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If you install 2.5 OB I would expect that the download required for 2.5 stable would be reduced, although I couldn't even guess by how much. I don't know how long it will be before stable releases, the latest I'm aware of was this post where Wags declined to give an ETA, so it might be a little while. Aside from what you have to do to access two downloads instead of one I can't think of anything that would wind up being worse when you install stable if you have OB on your machine, provided you have space for two copies on your hard drive - on that note my OB is just under 90 GB with Nevada and my modules. I am hopeful that I won't need to download more than a couple of GB more to install stable, but that hope isn't based on anything lol. Still, might be worth just going far enough with the upgrade to see how large the download will be in case it's a small enough amount that you can manage it with your mobile data, if not you should be able to cancel it and start it again at your friend's house. OB is running nicely for me, I think it is a big step forward from 1.5, I didn't use 2.2 OA much but I think 2.5 OB is better than that too. However, there is the memory leak that Wags sited as the biggest issue ED wants to resolve before releasing stable, and I'm not sure how high you'll be able to run your settings until you swap your 580s out for something with more vram, but if they were dealing with 2.2 OA ok I'd expect they'll be alright for the meantime.

I'll answer the last part: 2.5 Stable is not out yet, should be soon but no ETA right now. If you want to do the download once and for all I suggest you keep checking here for the installer to be posted. The 2.5 installer should reuse all the files it can so you won't have to download everything again. However, be aware that a lot of people will be downloading at the same time so your download probably won't use your friend's full bandwidth and will take longer as a result. I think I wound up having to download about 15 GB in addition to what I already had in my 2.2 OA which is about the size of the new Caucasus map, but you might have to download more, depending on whether updates or anything else gets included in 2.5 stable.

I'm struggling to understand how to patrol an area set as "RUTA". I had thought when I was in master mode SPA the navigation would lead me from one corner point to another, but neither the course index on the outer ring of the CI nor the HUD navigation direct me to RUTA corner points. The radar does display the RUTA corner points but it's difficult to use that alone because I can only see one corner point at a time that way, so when I reach one corner and turn I'm not confident I've found the correct line to get to the next corner point. Any help with the above would be very welcome. However... Is there a way to access the individual missions of the Caucasus mini-campaign? If the recon problems above prevent me completing mission 1 I'd still like to use the other missions because I've done the single missions to death! Thanks for reading, help would be appreciated.

Awesome, much appreciated Cobra :)

Are both the A & B variants of the Tomcat going to be included in one module? If not, is there likely to be a bundle or discount offered for people who buy both? I did find a Q & A where Nicholas said the pricing wouldn't be exorbitant but I was still unclear about the questions above, so if someone can enlighten me I'd appreciate it.

Sounds like it's time to bind active pause to a HOTAS button...

I wonder if Razbam are waiting on the "play ball" from ED or the relevant authorities... Could make a big difference to how imminent this module might be.

Nice, thanks for that!

Me either :cry:

That has nothing to do with this thread.

Thanks so much for the quick reply and link. Really appreciate the political ‘what if’ plots you weave into these campaigns, will keep a lookout for this

Thanks, much appreciated :)

Hi BD, I saw a comment you made last July about making a Red Flag campaign for the Mirage 2000 in NTTR where visiting UAE Mirages participate. Do you still plan to release this campaign, and if so, do you expect to release it in the first half of this year?

Up 30.2 KB/s Down 402.9 KB/s I’d kill for your “slow” speed :P

I used the command line ("dcs_updater update")...

I'm on Au West Coast (no I don't have a mullet!) and the download has started for me

Single, sorry forgot there is a multiplayer one around. And yes, I get that IRL RWRs pick up radar regardless, cheers

I definitely don’t pick up my flight’s radars in “Hunting the hunters”, which is why I asked.

As a “paying customer” you are entitled to a copy of the *release version” of the product. People who bought NTTR or Normandy were granted access to 2.x as a condition of sale. No one is entitled to the open beta. ED can make it available selectively or withdraw it altogether at any time.

Oh ok, that makes sense. Thanks, I think I’ve got my head around it now.

My bad, I did use the wrong term, I should have asked “how do we avoid getting radar emission indications constantly when flying with a wing/man beside/behind?” I meant to ask about the way this works with AI wingmen, I didn’t realise there was a difference in the RWR function for multiplayer or I would have clarified, once again, my apologies.

Something just came to mind, since we can't distinguish between known/friendly radars and others, how do we avoid getting radar warning constantly when flying with a wing/man beside/behind? Radar is used for searching by the wing/man as well as lead, correct?

Pitchfork anyone? :P

Sorry Django, I think NeilWillis may be right, future modules would need support that ED won't provide for 1.5.8 once the upgrade process is complete. I misunderstood and thought you meant that your installs would be both branches of 2.5. Apologies.

That is my understanding. I know personally that’s how it works currently, I haven’t seen mention of a change and I can’t see why they would change the current system, but I’m not ED so I don’t *know*.