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If there are, they'll probably be small considering 1.1.1 came out last week, unless they've been holding back some changes.
How large are patches generally?
Each new update obviously makes the update data use more memory than before. That's because the update data also contains all the DLC data in the game; what you purchase at the eShop are just keys that are required to use the DLC that's in the update data.
Agreed.The diddy glitch can't be the only priority here. Fishy....
For comparison, Valve regularly cranks out 60-80 megabyte pathing/bugfixes in Dota 2, with little or no new content (occasionally a tournament ticket or maybe a cosmetic set).
Maybe they found a way to fix Bowser's Flying Slam while they were at it? Who knows?
There's quite a bit that it could be, and quite probably is (also that tidbit doesn't seem to include whether that's install size or disk size, as the two are often different). My point is simply that it could entirely be nearly nothing.
When you are essentially replacing the game's main executable it doesn't matter what you're changing...it can be a small single change or a number of large changes. If the code needs to be recompiled and a new executable generated, you're going to need to replace that executable when you release the patch. I'm not sure how big the Smash 4 executable actually is, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is true and they've only fixed Diddy.
Has there been any other patch that added no assets whatsoever? If we can compare the two filesizes and they match up to be pretty similar, then we have the size of our executable.
I have a feeling that the game checks the Internet at the start of each boot, but I can't confirm. It feels faster disconnected from the web, though. Perhaps a laggy connection is slowing you down?
I haven't seen an improvement. It seems like the game is loading slower and slower with every patch. With 1.1.1 it seems slower than it has ever been.
I'm thinking of just setting up a website where I record people's playthroughs and sending it to them. The problem is I'd have no idea how to automate the process.
Short of having notable skill in hardware macros and various other things, you couldn't make it fully automated.
Each update uses more memory on the Wii U hard drive, so it's natural if it takes longer to load, since it's processing more data than if it didn't have any update data available.
How long does it take to load from the Wii U hard drive? I have a disc copy of Smash 4 and it is at least 10 to 15 seconds in my estimation.
I guess it can depend on the condition of your Wii U's disc drive as well. It takes longer to fully read something that uses 5 MB than if you try to load something that uses only 5 KB, so think about how long it would take to download something that uses over 15 GB on the hard drive.
Actually, one of the big changes in 1.0.8 (or whatever) that the dataminers found was to how the game starts up. It really did make it faster.
That really shouldn't be the case I think, at least if they're modifying parts of the main executable that were already modified in past updates. So I wouldn't expect any increase in load time for 1.1.2 unless they do something beyond fixing that glitch with Diddy Kong.
As much as I support that idea, the replays in Smash 4 and Brawl are done through a AI script to consume less memory so it's not possible for them to patch it in without revamping the replay system altogether.
Not that people would complain if the replay system was overhauled all together...
There are ways to make it work.
The game isn't programmed to go in reverse... It would need a ton of memory if you just want it to remember where everybody was on each frame, too. MK8 can afford to do things in a much simpler way and thus rewind is possible.
