoft’s servers, explaining in part the difference between install size and max memory requirements.

    • nik9000@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 month ago

      My guess is the big video ram is high resolution textures, complex geometry, and a long draw distance. I honestly don’t know much about video games though.

      The smaller install is totally the map streaming stuff. I’m unsure quite why it has to be so big, but again, I don’t know video games. I do recall you having to tell it where you want to start from and it’ll download some stuff there.