Downloading offline map after installation

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funmorning 19 May @ 9:11pm

Downloading offline map after installation

This game has been a game of that I have been trying to download but the download time is just a little too long (but it makes sense). I think that if you could add a offline map download after the game has been downloaded, it would be a very smooth download experience.

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trolley_trev has NIMBY Rails

21 May @ 2:20am

Can't play the game without a map, so what exactly do you mean?

mike059

21 May @ 5:09am

Hi,

The developer explained that streaming maps would be too expensive in terms of hosting.

But forcing all players to download 28GB of maps when most only use a tiny fraction of them isn't a good solution and is a restraint to purchasing the game.

A good solution is to take inspiration from other larges games (e.g., Xplane 11), where the map is divided into continents and each continent is a free DLC.

It costs the developer nothing because it's hosted on Steam. (This make the core game tiny)
It allows players to download only the parts of the map that interest them.

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