The engine’s size have become ridiculously big to the point where I need a whole separate hard drive for it; future proofing to be considered as well.
I use the command: git clone https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine --depth=1 --branch 5.3.2-release
and after I do Setup.bat I have around 50+ GB.
It is the exact same size I get when I just do git clone https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine
or download the code from the browser in a zip.
I got this idea from here: Alex on X: “@afrayedknot1337 With the 5.2 release, I finally had a chance to look into comparing the 2. clone with --depth=1: 2.67GB clone without --depth=1: 27.6GB space gained: approx. 25GB https://t.co/LzYGkWspxF” / X (twitter.com)
So is there a way to reduce the size of UE5?
I care about Windows only.