[Will]

Originally posted by DavidG:
Of course file size is important for any files that need to be e-mailed or transfered, but could this data not be stored on the players own drive? Also I doubt even if it was stored in the .gam file that it would increase the file size by 21 times. The current 'snapshot' of the galaxy must contain a lot of info that you would not need to view a system (ie details on all facilities on every plant, build queues on those planets etc).

Increasing the file size 21 times would be the maximum possible, it's much more likely that it would be lower, probably around 2-4 times file size (just a wild guess). However, in my original post, I said that if it's implemented it should be off by default... hence implying that there be a flag in the game options screen. I didn't say that it shouldn't be done because of file size, just that the ability to turn it on/off be included.

As for hard disk space, from beta testing to sometime around v.1.30, I was playing SEIV on a computer with a whopping 1GB hard drive (approximately 100MB was free, and it complained when free space fell below 75MB). Sure, in the current computer market, 40GB is small and 1GB usually refers to RAM, but not everyone buys a new computer every six months.

Imperator Fyron: I also seem to recall that after turns with rather large, multiple battles, the *.cmb files were also huge. But, as I said, it's been a while since I've played... because it's been a while since I could have played. I don't have access to any of my savegames at home, or I could probably dig up a big file. And of course, this one should also be a flag. I never said "remembering" the system and combat details should not be done, I just said they should be set to off (flags).