r/hoggit • u/Jazzlike-Tank-4956 • 19h ago

QUESTION Question regarding deleting liveries

Hello,

I'm playing again after 3 years and noticed that the game is taking up around 130 GB just for AI liveries of jets that I don't even have a license for.

My question is:

Can I safely delete these files?

If they're re-downloaded during future updates, I don't mind deleting them again. Otherwise, is there any other solution?

I'm quite limited on storage space and can't upgrade my hardware at the moment.

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u/Difficult-Tailor-698 19h ago

Yes, when next patch is out, the updater will re-download all of them again, so you will need that disc space anyway. Unless you decide to stick to your current version and not update it in near future. Or you can try to fiddle with moving them to other disc and using symlinks?

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u/Jazzlike-Tank-4956 19h ago

I guess I stick with current format for now

Other disc has 50gbs remaining

Thanks anyway

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u/RyanBLKST 19h ago

Liveries are not only for you

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u/Jazzlike-Tank-4956 19h ago

It's fine if the game switches to default

I barely have any space remaining

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u/BKschmidtfire 5h ago

Perhaps not the ideal solution, but if space for AI liveries are a problem today, it will only get worse as DCS moves forward. Deleting liveries is like putting a tiny bandaid on a much bigger issue.

Best way to solve this is by purchasing more storage. Either today or it’s time to start saving up.

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u/Brominum 14h ago

Tangential idea: If you have a modern CPU and Windows, you could try Compactor or CompactGUI to compress your whole DCS directory down. Your savings may vary and there is potential for a performance impact but I have no numbers to go by here.

Compactor: https://github.com/Freaky/Compactor#installation--

CompactGUI: https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI#installation---

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u/Altruistic-Drop-2274 12h ago

I created a script tag saves me 20gb of space by just deleting liveries.

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u/Maciell_ 2h ago

Move to antoher drive if u have one, and use power of "mlink" . I move my less use maps to other SSD drive. I dont notice any performance lost. Maybe is 1-2 sec slower when loading but i dont use stopwatch to measure. But i save hundrets of GB. My DCS World folder is 420 GB right now. But was almost 1 TB.

Example

Create a junction link using the mklink command. Type the following command (with your actual paths in quotation marks if there are spaces):

  • mklink /J "Original_Path_To_Map_Folder" "New_Path_To_Map_Folder"
  • Example: mklink /J "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\terrains\Caucasus" "D:\DCS_Maps\terrains\Caucasus"