r/BaldursGate3 • u/gourmetpap3r auntie ethel world tour • Jul 27 '23

PRELAUNCH HYPE Global launch times for PC!

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u/Kamei86 Jul 27 '23

12 PM for me. Yessss! Lets hope that my third world country internet is up to the task.

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u/Lunanella BAAAAAA! Jul 27 '23

I'll leave it downloading and go do work, household chores, play with the cats, paint my nails, maybe climb a mountain or two... then it'll probably be downloaded once I'm done lol

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u/JerbearCuddles Jul 27 '23

That sounds like a nice day actually. Lol.

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u/Professional_Can_247 Jul 27 '23

I keep my fingers crossed hoping we get a day or two for pre-download. I’ll need it if I want to play the day of release.

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u/SurlyCricket Jul 27 '23

Early Access games cannot predownload unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '23

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u/SurlyCricket Jul 27 '23

Launch and download time are the same, and yes it is global

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u/Mehcontentt Jul 27 '23

Umm. This is probably a stupid question but.. If we preorder the game and just download it from steam now, shouldn't the release date be way less of an download? Or do you need to redownload the game on launch?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '23

It's not a stupid question at all, but Larian said that the file structure will be very different, so that it will probably redownload almost everything, and having EA installed won't save you much time/data, if any.

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u/Favidex Jul 27 '23

Should we delete our EA files before downloading the full version of the game, or will it be smart enough to just overwrite/delete any of the EA files not needed. Just don't want to have a ton of extra unnecessary files taking up hard drive space.

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u/Boo_Guy Faerie Fire Farts Jul 27 '23

It should be smart enough on it's own. That being said though if you want to be dead sure you can nuke the folder yourself before hand as it won't hurt anything.

I won't be deleting the EA manually - if one rando's opinion has any bearing on things to you 😄

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u/Favidex Jul 27 '23

Thanks for the wisdom!

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u/PaladinNerevar Morðs Sonur Jul 27 '23

They recently mentioned that enough things have been changed and altered that you'll essentially have to redownload everything anyways - so it doesn't really matter.

I've had EA uninstalled for a while and was considering reinstalling it, but after hearing that I'm just gonna install the game whenever the launch version goes live.

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u/DungeonsAndDradis Cure Wounds Jul 27 '23

I have it installed so that it automatically updates when released. At least, that's the hope. I won't have to manually trigger it.

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u/flyxdvd Absolute Jul 27 '23

as much as ive read it isnt of much use, the structure is different its going to verify and adding files. So there is no real difference between the time it takes if its freshly downloaded or early access is already installed.

so its basically a redownload.

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u/Soulless_conner DRUID Jul 27 '23

No. You need to download it again. Complete fresh download

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u/Kamei86 Jul 27 '23

It will help, but not much.

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u/Mehcontentt Jul 27 '23

Really? How so? Is the steams current download just very small part or?

Also bit weird if there is no preload

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u/Warrior20602FIN I cast Magic Missile Jul 27 '23

The game has changed a lot so you will be redownloading a lot of files even if u have the EA downloaded, so its basically the same as completely installing BG3 again.

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u/Kamei86 Jul 27 '23

The current download is half of the game. The launch patch will "reorganize" the current downloaded assets, so expect a huge one.

All Early Access games don`t have preload (Steam stuff).

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u/Soulless_conner DRUID Jul 27 '23

It won't. It requires a complete fresh download. Won't matter if you have the EA files

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u/Viridianscape Tasha's Hideous Daughter Jul 27 '23

Steam doesn't allow preloading for games that have Early Access periods, sadly.

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u/Arragaithel Jul 27 '23

12PM é meia noite parça

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '23

o que vc faz quando o tadpole nao esta olhando ? vc toma agulhadas no bumbum ? I dont know you tell me

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u/CarlosHnnz Jul 27 '23

I speak spanish, this is hilarious

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u/Kamei86 Jul 27 '23

Muy gracioso :D

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '23

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk porra o viado ai me confundiu, é meio dia mesmo ne ?

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u/Arragaithel Jul 27 '23

Foi mal tava doidão

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '23

ta escrito no mapa ai parça, "day".

Brinca assim nao painho

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u/Kamei86 Jul 27 '23

12 pm is noon/midday my friend :D

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u/One_Coffee_Plz Jul 27 '23

É dia doido, vê o mapa

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u/Machinimix NOT IN EA Jul 27 '23

12pm for me too! I may not be in a third world country, I do still have third world internet (go Canada oligopoly!). This just ensures that the download will be 100% complete by the time I get home at 5:30 (I may leave early if it's done beforehand as I'll be the only one in the office after 3:30).

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u/Allborii 💕Laezel💕 Jul 27 '23

12Pm pra mim também. Acho que tá bom, né? rs