How large is the Maplestory folder?
I came back and wanted to install it. Needs 6.8 GB. Okay. Then the actual files take even more space. My potato of a laptop can't handle this! So how large is the Maplestory folder? Not including the ridiculous 6.8 gb files needed to install this 2D game...I'm downloading Maplestory, not World of Warcraft.
February 16, 2015
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[quote=Harry923]@BobR: If I would send a ticket, would they attempt to fix it?[/quote]
If you send in a ticket on it, it would at least let them know another player is having trouble with it.
It's been happening so long they need to know it's affecting a lot of people.
@BobR: If I would send a ticket, would they attempt to fix it?
[quote=Harry923]Do you know how to fix error 11004 btw? Will it be gone by next maintenance?[/quote]
Unfortunately that one has been around for a long time and only Nexon can fix it.
@BobR: ohhhh. Thanks a lot. I saw folder with name akso something with symbols and they had temp files in them.
Deleted it and all fine now ^^ Do you know how to fix error 11004 btw? Will it be gone by next maintenance?
@HumanoidNL No... the MSSetupvxxx.exe files are just the "installation" files and once the game is installed and running you don't need them any more.
You can delete them to save space on your hard drive.
They ARE handy to keep around though if you have room on your hard drive, because you can re-install the game from them if you ever need to instead of re-downloading the whole thing again.
Also you can easily copy them to another computer and install the game on the other computer from them if you ever need to do that.
@Tenka
@Harry923
If your Maplestory folder is larger than 7.5 GB, it's likely you have one or more FAILED patch files in it just wasting your disk space.
When a patch fails for whatever reason it also fails to delete the temporary files it downloads to do the patch. These failed patch folders build up over time and can eat up a significant amount of disk space for no reason.
Check inside your Maplestory folder for any folders with "garbage" names like "jkpkoskhem$$$".
Those are the failed patches and they can be deleted to free up disk space.
I'm glad that today's computers sold in stores contain 500+ gb HD
[quote=HumanoidNL]Will there be any problems while playing maplestory after you delete the MSSETUPvxxx.exe files?[/quote]
Nope. You can delete those.
[quote=BobR]@deathprinny After the game is installed and ready to play, the Maplestory folder is a little more than 7.5GB.
BUT- in order to install the game you actually need about 4 TIMES that much free disk space on your hard drive.
First you need to download the installer file(s) which is about 7.5GB
Then when you start the install, the installation process unarchives a Maplestory.msi file into a Windows TEMP folder, which uses up ANOTHER 7.5GB.
Then it creates a new temporary folder and extracts all the files from the Windows temp folder into this new folder, using ANOTHER 7.5GB.
Then finally it copies the game files into the final Maplestory folder, using ANOTHER 7.5GB.
That's a total of more than 30GB used on your hard drive.
IIf the installation process is successful, the installer program should delete the temporary files, releasing about 15GB back to free space.
Once you're sure the game is working properly you can delete the MSSETUPvxxx.exe installation file(s) to save another 7.5GB.
Then all Maplestory will take up is 7.5+GB.
But you need at least 30GB free just to install it.
Actually you need more than that because if Windows has to use Virtual Memory during the installation it may take up some of the free space on the disk for itself.
If you run completely out of disk space, Windows can become extremely cranky and lag and stutter terribly if it needs Virtual Memory, or just crash with an "Out of Memory" error.[/quote]
Will there be any problems while playing maplestory after you delete the MSSETUPvxxx.exe files?
Around 9 to 10 GB. This game file became so larger than before.
9.56GB on mine.
Also, throw more coal to your laptop to make it faster.
lol, you're gonna need double + extra to cover patching.
so the game is a bit over 16gb to be maintained.
external HDD is one the expensive solution, or delete your junk for cheapest.
@deathprinny After the game is installed and ready to play, the Maplestory folder is a little more than 7.5GB.
BUT- in order to install the game you actually need about 4 TIMES that much free disk space on your hard drive.
First you need to download the installer file(s) which is about 7.5GB
Then when you start the install, the installation process unarchives a Maplestory.msi file into a Windows TEMP folder, which uses up ANOTHER 7.5GB.
Then it creates a new temporary folder and extracts all the files from the Windows temp folder into this new folder, using ANOTHER 7.5GB.
Then finally it copies the game files into the final Maplestory folder, using ANOTHER 7.5GB.
That's a total of more than 30GB used on your hard drive.
IIf the installation process is successful, the installer program should delete the temporary files, releasing about 15GB back to free space.
Once you're sure the game is working properly you can delete the MSSETUPvxxx.exe installation file(s) to save another 7.5GB.
Then all Maplestory will take up is 7.5+GB.
But you need at least 30GB free just to install it.
Actually you need more than that because if Windows has to use Virtual Memory during the installation it may take up some of the free space on the disk for itself.
If you run completely out of disk space, Windows can become extremely cranky and lag and stutter terribly if it needs Virtual Memory, or just crash with an "Out of Memory" error.
mine is 6.8
@Uonatrik u gotta clean ur files D=
My maplestory folder is 7.6GB. o.o
Its ridiculous tbh