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Barozi on 02 May 2013
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outlawauron said:
Barozi said:
outlawauron said:
Barozi said:

But you could copy all of them on the HDD before starting the game, so the ridiculous between chapter installs would be gone.


Also it would need less than 7 discs. They just calculated a 50GB Blu-Ray - a 8GB 360 disc = 6,25.
This release of MGS4 (anniversary edition) is 30GB, so 3.75 discs would be needed.

Remove some languages and compress video and audio (which is always done anyway) and it would easily fit on 3 discs.



EDIT: But that's okay, it's their decision. If they don't think it would be worth it to port the game then we can't do anything. Though there is at least hope for NextBox.
Though it doesn't bother me since I own the game on PS3.

We both know it doesn't work this way.

for a linear game ? Yes it certainly works that way.
There would be obviously a few files that need to be present on all discs, but those would only need a fraction of the disc.
Granted there might be a weird occasion where one chapter doesn't fully fit on the same disc as another chapter, so it would need to be transferred on the next one.
Either way I said it could fit on 3 disks, but certainly not more than 4.

Lost Odyssey had 4 discs, but only because every disc contained the full world, so there was only a small amount left for the story and FMVs (and I seem to remember that Lost Odyssey had quite a few of them).

But nearly all character art, sound, and voice would have to be duplicated on every disc. And not every chapter would fit on the disc, so then you'd have to duplicate the data on that disc as well.

As I said that is the only part that would need some work to figure out.

What voice would be needed on multiple disks for example ? Most of them are unique lines. Exceptions being screams and other 1 or 2 second audio files.
No FMVs (again I'm not sure if the game even has FMVs) would need to be duplicated.
A few sounds yeah
character art too, but again only for the enemies and main characters that actually appear in these chapters.
Then some textures of repeating models in the game environment.

That's not much at all.
And if there is no other way, just split the chapter again at some point.
The game has 5 chapters (with the last one being much shorter), so 1 chapter per disc sounds like it would easily fit (chapter 4+5 being on the 4th disc).

"Act 1 - 9 segments. Middle East - Liquid Sun
Act 2 - 9 segments. South America - Solid Sun
Act 3 - 6 segments. Eastern Europe - Third Sun
Act 4 - 6 segments. Shadow Moses - Twin Suns
Act 5 - 2 segments. Outer Haven - Old Sun"
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/43660992

Seems more likely than trying to fit 5 chapters on 7 discs, which would also need an (at least two) in-act-split(s).