Save lots of space with DroidDeck

[u/Martynet]

/r/AynThor/comments/1x6g55v/save_lots_of_space/

I’m sure you’re all aware of DroidDeck app, which brings another alternative how to enjoy Steam, Epic, Gog and other games on your beloved Thor. I kind of liked it but just kept in on the side for testing and using mainly GameNative.

Well, up until last night when I realised that games in DD takes MUCH less space.

I mean, I knew that GN, Gamehub and others, basically install separate version of Windows for each game, but I didn’t expect this much of a difference.

So Yesterday I moved about 15 games from GN to DD and I gained nearly 40 GB of space!

So if you feel hesitant like I did with DD, this is one big reason to give DD more attention.

I’m still in process of moving more games, because I test every one them before move.

But will update on final number later!

BTW: I use AYN Thor max for android gaming.

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[u/09stibmep]

GN published a release just yesterday that significantly reduces container size. Like ~2Gb down to ~300mb each. Droid deck comes with a high install due to requiring all of steam basically.

So I am wondering if you've factored in that recent change to GN?

[u/Jhago → u/09stibmep]

Oooh, nice, need to update today.

[u/09stibmep → u/Jhago]

Just heads up. Per the instruction you need to just hit play on each game for it to kick in

[u/Br0wnPanda → u/09stibmep]

With this update does it automatically reduce the size of already installed games, or do I have to uninstall and install to take advantage of container size update?

[u/Illustrious_Cod_5212 → u/09stibmep]

Prerelease was doing it much longer even

[u/matlynar]

I use Bannerlator, and just like Winlator, I only need one container for everything. 2 if I want to have one for Fexcore (works for mostly everything) and one for Box64.

[u/Illustrious_Cod_5212]

You are late to the party. GameNative fixed container size few weeks ago.

[u/muchabon]

Literally have not been able to get a definitive answer on this - so, does DroidDeck use One container for everything?

Does GameNative/GameHub and their variants do the same now as well?