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FYI, there are still files from 2015 in Dota 2 folder, that steam will redownload even if deleted manually, so folder size is floating at 60 GB. (github.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just edited the github issue with this info:

  • Running find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 truncate -s 0 in game\dota\panorama\videos and game\dota_addons worked, all files are truncated to zero size and game works without any issues.

I run the game with no intro video, if you need intro video, you can keep it, it's located in game\dota\panorama\videos folder.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I don't even play anymore but this is superb advice so I'll upvote and comment for visibility.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sucks, why don't they just remove the old ones?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Valve defender's version is that they are there because they are still used somewhere, but we as users can't know where exactly they are used.

I had no issues running the game after truncating those files.