Can export filesize be reduced?

davidlamhauge

I have started a project, and so far it consists of two images and a sound file. They take up 150 kB. If I export this to a Linux executable, the filesize of the executable is 29 MB. If I export it to HTML5, the filesize is 27,9 MB for the .js file, 3,2 MB for the data.pck, 1,1 MB for the .mem, while the .html is 10,8 kB and a fs.js file is 5,1 kB. Can these approx. 30 MB be reduced via settings in the export menu?

Kiori

In short I don't think so, not through the menu. Godot has a minimal base size for all its modules atm. I think the only way to reduce it is to cut functionality by not including some modules. When compiling from source, if you run scons -h I believe, it shows the list of modules that can be enabled/disabled. I'm actually not an expert on this, but i do know one of the lead devs mentioned filesize and attempts to reduce it a while back. My advice is take it up to the dev team and post an issue on github, if there isn't one already. It's best if there is an issue on this. Also, post the link of the issue back here, I'm sure this is something a lot of ppl will be bugged about. Good luck!

Ross

I'm getting about 23MB Linux builds from a few-MB project. Did you try the different export options to see if they make any difference? (not that there are a lot) If you zip it it may only be about half that, though that may not help for your purposes.

davidlamhauge

Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried some of the export options, but I haven't seen significant changes in size. I have also been at github, and looked at the possibilities there, but that won't be yet. I have too much to do right now. Maybe later. The clever solution would be, that Godot only includes the modules needed for the task, but it is easier said than done. It should be possible to program, but I haven't looked into it. I'll let it rest for now.