--- Update 2 ---
As promised, ED replaced the corrupted module installers by perfectly working versions on their download page the next day. Thanks !
(Now discovering the joys of fixing trim FFB with a G940, but that is another story)
--- Update ---
Issue (corrupted installer for A-10 module version 1.2.2.7286_39) has been acknowledged by Sobek (see further down the thread) - ED team is working on it. Note that the BS2 upgrade module installer (same version) is also suspect (one non-critical file within the package might be corrupted).
I rest my case below, but I appreciate the responsiveness of ED in acknowledging problems on their side. Thanks for that.
--- Original rant ---
(I know this is not the best way to start posting on this forum but I believe that as a loyal customer to ED and their predecessors (back to Flanker 1.0 actually) I may write one thing or two about their latest advances in colonoscopy -err, scratch that- installation procedures)
Just finished a new PC build, eager to run DCS and modules (Ka-50 / A-10C) in all their glory, I bravely started by reading (a lot) about the deactivation procedure to apply on my old PC. Finally managed to find a10_protect.exe and ka50_protect.exe on that one and, while A-10 deactivated correctly (I think, although the 9 activations left seem a bit suspicious to me as I do not remember having installed A-10 twice before), BS deactivation failed miserably, directing me to the starforce (or whatever it is called now) website, to no avail. Oh well, I can live with losing an activation...
After careful reading and re-reading the instructions, I then proceed to bravely download and install DCS World on the new PC. Installation appears to be OK (even though it attempts to install an outdated version of DirectX but, hey, this is certainly Microsoft's fault, uh ?) as I can thereafter perfectly fly the SU-25. Oh joy ! (Well, the trim assignments in the control section are messed up between left-right and up-down but what flightsim is bugless ? Besides, this can easily be fixed by a bit of trial and error in assigning the buttons to the functions).
When things start to become less dandy is when, after downloading the A-10 DCS module, I get the dreaded "the installations files are corrupt" message. Certainly the download got corrupted somewhere on its way through the internet... except that the MD5 sum matches the one announced next to download link (like the MD5 sums of DCS World matched the announced hashes too).
Then, I realised that when I started DCS World yesterday to check the install, it sneaked in an automatic update so maybe, just maybe, it might not be in sync with the A-10 module downloaded a few hours later (or vice-versa or whatever) ?
I am now busy redownloading the whole lot (DCSW, A-10, Ka-50) again and praying that this will fix the $#éµing thing but I am starting to become a bit mad at that silly system ! Heck, the Falcon dance was fun compared to this.
And this is in 2012.
