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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

Steam gets around this problem by doing the decompressing on the fly as you download. Go check out your CPU usage next time you install a game.

Edit: I think this is also why it defaults to not downloading while you game. Steam doesn't want you to have a bad experience from the decompression.

[–] Timbits@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 days ago (7 children)

More like check your hdd. Steam goes like this for me download, download, download, pause downloading to extract and smash my hdd, download, download, downloand.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is this why steam is so insanely slow to download games.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago

Could be a variety of things but yes. It also depends on the game and how compressible it's assets are.

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