: The file extension indicating it is a compressed binary data file used during the installation process. Purpose: Why Use Selective Files?
You can safely skip downloading this file, saving yourself hundreds of megabytes or even gigabytes of bandwidth. Common Installation Issues and How to Fix Them
: Open your platform's security center, navigate to Protection History , locate the flagged file component, and select Restore . Add the temporary download folder to your antivirus exclusion list before launching the setup wizard.
Modern video games regularly exceed 100 gigabytes in size. A large portion of that data is dedicated to high-quality audio voiceovers in multiple languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, etc.).
Instead of forcing every downloader to grab 100GB of data containing 15 different languages, the repacker splits them. The "selective-brazilian" file specifically contains the Brazilian Portuguese audio or localized assets. fg-selective-brazilian.bin
To configure this, open the magnet link inside an application such as qBittorrent. Uncheck the box next to fg-selective-brazilian.bin if you do not need it. The client will write an allocation placeholder or skip the block clusters entirely, saving local storage. Troubleshooting Common Installation Failures 1. The Installer Crashes Due to Missing Files
If found, it will decompress the Brazilian assets into the game's installation directory.
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Expected usage:
The "story" of this file is one of efficiency. Modern games can be over 100GB. For a user in the US or UK, downloading 5GB of Brazilian Portuguese audio files is a waste of bandwidth and hard drive space. By making this file , FitGirl allows users to skip it during the download. Common Games Using This File
: These files allow you to download only the languages you intend to use.
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Proper usage of this file is essential for a successful installation. Here is the step-by-step process: : The file extension indicating it is a
Once the installation progress bar reaches 100% and the game is running successfully, , including fg-selective-brazilian.bin .
This is the most frequent error code associated with selective .bin files. It usually means the installer could not decompress the language archive properly.
The "fg" prefix in stands for FitGirl , one of the most prominent video game "repackers" on the internet. Repackers take massive modern video games and compress them into much smaller file sizes to help users with slow internet connections or limited data caps download games more efficiently.