What Is Your Preferred Size (MB) for Download Packages

[olafreinhardweyer]

I am the modder of "On The Edge Of Your Nerves" and "Prewar Classics ... for your Radio" (among other sound editing) mods.

I now noticed that the smaller the uploaded packages size, the more instant downloads i get.

This rather fruststrating, because the bigger package, the more content i provide and the more work i had on editing and research.

 

I wonder now, if people would prefer smaller packages (e.g. 2 times 50mb instead of one 100mb), or perhaps even smaller.

 

Of course this question wouldn't only convern my own mods.

 

So whats you're take on this, as someone downloading?

 

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THX for the replies so far, keep it coming :)

Edited January 9, 2011 by olafreinhardweyer

[Paxan_1]

Hi,

 

my personal opinion is i like all in one. Because of my broadband size doesn't matter.

 

Paxan

[LadyMilla]

I prefer a single package, regardless of its size. Easier to update/replace and move to another location.

[ita]

I prefer a single package too, I hate it when I'm about to download a mod and there's a huge clutter of various files under the 'Files' tab. If it's a excessively huge file to put in a single package you could always mirror it on a separate site.

[scruples]

above 30mb and I start to wonder if I want the mod, my ISP charges 10$ per gb over 20gb and it adds up quickly.

[rickerhk]

I prefer one big package

[Linmor]

I only notice the size when it takes more than a minute or two to download. Then I look and think "well that explains why its taking so long."

 

But, I also prefer one zip file over multiple files, especially when each file is named something completely different than the name of the mod.

(i.e main.zip / update.zip / update2a.zip / version 1.zip... etc.)

[Nihilisaurus]

All those extras you get are impulse downloads. People saw it, figured "eh, it's only small, what the hell." and downloaded. Bigger mods don't get this, not necessarily a bad thing.