No Mans Sky size [closed]

No Mans Sky is a massive game but it doesnt take to much space on hard disk, how? They say planets are randomly generated. How does this algoritham work.

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Procedurally generated worlds are created on the fly so there is no need for them to be stored in the game files. We can't really answer how the algorithm works but we can describe what it does or is supposed to do.

For example in Minecraft, along with most procedural games, worlds are generated using "seeds" (you may have heard about the number 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 which is the number of seeds or planets in this game). When each planet has a different seed they will all technically be different since the algorithm will spit out different results for each seed.

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Why is no mans sky file size so small?

The PC version of the game launched with 35 GB of uncompressed audio, which developer Respawn said would allow the game to work with weaker hardware. No Man's Sky is always online in a randomly generated open world, so the small install size is not a huge surprise.

Is no mans sky the biggest game ever?

18,446,744,073,709,551,616 While that number may seem impossible to even comprehend, it's actually a quintillion (18 zeros), and means that, at least unofficially, No Man's Sky must be the biggest game ever made \u2013 and we're sure the Guinness World Record will follow in time.

How is no mans sky only 11gb?

How Is poosible this game Have only 11gb, one planet Are 0.000000001 bytes big? Planets are generated via an algorithm to make the game smaller. Originally posted by Orion: Planets are generated via an algorithm to make the game smaller.

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