Chapter 203 Hard Drive Crisis
"You mean, when NPCs evolve, the game client will become more bloated?"
“That’s right!”
Chen Ba frowned and said, "NPC evolution from level 1 to level 9 will not generate additional resources. After all, the client includes this part of the content."
"But after the NPC evolves to the 10th level, the game will generate some new resource files..."
This process is quite covert.
It was so hidden that Chen Ba didn't notice it at first, and ordinary players would not notice it either. After all, everyone's attention is more focused on the game. As for the changes outside the game, who would care? If the hard disk space of hundreds of GB or even several TB is secretly occupied by the game, will anyone really notice it?
Even if you notice it, you won’t think it’s a problem with the game itself, but rather suspect that the game has been updated again?
"There is such a thing..."
Xiao Lu and Yang Dong were shocked after hearing this and quickly turned on their computers to check the remaining storage space on the hard drives.
"Fuck, it really got bigger?"
"196.74GB, is that true? I remember that the Global Evolution client was not that big, how much has it expanded?"
After checking the size of the game file and confirming that Brother Ba was not lying and that it was true, Xiao Lu's eyes widened.
The game file is almost 200G! Does that sound okay? Is that acceptable?
Don't forget, according to Brother Yiba, as long as the NPCs in "Global Evolution" continue to evolve, the client files will continue to expand.
200G is not the end point, but a starting point. If it continues to expand at this rate, it will probably become 500GB or 1TB in no time...
"The speed at which the file expands depends on the speed at which the NPCs evolve and the number of NPCs above level 10."
Chen Ba explained: "In other words, judging from the current trend, the longer we delay, the larger the game files will become, until they fill up the hard drive."
“What happens when it’s full?”
"Is there any need to ask? Of course the game files are missing and I can't open and run the game normally!"
Speaking of this, Chen Ba was numb.
Hundreds of thousands of players formed a coalition to encircle and suppress the weak NPCs. As a result, the hard drive ran out of space...
Who can withstand this?
It turns out that this is the strongest move of the NPC. By constantly evolving, it squeezes the already tight storage space, making it difficult for players to enter the game, and wins without fighting! ...
Most players are not aware of the problem that the game files of "Global Evolution" will continue to expand along with NPCs.
But there are also a few people who noticed this insignificant little detail.
Take Cui Dafu for example! Cui Dafu is 30 years old and is a middle school physics teacher. When he is on vacation or resting at home, he likes to play games to relax.
This is not surprising...
Teachers are also human beings, not to mention that he is so young. Who says that young teachers like him can't play games?
In fact, Cui Dafu not only plays games, but he is also very good at it. For a while, he was very successful in "Star Emperor". If he were not too old, he might have a chance to become a professional gamer.
Of course, this is just a joke.
After all, he is a top student and has passed the teacher recruitment exam. Even if he really has such an opportunity, he probably won't become a professional e-sports player.
Making money is one thing, but it is a job for young people!
Moreover, among professional players, only a small group of people standing at the top of the industry pyramid make a lot of money, while others can only make ends meet at best.
Better to be a teacher...
After all, this has been Cui Dafu's dream since he was a child. He believes that the sense of responsibility of standing on the podium and the sense of achievement of teaching children are more valuable than just money.
"Global Evolution" is a game that Cui Dafu just bought during this winter vacation.
He has been playing for quite a while, with the game time exceeding 100 hours. He thinks this game is OK and fun to kill time with.
But just two days ago, his attentiveness, unique to teachers, made him discover something very strange.
Hard drive space continues to shrink! Yes.
After all, Cui Dafu is just a teacher and his salary is not that high, so the configuration of his computer is not as high as expected.
The bulk of the money was spent on big items like the graphics card board and power supply. The hard drive and memory stick are pretty makeshift, especially the solid-state drive, which only has 1TB of space.
That's totally enough!
Cui Dafu doesn't spend much time on the computer, and he doesn't download anything on it. He just plays a few games and edits some documents.
Logically speaking, for a player like him, a 1TB SSD will never be full. But now, there are only a few GB left on the hard drive.
Watt? In response to this abnormal situation, Cui Dafu immediately conducted a comprehensive screening of the computer hard drive to find out what was occupying the storage space.
The result is that the game "Global Evolution" takes up a full 194.6GB.
Is this game that big?
If Cui Dafu remembered correctly, this game didn't seem to be that big when it was downloaded? Confused, Cui Dafu was still hesitating whether to uninstall other games to make room, but when he woke up the next day, a surprising scene appeared.
The original 194G game file of "Global Evolution" unexpectedly expanded to 196G overnight...
Cui Dafu was very sure that the game had not been updated in the past night, and he had not received any update push notifications.
So here comes the question!
He didn't do anything, where did these extra two GB game files come from?
Surprised and puzzled by this, Cui Dafu quickly posted his discovery to the Tianba community.
Then, other players also said that Cui Dafu was not an isolated case, and everyone had encountered the same situation: "Global Evolution" was secretly eating up the remaining space on everyone's hard drive!
Oh no, Brother Ba has a big lump in his throat.
Players watched helplessly as the game file size expanded from 196G to 198G, and then exceeded 200G the next day...
Two Gs a day!
This terrifying growth rate has caused panic among some players, whose hard disk storage space is relatively small and may be full in a few days.
So, players @Gamebugs, hoping that Brother Ba can come out to explain why this happens? By the way, is there a solution? "The natural expansion of the game file comes from the continuous evolution of the NPCs. As long as the NPCs continue to evolve, the game file will continue to grow..."
After explaining the cause of the problem, Chen Ba replied: "Please don't worry, we are already trying to fix this problem!"
"If the remaining storage space is insufficient, I have an emergency solution here. Although it cannot completely eradicate the problem, it can slow down the expansion of game files."
"Oh? What's the plan?"
Upon hearing that Brother Ba had a way to solve this problem, players like Cui Dafu, who didn't have much remaining storage space, all looked towards Brother Ba's next words.
"Kill the NPC!"
"As long as the number of NPCs decreases, the file growth rate will slow down. If all NPCs that have broken through to level 10 or above are killed, the game file will return to its previous size."
So that’s how it is…
After seeing what Brother Ba typed, the players said that in order to save everyone’s hard drive space, they had to kill a few NPCs today to vent their anger.
"Oh yeah... killing normal NPCs won't work. Only killing those NPCs that have evolved to level 10 or higher will work!"
Worried that these players would indiscriminately kill ordinary NPCs after entering the game, Chen Ba quickly added that the key to the problem lies with those NPCs who have broken through the restrictions and evolved to level 10.
Yes, they are the root of all evil! If these "infinitely" evolving NPCs are not dealt with, the game files will continue to expand until the players' hard drives can no longer accommodate them.
What if these NPCs are killed?
Obviously, the rate at which the game files expand will slow down, and even... killing a strong man from the NPC rebel camp will free up a lot of hard disk space.
"Damn it, fight them!"
The players and NPCs had a grudge against each other and disliked each other, which led to rounds of man-machine battles in the game.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Now that’s good!
With the exposure of the "hard drive crisis", the battle between players of "Global Evolution" and NPCs will be more intense than before, even to the point of fighting to the death.
You have to try your best!
NPCs are eating up everyone's hard drive space. Do they really think hard drives are free? Be smart and get out of the hard drive, or I'll be rude to you! Cui Dafu is online now.
The hard drive space continued to decrease and he was pushed to the edge of the cliff.
I don’t know when Brother Ba will come up with a solution. Instead of waiting for good news from Brother Ba, it’s better to do it yourself.
"Chen Jia, come out and die!"
By asking people in the community, players who learned about this matter united together and launched a blitzkrieg against a level 14 NPC.
The results were remarkable.
Under the combined siege of multiple level 13 and 14 players, how could this level 14 NPC be a match? He didn't even make it until reinforcements arrived before he breathed his last.
“Okay, okay!”
Chen Ba, who always pays attention to the game dynamics, learned that the players launched a sneak attack and gathered high-powered players to encircle and suppress a level 14 NPC. He was delighted to find that the game client file was directly reduced by about 7.8G.
This is a good start! Chen Ba immediately shared this good news with the Tianba community. He wanted to let the players know that their efforts were meaningful.
You see, the game files have been successfully “slimmed down”, right?
"Really? I just opened the properties page and saw that the game file size has really been reduced..."
“Go, go, go! Whether the game can return to the 100G era depends on your support!”
"Family members, please pay more attention. If you encounter a strong NPC, remember to report your location. Protect yourself and don't give experience to the NPC. We are going to use tactics this time, and we can't fight head-on..."
"It is our duty to protect the hard drive space! If you don't want to be humiliated by NPCs or buy a new hard drive, follow me!"
When an NPC died, the good news that the game files had been successfully reduced spread throughout the forum, and the players were all excited.
Damn, it's getting exciting! Players who originally didn't have much hatred for NPCs and weren't that passionate about the game seemed to feel an unprecedented sense of responsibility and mission.
If we say that the players suppressed the NPC rebellion and had a man-machine war with the NPC before, it was purely because they had nothing to do and wanted to vent their anger at being killed by the NPC...
That’s different now.
Now there is a clear goal, and the battle is not to vent anger, but to protect everyone's hard drive space.
With a clear goal and knowing why they are fighting, players have unleashed extremely terrifying potential.
“Very united huh?”
Zhong Shengwei joked: "The players who were so scattered before have become so united now? It's incredible!"
"What's so strange about this?"
Chen Ba smiled and said, "The consumption of hard disk space is related to the vital interests of every player."
"Everyone understands the principle of the loss of lips and teeth. Even if some players have a lot of hard drive space and don't have to worry about it being filled up by game files for the time being, that's not a long-term solution."
Again, hard drives are free, right?
No one's hard drive is blown away by the wind, but is bought with real money. Watching the hard drive space being eaten up, it would be strange if players were not angry!
What? Uninstalling the game will solve all your problems? That sounds good! We spent real money to buy the game, so we can't play it anymore just because of these NPCs? What a joke! It's impossible to uninstall the game, and it's impossible to surrender directly. Between the player and the NPC, only one side can survive.
Either the players win a great victory, completely quell the NPC rebellion, resolve the hard drive crisis, and provide everyone with a peaceful and stable gaming environment.
Either the NPCs win a great victory and the game files expand to an unprecedented level, forcing players to reluctantly quit the game and leave this sad game sadly.
There is no third possibility! Even if Chen Ba came forward and announced that the problem had been successfully resolved and that the NPC and the player should hold hands and reconcile, it is probably impossible.
Don't ask, the only thing is that the hatred value is too high and I can't stop...
Let’s not talk about the NPC side for now, and just talk about the players. It’s useless for anyone to call for a ceasefire now. After all, everyone hates the NPC as much as they hate Brother Ba himself.
You said ceasefire, so ceasefire, who are you? Oh, it turns out to be Brother Ba! Sorry, I will fight you too!
"so……"
Zhong Shengwei seemed to have heard something from these words, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Ba, you have no intention of solving this hard drive crisis?"
“That’s right!”
Chen Ba nodded.
Isn't it better to solve the hard drive crisis and maintain the status quo? It is a good thing for Global Evolution to give players a little pressure and fan the flames to make this man-machine war more intense.
After all, only in this way can the game's popularity and influence continue to spread, attracting new players to join in disguise.
It would be best if I could fight for a lifetime...
When the NPC has the upper hand, Chen Ba will help the player. When the player has the upper hand, Chen Ba will secretly support the NPC.
Just as the Americans fanned the flames on both sides and sold arms, Chen Ba did the same thing, focusing on maximizing profits!
all in all.
In the battle between players and NPCs in "Global Evolution", Chen Ba did not want a ceasefire, and even hoped that the fight would continue as long as possible.
What if this battle can last for 10 years? He can guarantee that Global Evolution will be as successful as Grand Theft Auto V in the future, and will be able to top the sales charts in ten years...
(End of this chapter)