License to Chill

Thanks Rudel, the fact that I completely mis-understood what was stated on said video is evidence of decrepitude and advancing years! :doh:

Knowing now what I have gleaned from reading these forums, I definitely would have opted for the Standalone DCS instead. However, when I purchased the Viggen - I did not notice the disclaimer that the content is standalone incompatible. Therefore, when I purchased the Harrier (which had the caveat in a more prominent position), I had to go with the Steam version, or play standalone without the Viggen. I certainly wasn't willing to purchase the AJS37 again in order to play without Steam. However, as said before - I'm not here to gripe about my choices; good / bad / indifferent, I am just a little bewildered by the 2 licensing systems / one game. To top it all off, I was recently watching a Grim Reapers YouTube video, and (I could be wrong but), it sounded like they were saying that only Steam players can play on Steam based DCS Servers and Vice-Versa for Standalone. If this is the case then ED have truly shot themselves in the foot imho. Sure, Cross-platform (Console vs PC) can have issues, but PC vs PC? I just hope I got the wrong end of the stick on this one.

Thank you all for your very prompt and helpfull replies. As a noob to DCS, all of my purchases have been done via Steam; I wasn't even aware of a Standalone version (at the time), so naturally I want to make sure that my future purchases align with the "Steam flavoured" platform, or I will be left with a new map for my A-10C, KA-50, and Mig 21, and lose out on my favourite (Viggen) and latest purchase (Harrier).

Okay, I am guessing the answer is secreted somewhere in these forums, but tbh I don't have the time to trawl through lots of disgruntled posts, besides which, this post is a question regarding Steam but not in the usual 'frame'. So I noticed that the new Persian Gulf map is up for pre-order on the E-Shop, and I was about to jump at the chance, when I noticed the "Steam Incompatible" caveat. My question is; I know that new Steam modules (post & inc M2k) are not compatible with the standalone DCS due to licensing methods. However, does the same apply for (Starforce?) purchase keys, in Steam? (i.e., If I pre-purchased the Persian Gulf map on the ED E-Shop, could I use the license key to activate / download this content on Steam?) If not, is there any chance we Steam users will get a bite of the pre-order discount cherry, or was the 50% Steam sale a means to placate Steam DCS players for such an omission? (No malice or sarcasm intended, but there does seem to be a lot of confusion since this 'divorce' between Steam and Standalone).