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Very nice! :)

It's indeed much more stuttery since update 1 than what had been reported before in NTTR.

It's entirely possible, just check this thread to see how to revert. This would be for the whole 2.x installation however, for the individual modules the only way is forward - it's an alpha after all, it's what it's for :)

Thanks! :) The default mapping is RAlt+RShift+J, works nicely.

Not sure whether this was a patronizing comment but it certainly looks a little bit like it ;) Not that I care much though. Yes, the known issue was about the HUD on the sky background, which has always been hard to read (usually I switch to night mode which is more readable, even in day time). In this case, however, the poor visibility of the HUD (in all conditions) and MFCDs are due to saturation and over-brightness, even if I switch the MFCDs to night mode. The labels are also harder to read, blurry or poorly contrasted. With deferred shading off, it's better, indeed, but yes... blue shadows. And the map shows with deferred shading off here too, good to know! :)

... but if you removed those files, wouldn't they be forced to buy the new version? :devil_2: Mmh, sorry, not sure what's come over me there ;) Really looking forward to this particular campaign, I haven't missed the train by much when it was removed.

I've tried, you need a key to extract the package, so unless I missed something it's useless to try and download those files . Perhaps they should be removed.

DCS 2.1.0.5677.215 (I'm not sure whether this should be here, or in the alpha section) I see no map on the TAD with the latest update, not sure it's a known issue - I knew it was expected for Normandy, but not for NTTR. I suppose that since the map has changed somewhat, it has to be regenerated. The display is also hard to read, especially the HUD, but it's surely WIP.

Surely you'd need a licence to run those missions like before, wouldn't you? Or is it public now, until the new version is out? It's confusing, because I see "License: Paid - Paid version, License file included", but I think it actually means "License file required".

They changed everything again in 2.1... I'm not sure I'll maintain this fix anymore, if they don't want to integrate it at some point. EDIT: apparently the file reverted to what it was in 1.5.6, without the LOCALIZE (weird). So using the latest 1.5.6 fix in 2.1 should work.

I confirm it's not working as expected in the air since version 2.1.0.5677.215, I see the trim button moving on the stick but it has no noticeable effect on the flight model. Didn't have the time to check whether the neutral light was switching on/off. (Thrustmaster joystick as in the sig below, no FFB)

OK thanks, so my install is not messed up, since I had to restart the update I wasn't so sure. Plenty of lovely texture/shadow/... maps and meshes! Normandy seems more modest in comparison (though it's already quite big). Hem, more than 10 minutes just to load NTTR is ... lengthy, especially from an SSD :/ I think it needs to recompile shaders, perhaps it's just that.

Ouch, 36 GB just for Nevada, that's why it took so long! Is that normal it takes so much disk space? :unsure:

Well, the idea of the torrent is that the more participate, the best the download bitrate will be ;) (not to mention avoiding to overload their servers) Now that's fine, but it will be an estimated 3-4 hours just to update NTTR, and only then the download of Normandy (which should take a little more I suppose). It'll be a long night :D

I was wondering the same, should we post a report in the DCS bug section?

Unfortunately, there is no persistence in DCS, but so you shouldn't look for a reason, it's just off on a cold start. Not sure whether it's a constant pre-defined value or random.

That should really not happen. Perhaps it's worth searching in your logbook.lua file for the part that describes the campaign progression, for example you should see this ["campaign"] = "./Mods/campaigns/A-10C The Enemy Within Campaign/en/The Enemy Within DLC.cmp" Sometimes a filename changes in an update (it's very rare and I don't think it's the case here), or progression gets messed up somehow, but it's generally possible to fix it easily. If there is really no trace left of the campaign, something really bad must have happened. Or do you have several pilot profiles?

Great feature in such a case :)

Yeah, it was a bit of an exaggeration ;) I know there are others, I meant "a minority" :) Still, some vendors accept money transfers but it's more work, and you pay internation transfer taxes which may get quite expensive. So it's quite rare, since it's a problem for both parties. Not sure I see any other solution, really.

That would be a problem, since the system they are using for VISA doesn't work in several EU countries. So if they don't keep Paypal, it means a lot of customers won't be able to buy their products anymore. Not sure what you had exactly, but it's usually the matter of doing a less-than-1€ transaction to verify the link to the bank, that you get back anyway. Last time they asked I told them I had already done that before and they didn't insist. I'm not a huge fan of Paypal but I have to admit it's very convenient and safe. On the other hand, the credit cards are sometimes easy but you need to trust the system, and last time I tried with ED, a few months back, they were using Sage Pay which doesn't have a nice reputation, and caused quite some problems. I never had feedback from ED about this, even though there was a ticket. This also coincided with an attack I had on my card, I had it cancelled and had to get another one. Other than those two systems, I don't see how you could pay the products you want to buy, so you'll have to comply somehow, I don't believe they'll change the whole system for one user and without good reasons ;)

Why not Paypal? You can refill your account without a credit card, benefit from a good protection, it doesn't get any easier.

I've had this problem before with the M-2000C campaign, you could have something wrong in your logbook, the file that stores where you are in campaigns and the statistics of your pilot. It's in %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\MissionEditor\logbook.lua (or ...\DCS\... if you're using the release branch). Whatever you do, make a backup first. Check this post that describes the problem some had a while ago and how to figure out what is wrong. Or if that doesn't help, this one which shows how to edit the pilot logbook and force the advancement to the next mission. If you're really lost, you can post your logbook.lua here and I or someone else will try to verify it, but it could take a while. Also, put your log so we can see what is wrong. So those two files: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Logs\dcs.log %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\MissionEditor\logbook.lua

I can't speak for everyone but I've never, ever bought a game without checking it out first. I don't want to waste my money, and even less my time, impulsively on something I don't know, and it's very hard to get an opinion from the little info on Steam. So I'm usually checking some reviews, and the developper website. A quick check on DCS should bring anyone to the DCS store. Unfortunately, yes, some might just overlook this and learn the hard way , or just happily stick with Steam if they don't care that much. Steam most probably puts some pressure on vendors to have exclusive rights, I've seen several sims and games that were first available both on Steam and at another place, moving exclusively to Steam. I was actually surprised to see it was possible to register Steam's products on the DCS store and use them outside the Steam ecosystem, it's no wonder it finally stopped, even though it's sad for the people who might get stuck there. So I think that the big picture is not necessarily what the users prefer, or what the developers prefer, but how the distributors restrict the licencing options as they get more momentum. I'm certainly glad it's not the other way round, and that we don't all have to migrate to Steam, but that's just personal preference (apparently shared with others).

It's actually quite fortunate we are not forced to use Steam and have the choice between this platform and a stand-alone installation. I rather see this as an advantage for customers, what don't you like about this? The only drawback I see is for 3rd party developers (aircraft, campaigns and terrains) who have to be able to test different platforms. In any case, I doubt it was ED's decision.

Still valid with latest update (1.5.6.5199.291).