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Unnecessary Files and Where to Delete Them (DOOM 2016)

By The Sad Man

Gigabytes of Garbage!

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction

Multiplayer Maps

Alternate Languages

SnapMap Content

Logos!

Comments

Introduction

This guide will tell you where to find files included with Doom which can be removed, in order to save hard drive space. Categories are in descending order of space saved.

You may free up as much as 13.3GB.

Multiplayer Maps

Deleting the multiplayer maps will save you 5.25GB of HDD space.

Location:

\DOOM\virtualtextures\maps\game\mp\

Alternate Languages

Doom includes voiceover audio for ten languages. Chances are, you aren't using all of them.

Location:

\DOOM\base\sound\soundbanks\pc\

Each language is in its own subfolder.

The folders, and how much space they take up, are listed below.

Folder

Filesize

English(US)

709MB

French(France)

588MB

German

549MB

Italian

586MB

Japanese

525MB

Polish

604MB

Portuguese(Brazil)

586MB

Russian

578MB

Spanish(Mexico)

588MB

Spanish(Spain)

592MB

Deleting all but one language nets you, at minimum, 5.07GB of HDD space.

SnapMap Content

Deleting SnapMap's files will save you about 2.98GB of HDD space.

Location:

\DOOM\base\

snap_gameresources.index
snap_gameresources.index.verify
snap_gameresources.patch
snap_gameresources.patch.verify
snap_gameresources.pindex
snap_gameresources.pindex.verify
snap_gameresources.resources
snap_gameresources.resources.verify
snap_models.preload

Logos!

The company logos and copyright information are all in one video file. Deleting it saves both HDD space and startup time; 18.7MB and up to 28 seconds (depending on how fast your computer loads the game), respectively.

Location:

\DOOM\base\video\boot_sequence.bik

52 Comments

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KiddTheIdiot 29 Jun @ 2:46pm

this guide is telling you to delete snapmap despite the fact it is REQUIRED to 100% the game. lmao

Ham Gaming 23 Jun @ 2:17pm

so it wont save any space on an ssd?

Literally Dying 21 May @ 3:00pm

Thanks for the comprehensive guide, my guy

nitchbigga 8 Apr @ 7:23pm

yes

Onyx14 27 Mar @ 6:16am

Is it safe to delete all .bik files? Does doom need them?

Lobohiway 4 Mar @ 11:08am

Great guide! I tried to play online the other day but no one plays this game anymore, just like quake champions, so its a great start deletint multi content, its basically dead.

=7Cav=SPC.Franko.G 4 Feb @ 5:38am

Delete the MP maps ? how am i to Play MP without them ?

Shadows 31 Jan @ 11:29am

was expecting a troll, instead its a solid guide

DAPPA_DUK 26 Jan @ 4:03pm

Drunk Link 19 Dec, 2024 @ 8:19pm

NOW WE NEED A GUID TO GET RID OF THE INGAME ADDS AND EULA

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