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xenial-black

Fortnite doubled in size

I first installed fortnite in a wrong drive (C:), i noticed this and cancelled the download, it was 32 gb in size, after choosing the correct path it now wants to download 69 gbs of files, i've tried resetting the cache and heroic, changing the path back, etc. doesn't go back down to 32 gb. I'm using windows 10.
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harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
Did you try clearing Heroic cache?
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
yes both cache and resetting heroic
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
Then you would likely want to look at Heroic logs to see what it actually wants to download there Eg two copies somehow or just UI reporting nonsense
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
one sec im gonna try something so, im gonna press download and then check logs right?
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
Yep
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
ok one sec pls now its failing to get download size stuck
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
Log out from epic and log back in
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
on it ok got 69 gb again
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
shows this
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xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
heres log file
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
heres what its downloading apparently
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harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
(18:01:03) DEBUG: [Legendary]: Using cached install info
I don't use Windows or encountered that problem but this is probably the issue Maybe pass cleanup to Legendary?
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
ok, how can i do that? like do i reinstall or smt?
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
You don't reinstall but use Legendary seperately with that option passed. https://github.com/derrod/legendary#usage Then go back to whatever you're doing with Heroic but mine is just an assumption that it might be a legendary issue Someone like @Linguin would know better
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
not sure what's going on here is it new season or something? Could it be that they changed SDL config?
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
😦
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
I first installed fortnite in a wrong drive (C:), i noticed this and cancelled the download, it was 32 gb in size, after choosing the correct path it now wants to download 69 gbs of files, i've tried resetting the cache and heroic, changing the path back, etc. doesn't go back down to 32 gb. I'm using windows 10.
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
idk, it worked at first
harsh-harlequin
harsh-harlequin•3y ago
I mean that doesn't sound like that
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
im reinstalling lol didnt work :B ok so please eli5 how to do that cleanup thing i just see a massive wall of text nvm im a god gamer
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
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xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
same problem lmao
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xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
deleted cache, reset heroic, did cleanup using legendary same problem
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
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xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
Ok so I managed to login and download fortnite Using legendary I just have to do it in the correct folder Can you help me out? @"Leopard"
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
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xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
need to change that idk how Did it
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
AND ITS ON D:
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xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
:Legosmile:
equal-aqua
equal-aqua•3y ago
I clicked the install button for fornite and it shows those numbers (69Gb to download) that seem's to be the correct value maybe the 30gb value was wrong? I'd suggest comparing the download size between heroic and the official epic launcher, if they are different I think that's something to report to legendary since we don't calculate the download size, legendary reads that from the game manifest
xenial-black
xenial-blackOP•3y ago
nope can confirm i downloaded it using legendary only downloaded 32 gb and its working once imported to heroic Tutorial win 10: Download legendary, open legendary.exe. once booted into cmd type legendary.exe install Fortnite --base-path desiredinstallationpathhere thats it

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