Chapter 203 Hard Drive Crisis

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: "The evolution of NPC 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 level 10, 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 wouldn't even notice this detail. After all, everyone’s attention is focused more on the game. As for changes outside the game, who cares?

There are often hundreds of gigabytes or even tens of terabytes of hard drive space, and one or two gigabytes are secretly occupied by games. Will anyone really notice?

Even if I notice it, I don't think it's a problem with the game itself, but I suspect that the game has been updated again, right?

"There is such a thing..."

Xiao Lu and Yang Dong were shocked after hearing this, and quickly opened their computers to check the remaining storage space on the hard drive.

"Damn it, have you really gotten bigger?"

"196.74GB, is it true? I remember that the "Global Evolution" client is not so large. How much has it expanded?"

After Xiao Lu checked the game file size and confirmed that Brother Ba was not lying, but that he was indeed telling the truth, his eyes widened.

The game file is almost 200G!

It sounds okay, is it 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, it is even a starting point. If it continues to expand at this rate, I am afraid it will become 500GB or 1TB before long...

"The speed of file expansion depends on the speed of NPC evolution and the number of NPCs above level 10."

Chen Ba explained: "In other words, according to the current trend, the longer the time is delayed, the larger the game file will become until it fills up the hard drive."

“What happens when it’s stuffed?”

"Do you even need to ask? Of course the game files are missing and the game cannot be opened and run normally!"

At this point, Chen Ba became numb.

Hundreds of thousands of players formed a mighty coalition to encircle and suppress the weak NPCs. As a result, while playing around, the remaining space on the hard disk ran out...

Who can withstand this?

It turns out that this is the most powerful move of NPC. Through continuous evolution, it takes up the already tight storage space, making it difficult for players to enter the game and defeat others without fighting!

…

"Global Evolution" game files will continue to expand with NPCs, and most players are not aware of it.

But there are a few people who noticed this inconspicuous little detail.

Such as Cui Dafu!

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 and relax.

This is not surprising...

Teachers are human beings too, not to mention he is still so young. Who stipulates that young teachers like him can't play games?

In fact, Cui Dafu not only plays games, but also plays them very well. There was a time when he was killing everyone in "Star Emperor". If he hadn't been too old, he might have really hoped to play professionally or something.

Of course, this is just a joke.

After all, he is a top student and has been admitted to the teaching establishment. Even if there is such an opportunity, he will most likely not become a professional e-sports player.

Make money, make money, but that's youth food!

Moreover, among professional players, only a handful of people at the top of the industry pyramid have made a lot of money, while the rest can only make ends meet.

It's better to be a teacher...

After all, it has been Cui Dafu's dream since childhood. He believes that the sense of responsibility of standing on the podium and the sense of reward from teaching children are more valuable than simple money.

"Global Evolution" is a game that Cui Dafu just picked up this winter vacation.

He has been playing for a long time, and the game time has exceeded 100 hours. Regarding this game, his evaluation is that it is okay and it is fun to pass the time.

But just two days ago, as a teacher's unique talent for carefulness, he discovered a very strange place.

Hard drive space continues to shrink!

Yes.

After all, Cui Dafu is just a teacher and his salary is not that high, so the computer configuration is not as high as expected.

Most of the money is spent on large items such as the graphics card board, U power supply, etc. Hard drives and memory sticks are more suitable, especially solid-state drives, which only have 1TB of space.

This is enough!

Cui Dafu doesn't spend much time playing computer games, and he doesn't mess around with computers, so he only plays a few games and edits documents.

It stands to reason that for a player with his needs, a 1TB solid-state drive will never be full. But the current situation is that the hard drive only has a few GB left.

Waterfa?

In response to this abnormal situation, Cui Dafu immediately conducted a large-scale 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 remembers correctly, this game doesn't seem to be that big when downloaded, right?

Cui Dafu, who was deeply confused, was still hesitating whether to uninstall other games to make space. As a result, when he woke up the next day, a surprising scene appeared.

The original 194G "Global Evolution" game file expanded to 196G overnight...

Cui Dafu was very sure that the game had not been updated in the past night, and he did not receive any update push notifications.

Then here comes the problem!

He didn't do anything. Where did the two extra G game files come from?

Cui Dafu, who was surprised and puzzled by this, quickly posted his findings to the Tianba community.

Then, other players also said that Cui Dafu is not an exception. Everyone has encountered the same situation: "Global Evolution" is secretly eating up the remaining space on everyone's hard drive!

It’s bad, Brother Ba held back a big lump.

Players watched the game file expand from 196G to 198G, and then directly exceeded 200G the next day...

Two Gs a day!

This terrifying growth rate has caused panic among some players. The hard drive storage space of these players is relatively small and may be full in a few days.

As a result, players have @Gamebugs, hoping that Brother Ba will come forward and explain why this situation occurs? By the way, is there any solution?

"The natural expansion of game files comes from the continuous evolution of NPCs. As long as NPCs continue to evolve, game files 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 plan?"

As soon as they heard that Brother Ba had a way to solve this problem, players like Cui Dafu who didn't have a lot of remaining storage space looked at Brother Ba's next words.

"Kill the NPC!"

"As long as the number of NPCs decreases, the file growth rate will slow down. If you kill all NPCs that have broken through to level 10 or above, the game files will return to their previous size."

That’s how it turns out…

Seeing what Brother Ba typed, the players all said that in order to save everyone's hard drive space, they must kill a few NPCs today to vent their anger.

"Oh, by the way... Killing ordinary NPCs doesn't work. It only works if you kill NPCs that have evolved beyond level 10!"

Worried that these players would 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 source of all evil!

If these "infinitely" evolved NPCs are not resolved, the game files will continue to expand until players' hard drives cannot hold them at all.

What if these NPCs are killed?

Obviously, the expansion of game files will slow down, and even...killing a strong NPC rebel camp will also release a lot of hard drive space.

"Damn it, fight them!"

Originally, players and NPCs had a grudge and disliked each other, setting off rounds of man-machine wars in the game.

This is just great!

With the exposure of the "Hard Disk Crisis", players and NPCs in "Global Evolution" will have an even fiercer battle than before, even to the point of despair.

It’s impossible if you don’t work hard!

NPCs are eating up everyone's hard drive space. Are hard drives really free? Be wise and get out of the hard drive quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!

Cui Dafu went online directly.

The hard drive space continued to decrease and he was pushed to the edge of the cliff.

I don’t know when Brother Ba’s solution will come out. Instead of waiting for the good news from Brother Ba, I might as well do it myself.

"Chen Jia, get out and die!"

By spreading the word in the community, players who learned about the incident united together and launched a blitzkrieg against a level 14 NPC.

The results were remarkable.

Under the joint siege of multiple level 13 and 14 players, where is this level 14 NPC's opponent? He didn't even survive until reinforcements arrived, and he breathed his last.

"Okay, okay!"

Chen Ba, who always pays attention to the dynamics of the game, learned that the players had launched a sneak attack and gathered high combat power to encircle and suppress a level 14 NPC. He was delighted to find that the game client file had been directly reduced in size by about 7.8G.

This is a good beginning!

Chen Ba immediately shared the good news with the Tianba community. He wanted the players to know that their efforts were meaningful.

Look, isn’t the game file “downsizing” successful?

"Really! I just clicked on the properties page and took a look. The game files have really slimmed down..."

"Go, go, go! Whether the game can return to the 100G era depends on your efforts!"

"Family members, please pay more attention. When you encounter a strong NPC, remember to report your points. Protect yourself and don't give experience to the NPC. This time we are playing tactics, we can't go head-to-head..."

"It's my duty to defend the hard drive space! Brothers who 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 were successfully slimmed spread throughout the forum, and the players were all excited.

Matt, it's on fire!

Players who originally didn't have that much hatred for NPCs and weren't that enthusiastic about the game seemed to feel an unprecedented sense of responsibility and mission.

If the players suppressed the NPC rebellion and broke out a man-machine war with the NPC before, it was just for free and to vent their anger at being killed by the NPC...

That's different now.

Now that there is a clear goal, 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?"

Zhong Shengwei joked: "Players who were scattered before have become so united now? It's incredible!"

"There's nothing strange about that."

Chen Ba said with a smile: "Hard disk space is being eaten up. This is a matter of vital interest to every player."

"Everyone still understands the meaning of death. Even if some players have a large hard disk space and don't have to worry about it being filled up with game files for the time being, it is not a long-term solution."

Again, the hard drive costs nothing, right?

No one's hard drive was blown by the wind, but bought with real money. It would be strange for players not to be angry as they watch their hard drive space being devoured!

What?

Uninstall the game to relieve your worries?

Well said! Everyone spent real money to buy the game. Could it be that just because these NPCs caused trouble, we will no longer be able to play it?

What an international joke!

It is impossible to uninstall the game, and it is impossible to surrender directly. Between the player and the NPC, only one party is destined to survive.

Either the players will win a great victory, completely put down the NPC rebellion, solve the hard drive crisis, and return everyone a peaceful and peaceful gaming environment.

Either the NPC will be victorious and the game files will expand to an unprecedented height, forcing players to reluctantly quit the game and leave this sad game sadly.

There is no third possibility!

Even if Chen Ba comes forward and announces that the problem has been solved satisfactorily, and that the NPC should join hands with the players and reconcile, it is probably not possible.

Don't ask, it's because the hatred value is too high and I can't stop...

Let’s not talk about the NPC side, let’s just talk about the players side. It’s useless for anyone to call for a truce now. After all, everyone hates the NPC as much as they hate Brother Ba himself.

If you say a truce is a truce, who are you? Oh, it turns out to be Brother Ba! Sorry, I'll fight you too!

"so……"

Zhong Shengwei seemed to hear something from these words, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Ba, you have no intention of solving this hard drive crisis at all?"

"That's right!"

Chen Ba nodded.

Isn't it better to solve the shitty hard drive crisis and maintain the status quo?

It is a good thing for "Global Evolution" to put some pressure on the players and try their best to fight in the middle to make this man-machine war more intense.

After all, only in this way will the popularity and influence of the game continue to spread, attracting new players in disguise.

It would be best to fight for a lifetime...

If the NPC has the upper hand, Chen Ba will help the player. If the player has the upper hand, Chen Ba will secretly support the NPC.

How did the Americans and Americans fight against each other and then sell arms? Chen Ba did exactly that, focusing on maximizing profits!

all in all.

In the battle between players and NPCs in "Global Evolution", Chen Ba did not want a truce, and even wanted to keep fighting. The longer the fight, the better.

What if this war lasts for 10 years?

He can guarantee that the future achievements of "Global Evolution" will not be inferior to "GTA5", and it will also be at the top of the sales list in ten years...