Unnecessary Files and Where to Delete Them (DOOM 2016)

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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