Do you delete VNs from your computer after you finish them?

[Kenshin_sama]

THIS IS A SAD DAY

 

I transferred all my visual novels to another hard drive and 5 no longer work. Those ones include the Muv Luv series, Grisaia and YUNO. UGH! 

 

The good news is now I have 12gb ram to read them instead of 2gb like in the past.

Well, 2gb of ram is definitely less than preferred, but 12gb is a little overkill. ._. For ram, you should aim for 4gb as a minimum, and 8gb max. Otherwise, you're paying for more than you need.

If the VNs were installed on your previous computer, you'll probably need to reinstall them so that they register with the system. Be sure to back up your save files so you don't have to start over from scratch.

[Darkshine]

I'm not gonna delete my completed VNs, they're important to me and I might want need them again somewhere in the future. My laptop has plenty of space so I don't have to worry to much.

[Pyonnu]

It's heartbreaking that I need to delete the VNs I have read but I have very pretty limited HDD space so it's rather necessary 

 Though I keep my favorites on a USB drive so I can replay them whenever~ 

[HeilMary]

I keep em. My logic being that it's like a book, once you read it you keep it and look at it every once in a while to look at you favorite parts and scenes. Except that VNs have CGs and OSTs instead of books which are just words.

[Snowtsuku]

Keep the save files and the installers but I delete them from the main drive.

[sirjabberwock]

Keep the save files and the installers but I delete them from the main drive.

That's what I try to do as well. It's pointless to double up on the amount of space you use (having the game installed and keeping the installers)

[Snowtsuku]

I uninstall the games afterwards though. The only exception is Symphonic Rain.

 

And besides, some games from fuwa are just click and play so I just play it on the external drive.

[sirjabberwock]

I uninstall the games afterwards though. The only exception is Symphonic Rain.

 

And besides, some games from fuwa are just click and play so I just play it on the external drive.

I'd love if more games and visual novels were click and play, it'd make getting an external hard drive much more viable for me :\

[TexasDice]

I keep everything I enjoyed reading, since I've plenty of space. I also buy the novels I love at some point anyway, so I'm not afraid of cops. 

[Snowtsuku]

I'd love if more games and visual novels were click and play, it'd make getting an external hard drive much more viable for me :\

Worry not for the upload king is doing his best to make the VNs click and play. Of course it's not for every VNs.

[Funnerific]

What do you guys mean by "click and play"? Doesn't the majority of VNs have no gameplay anyway?

[Kosakyun]

What do you guys mean by "click and play"? Doesn't the majority of VNs have no gameplay anyway?

[ff80c38]

Yes, "click and play" here most likely means that no installation is required in order to "play" the VN. Just extract the game data if necessary and launch that executable or script to get started.

For example VNs based on the Ren'Py, NScripter or KiriKiri2 (without DRM) engine technically don't need an installation.

Besides, the term "preinstalled" is used for software already installed on an OS when you install it freshly. And even if you meant it literally, it's technically not really correct...

 

I don't delete any VNs after finishing them. I just can't, as I can't throw away or sell old books I read. Though, if they are of the "click and play" type (and there are a lot as mostly Linux user) I compress them to an .7z archive to save HDD space and have them neatly packed away. Same goes for other data I probably won't touch in years.

[Kosakyun]

Yes, "click and play" here most likely means that no installation is required in order to "play" the VN. Just extract the game data if necessary and launch that executable or script to get started.

For example VNs based on the Ren'Py, NScripter or KiriKiri2 (without DRM) engine technically don't need an installation.

Besides, the term "preinstalled" is used for software already installed on an OS when you install it freshly. And even if you meant it literally, it's technically not really correct...

 

[Yatsufusa]

I archive most of the vn's i have completed into an external hard-disk that are worth keeping & for when i feel like replaying them, except in some rare cases where i just delete some solely because they were downright terrible.

[Yeah Way]

I wait for a long time to make sure I'm done with them, but then suddenly want to reread and regret it.

[ff80c38]

That was what I meant. Pre-installed.

It was already installed on another OS.

That's what I truly meant.

Aren't the torrents in Fuwanovel like that? I think they are.

Also, that's not entirely true for the NScripter and KiriKiri2. Not sure about the Ren'Py though.

[Snowtsuku]

^That's why I did not use the term pre-installed. I'm not familiar on what term I should use though.

[Amagami]

I never delete them, but I don't keep the iso file.

[Kosakyun]

Software you downloaded can never be preinstalled and I highly doubt it's what you meant. For further clarification you can skim the wiki article, it's short but sufficient for that. The fact that most torrents linked on Fuwa don't need an installation just means that the executables of some VNs have been cracked so they can be played/read without DRM restriction or installation.

 

Guess it was wrong, eh.

I should've just said "installed on another computer" or something.

Dunno if that's any different though.

 

And I find it funny that it's also called crapware.

[Decay]

ff80c38 is just being pointlessly pedantic. Everyone I know, even people in various tech fields, would call fuwa torrents pre-installed. We all know what that's referring to when someone says it, so why complain?

[SpiduhBMX]

I download as many as my HDD can hold, read all or the majority of them, then format my computer and repeat.