Hacking Do new updates contain all previous updates?

[jakkal]

Concerning the NSP updates. Let's say a game is 1.0 and you install a 1.1 update. Then a 1.2 update arrives. Should you uninstall the 1.1 update with DevMenu (or other) or it's not necessary? I am asking because of the space both might used.

no just install the 1.2 update over it

 

[clarissayohan]

It is incredible how not one of you saw that he was asking about game updates, not system updates.
So, to provide a sensible answer: Game updates always include previous ones. No need to grab patch 1 through 8 for Mario Kart (for example), just get the latest one.

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

Post automatically merged: Mar 29, 2024

It is incredible how not one of you saw that he was asking about game updates, not system updates.
So, to provide a sensible answer: Game updates always include previous ones. No need to grab patch 1 through 8 for Mario Kart (for example), just get the latest one.

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

 

[wurstpistole]

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

Post automatically merged: Mar 29, 2024

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

Did you really just necrobump this thread from fucking five years ago

 

[deeps]

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

Post automatically merged: Mar 29, 2024

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

Because the developer decided to remove some files that were only used for testing, or decided to compress some stuff that wasn't very well compressed, or... many possible reasons

 

[akbarirfan]

Good question though, no reason to start a new thread.

Are we certain that new update installations remove the old updates?

Thank you

 

[wurstpistole]

you necrobumped again

 

[Dust2dust]

Good question though, no reason to start a new thread.

Are we certain that new update installations remove the old updates?

Thank you

Duckbill has mentioned you can remove old updates with DBI. (source)

you necrobumped again

Do you realize you're contributing to the necrobump by replying? Anyway, I've got nothing against necrobump if the topic is still relevant nowadays, and this topic qualifies.

 

[Deleted member 702243]

But why is sometimes the updated file size is smaller than the previous update file size? for example, the dragonball xenoverse 2, update 1.21.01 is 4.7gb and the update 1.21.00 is 5.4gb.

for future reference: nsp file size you find online is sometimes misleading, because some group who dump updates include the delta fragments in the nsp while others dont

delta fragments are completely useless in a nsp file, all they do is make the file take up more space. they are discarded after you install. so the nsp could be 5gb, and the install is actually only 3gb, for example

 

[wurstpistole]

Duckbill has mentioned you can remove old updates with DBI.

But why remove old updates in the first place? Are they worried that space is taken away? I highly doubt so.
I bet if you compared two game installations on separate consoles - one did all the single updates throughout their release cycle, the other only base game and latest update - the file structure and sizes of both folders would be identical.

 

[Dust2dust]

But why remove old updates in the first place? Are they worried that space is taken away? I highly doubt so.
I bet if you compared two game installations on separate consoles - one did all the single updates throughout their release cycle, the other only base game and latest update - the file structure and sizes of both folders would be identical.

In the thread I linked to above, it seems the OP was having this exact problem, of an older update still using space. I never checked if that actually happens. Your theory makes sense, but is it really how it goes in reality? It needs investigation.

 

[wurstpistole]

question is, how many space can it really be that those few megabytes could bother one?

Not every game is a Mortal Kombat where every update is basically the whole game again and weighs 20GB

 

[Dust2dust]

question is, how many space can it really be that those few megabytes could bother one?

Not every game is a Mortal Kombat where every update is basically the whole game again and weighs 20GB

Just for the sake of having a clean and well kept SD card. I know it would bother me if there was redundant data on my SD card, even though I still have plenty of space left. Yes, Mortal Kombat would be a very good test subject for that matter. I believe installing with DBI takes care of any older previously installed update automatically, so it would have to be tested with something else, I guess.

 

[duckbill007]

Just do the tests already and stop asking the same question again and again.

 

[wurstpistole]

Just do the tests already and stop asking the same question again and again.

you've really become an obnoxious dickhead, haven't you

 

[duckbill007]

you've really become an obnoxious dickhead, haven't you

Yes I am. And you just a tabula rasa.