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Examples: diablo 4 on blizzard client will let you play it before the full game is installed. The ps5 also let's you do this when installing a new game. But I've never seen this option on steam games.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • the launcher starts with updating itself and grabbing the most recent file manifest
  • launcher then prioritizes the game engine itself before starting on the data files
  • data files (textures, models, maps, etc.) are then prioritized by what the developer thinks you are most likely to encounter first (ie. starter towns, main cities, new content, etc.)
  • once the game engine is ready and some certain amount of base data is downloaded, the game will be marked as playable
  • most likely you will never notice anything but if you zone into an area where the data hasn’t been downloaded yet then you’ll get some lag and texture flickering as the game tries to shove that content to the front of the queue
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Diablo also leans heavily into cinematic cut scenes which can be streamed (at lower resolution) if you encounter those before they finish downloading

And low resolution textures / compressed audio can be downloaded first while you wait for the higher resolution content

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

That's like....the only good use of online functionality in a single player game I've ever heard. But I hope it doesn't catch on lol