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    Grass Roughness

    in DCS Wishlist

    Posted

    Yes it has been asked somewhere, it would be great to be able to continue the mission without having to restart the whole thing.

     

    I think that would be a welcome compromise, a "Recover Mired Aircraft" option which takes X amount of time by the ground crew.

     

    The thing is though, I'm pretty sure you don't get mired every time an Su25 or A10 rolls over a patch of dirt or grass, it depends on hardness, and inputs. Relatively speaking (contact area, weight distribution) Aircraft require less soil trafficability than land wheeled vehicles because they do not put power through the wheels. Maintaining power and a straight line you might be able to get through most regular unpaved conditions. Who knows for sure? We'd need feedback from someone who used to fly an Su or A10. (or worked on the ground crew)

    Selection of wishes / issues

    in DCS Wishlist

    Posted

    As usual I agree with your post, and also for the engine startup issue:

     

    If it is a safety issue just on the Su25, that's fine, whatever. But at least if the radio responses could clarify WHY they can't rearm or refuel you based on Aircraft, that would make more sense. The ground crew in general are like a bunch of passive agressive bastards. You just never know if they'll actually repair you, or give you the weapons you selected etc. :)

     

    Edit: Ground crew needs to communicate and provide more clear feedback.

    Grass Roughness

    in DCS Wishlist

    Posted

    Yes it can be quite a bummer. At least the grass near taxi ways (airfield areas) should be forgiving as they are usually fairly flat.

     

    Also, it would be nice to get some better signage on taxiways, like runway headings instead of just A / B / C

    Training Cuts Off

    in Mission and Campaigns

    Posted

    I noticed this as well on some of the training. I was going through Takeoff and Navigation and it cut off, mostly like it's waiting for different flightpath of the AC but never gets it. (but i tried lining up properly and going to the altitudes, and it worked for the first few WP's)

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted

    Still think the EULA point 9 could be clarified so that the explanations don't need to be made in a thread on a forum. As to what I said, that the license can be RE-SOLD and transferred to a 3rd party recipient .

     

    In any case, I think I almost got my answer when I made my second post and then it was confirmed by you. ED is not nasty with their licenses as I was originally worried. ;) Some of the other companies' EULA's you mentioned might be, and users/customers might be wise to challenge them if they live in the EU.

     

    Anyway, I'm happy I got my answer and will buy the A10 module, just would suggest a small bit of clarification in EULA. :pilotfly:

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted · Edited by bn880

    I would expect point 9 to be clarified, and moved up to be right after the license limitations. Unless you read the entire EULA end to end you might not pick up on it, so it's not very clear, it sounds like you cant resell at all. Unless you get written permission otherwise. Why are these separate sections anyway. (and who is the recipient in point 9, and is there a limitation of sale of license? only transfer is mentioned)

     

    It's hillarious because the section stating the things you can NOT do with the product is very well written out, and seems locked down. But when it comes to Ed writing what can be done with the license it's a barely legal (not even legal due to questions above) sentence.

     

    But you shouldn't be confused, I made two posts. Not one. :)

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted

    There is no such differentiation. What made you think there was?

    Download and Hardcopy are exactly the same in all respects, except the method of delivery.

    A download license will work with a hardcopy install, and a hardcopy license will work with a download install. Because they're 100% the same. ;)

     

     

     

    Invite you to check anmy EULA for _almost_ any software this side of the 1970's. Did you read those EULAs? ;)

     

     

     

    Yes.

    Note however that it is possible that you, having performed the re-sale, is then responsible for product support to this person - legally speaking, that is. Support does not deny people assistance due to transfers, but since you were kind enough to go legal previously in the thread I might as well mention it... :)

     

     

     

    Here's someone that knows how things work.

     

    You may say that you "bought" this or that game or "bought windows" or whatever, but trust me - purchasing a game or an operating system is a lot more expensive that what either of us two have ever done. The technical term is that we license it, and this is how it has always been. This was, for example, the reason why EU law (and my local country law before that) stipulates that software sellers must permit the user to manufacture backup copies of the software - since they're not buying a physical item, they must be able to protect their ability to use the license against the risk of hardware failures.

     

    People have woken up to this so-called "issue" now in the era of digital distribution software, somehow thinking that this is a new thing that has happened along with said DD software, as evidenced in the Original Post talking about "differentiation" of store purchase and download. While of course this is how it always was. And not only with computer games. A movie on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray is only licensed - not owned - and the same with music on Vinyl, Casette, CD or indeed iTunes and similar services.

     

    Oh yeah, thanks for being condescending as well. :)

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted

    I know you don't get IP of the software, I'm also in the industry BTW. The question is if the (remaining) license can be resold and transferred. Answer is yes, OK, sounds good. The EULA is not very clear on it and perhaps you should clarify some terms there for point 9.

     

    As for support to the third party, well I could be responsible for making sure the license isn't defective sure; but not much more, it depends what the terms of the sale are. Most used things are resold "as-is", a very important little term for legal proceedings.

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted

    I don't see what you mean. It looks reasonable to me. It's saying you can't sell a copy of the game while retaining your copy. You can sell the game although you have to do some fiddling around with the serial number and the account it's linked to.

     

    As long as the license can be resold/transferred somehow it's reasonable. It's hard to tell though from the EULA, would be nice to get some clarification from an ED rep.

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted

    Actually reading further down the EULA also has this

    9. LICENCE TRANSFER

    9.1 You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this Licence to the recipient, provided that the recipient agrees to the terms of this Licence and you remove the Program from your computer.

    9.2 TFC may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of this Licence, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of this Licence.

    Does this mean that the "license" can be transferred to another person (not sure who the recipient is and if we are allowed to charge for the transfer)? Which is basically allowing us to re-sell the module(s)?

    Eagle E-Shop EULA legal in the EU? User can not re-sell modules.

    in Payment and Activation

    Posted · Edited by bn880
    Fixing the title, to be fair.

    I was about to purchase DCS A10, but read through the EULA, and the first sections seem to completely contradict what is legal in the EU:

     

    -cut-

    1. LIMITED USE LICENCE

     

    In consideration of you agreeing to abide by the terms of this Licence, TFC hereby grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right and licence to install and use one copy of the Program and the Documentation solely and exclusively for your personal use on the terms of this Licence. All rights not specifically granted under this Licence are reserved by TFC and, as applicable, TFC's licensors. You may not network the Program or otherwise install it or use it on more than one computer at a time, except if expressly authorized otherwise in the Documentation.

     

    2. OWNERSHIP

     

    2.1 The Program is licensed, not sold, for your use. This Licence confers no title or ownership in the Program and should not be construed as a sale of any rights in the Program. This Licence shall also apply to any patches or updates you may obtain from TFC for the Program.

    2.2 All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Program and any and all copies thereof (including but not limited to any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, narrative, locations, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audiovisual effects, methods of operation, any related documentation, and add-ons incorporated into the Program now or in the future) are owned by TFC, affiliates of TFC or TFC's licensors.

    -cut-

     

    3. LICENCE CONDITIONS

     

    3.1 Except as expressly set out in this Licence or as permitted by any local law, you undertake to use the Program for your own personal use, and you shall not:

     

    -cut-

    (d) sell, rent, lease, sub-license, distribute, loan, translate, merge, adapt, vary, modify or otherwise transfer the Program, or any copies of the Program, without the express prior written consent of TFC;

    So while it's nice to say that it's a limited use license in the EULA, I don't think this is legal. You can not differentiate between the store purchased and online downloaded copy of the same software is the law in the EU at least. You may not offer any warranty support to a 3rd party, but that's as far as your legal powers reach as far as I am aware.

     

    Reference EU ruling:

    http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-07/cp120094en.pdf

     

    The second part of my question is: Why would you be so nasty as to even try to prevent people from reselling your games if they paid real money for them?

    Can I modify control indicator??

    in DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark

    Posted

    Old thread, but I was just trying to do the same and it helped me save some time. Answer is modify

    \DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\Ka-50\Cockpit\Scripts\ControlsIndicator\ControlsIndicator_page.lua

     

    line which contains definition of

     

    base.init_pos

    You can change the XY position there, for example this puts it somewhere in the middle and very bottom of the screen: (good if you want to place other panel on left bottom where it used to clash)

     

    base.init_pos       = {(1  + size),-(1 - size)}

    DCS World - seriously bad framerate

    in Game Performance

    Posted

    I am running DCS:W on notebook equiped with an A6-3420M CPU overcloked to 2.5GHz and an AMD 7670M. The problem is, I get 15fps on lowest settings :( Is there a way to make it smooth on this notebook?

     

    If your laptop is one of those that has to run with Enduro, your problem is larger due to AMD drivers and Enduro. Get Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 (and keep updating as they come out)

     

    Otherwise, also the AMD driver will help, but DCS in general seems to run like crap especially on AMD cards.

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