mj3437 Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I am currently running 1.2.14.35605 and have been asked if I want to update at this time. I am a little gun shy as my install is running very well. I have the A10, P51, Huey and FC3, plus the free Su25T. I guess my question is : are there any problems with this update? Any must haves? I thought I saw a thread about the update but don't see it now. Thanks for any insight as I don't want to mess up my current install. MJ msi Z170A MB, i7-6700k @ 4.0GHz, 32GB DDR4 GeForce GTX 970 4GB, Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB Acer Predator Z271, 650w PSU, Corsair Carbon500R, MS FFB 2
will- Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 FYI there is a update every month 100%. Intel i9-9900K 32GB DDR4, RTX 2080tiftw3, Windows 10, 1tb 970 M2, TM Warthog, 4k 144hz HDR g-sync.
Manuel_108 Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 DCS just gets better with every update, the chances that something goes wrong are pretty small. There's the repair option too, no worries.
Belgeode Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 You're fine MJ. I already updated it and experienced no ill effects. You should be good to go. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
AceRevo Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Game is still improving, and to implement these improvements your game will have to update. Also, if you dont have the latest updates, you may not be able to play online (multiplayer). Your game is basically just getting better with these updates, which is pretty normal these days. Before, you would buy your game on a disc and that was it. Any glitches and bugs on that game would never get fixed, but thanks to our technology today, our games will only improve! X-55 profile for the F-15C
mj3437 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 Thank you. I've never had a problem updating before, but when the sim is running so good I had to check. I'll run the update later (after taking out several buildings, a truck or two,and a couple of parked planes while I try to get this Huey to hover:joystick: Thanks again MJ msi Z170A MB, i7-6700k @ 4.0GHz, 32GB DDR4 GeForce GTX 970 4GB, Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB Acer Predator Z271, 650w PSU, Corsair Carbon500R, MS FFB 2
Yurgon Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 DCS just gets better with every update, the chances that something goes wrong are pretty small. You... ain't no long-time DCS user, are you? :D Sorry, couldn't resist. :) It's just that DCS updates have introduced major bugs in the past and there are no guarantees whatsoever that new updates won't break anything, either. I think in the recent past there were no major ones. I just don't have the same kind of faith in updates as you seem to have. Well, let's hope that future updates will continually keep drawing me on the "sure, feel free to update, it's as safe as it gets" side. :smartass:
mj3437 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 Yurgon Thanks for the understanding in my apprehension in updating. I have been through a few updates and been on these forums for long enough to have heard of some bad experiences. I have, to date, not had to deal with any. MJ msi Z170A MB, i7-6700k @ 4.0GHz, 32GB DDR4 GeForce GTX 970 4GB, Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB Acer Predator Z271, 650w PSU, Corsair Carbon500R, MS FFB 2
Art-J Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) MJ, If You intend to buy new modules in the future, their installers will require updating the core game anyway, so sooner or later you will have to do it whether you want it or not. Every patch fixes some bugs and introduces quite a few new ones, but since the infamous "aircrafts-to-aircraft-folder" and "Su-25 training missions" mess-ups, which took place last year, there have been no gamebreaking bugs related to upgrading and I don't expect similar things to happen again. As for new glitches - you learn to live with'em (and wait for the next patch to replace them with others :D) Edited January 24, 2015 by Art-J i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
Invisibull Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 This last update broke all my Huey SAR and troop pickup missions. Very disappointing because I spent quite a long time getting them just right and now no word on if or when the issue will be fixed. With word now coming that a World 2.0 release may come as late as June, I'm very leery to waste time building missions and doing modifications in the future if these updates are going to keep breaking them. i9 9900k - GTX 2080 Ti - MSI Z87 GD65 Mobo - 64GB HyperX Predator RGB DDR4 3200MHz - Win10 64 bit - TM Warthog w FSSB R3 mod - TrackIr 5.
Yurgon Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for the understanding in my apprehension in updating. I have been through a few updates and been on these forums for long enough to have heard of some bad experiences. I have, to date, not had to deal with any. Despite the risk of running into problems, I usually update right away when a new version is released. It's required for multiplayer anyway (everyone must be on the same version) and I don't recall major bugs in the past couple of months, at least not regarding aircraft, weapons, and flight characteristics. But... This last update broke all my Huey SAR and troop pickup missions. Yup, missions get broken on a regular basis, that's pretty annoying. Sometimes triggers won't fire, sometimes DCS will crash as soon as a mission starts. Entire scripts that are widely used in missions have been broken with updates. These mission editor problems are something I hope ED will be more careful to avoid in the future, seeing as some mission designers spent a really long time to get missions working. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any official roadmaps regarding the ME, where ED could for instance state "Don't use function XYZ, it's deprecated and will be removed entirely in relaese 1.2.nn" or something. In short, recent updates haven't turned DCS unplayable for me, but there's always the risk of them breaking something that used to work while fixing something that didn't. :)
Belgeode Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 This last update broke all my Huey SAR and troop pickup missions. Very disappointing because I spent quite a long time getting them just right and now no word on if or when the issue will be fixed. With word now coming that a World 2.0 release may come as late as June, I'm very leery to waste time building missions and doing modifications in the future if these updates are going to keep breaking them. Is it something specific to Hueys? Because I just played, recorded, and uploaded to youtube a Mi-8 troop insertion and pickup mission that I created, and everything performed flawlessly. Also what exactly broke? The triggers? some kind of scripting? Naturally I am really curious because over the last few weeks I have been diving headfirst into mission building for the purposes of showcasing them on youtube. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
AtaliaA1 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 For months now (6 I believe) DCS has been stellar in its patch release dates now. With all of the "Major" bugs being extinguished the Developers are able to work on the minor issues. Hence the fixes for object errors and the like. If one still has concerns it is easy to just down load 2 ver. of the Simulator. I use the 1.2.7 release for every day flying, it has the fewest bugs that allow me to operate the A10c. I also use the Beta ver. for checking the updated software with my PC. An important part of a beta is sometimes there can be PC specific issues, these of course not applying across the board so that PC 1 gets superb frame rates and PC 2 doesn't. Once all is settled I will be able to delete the extra ver. and while waiting this great metamorphosis my flying skills are being honed. Just a point of matter, for those with the space to download 2 ver. and avoid any issues with updates. This not really being an issue for months now. As in play stopping issues anyway. This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit.
Yurgon Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Oh great, the latest DCS update makes all MP clients crash whenever the scripting function coalition.addGroup() is called (incidentally used by the widely used CTTS library). Wasted a good 1 1/2 hours of our time today because none of the guys were aware of this. That's exactly the kind of bugs that keep appearing, get fixed, then something else breaks. None of it a total show stopper, but each a real pain in the behind for mission designers and pilots alike.
SilentGun Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) update or not? Oh great, the latest DCS update makes all MP clients crash whenever the scripting function coalition.addGroup() is called (incidentally used by the widely used CTTS library). Wasted a good 1 1/2 hours of our time today because none of the guys were aware of this. That's exactly the kind of bugs that keep appearing, get fixed, then something else breaks. None of it a total show stopper, but each a real pain in the behind for mission designers and pilots alike. Wow people are really mad at this issue. I thought it was just me and a couple of my friends that were upset because the update it broke but no, it seems like a huge problem to the DCS community. Hope it will be fixed soon... Edited January 26, 2015 by SilentGun Link to my Imgur screenshots and motto http://imgur.com/a/Gt7dF One day in DCS... Vipers will fly along side Tomcats... Bugs with Superbugs, Tiffy's with Tornado's, Fulcrums with Flankers and Mirage with Rafales... :)The Future of DCS is a bright one:)
Manuel_108 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 You... ain't no long-time DCS user, are you? :D Sorry, couldn't resist. :) It's just that DCS updates have introduced major bugs in the past and there are no guarantees whatsoever that new updates won't break anything, either. I think in the recent past there were no major ones. I just don't have the same kind of faith in updates as you seem to have. Well, let's hope that future updates will continually keep drawing me on the "sure, feel free to update, it's as safe as it gets" side. :smartass: Haha honestly, I'm not a long time user. I just have faith in updating as my last 10 updates introduced no major bugs whatsoever. Until that's the case, I'll try to keep my faith. :D
FlightControl Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 You can update, but bare the consequence that a lot of multi player missions and servers are currently broken due to the fact that the function coalition.addGroup() is kicking out every client when this function is called... As a result, the more interesting missions out there are broken. So the statements you read above that the update is okay is not true. The update to 1.2.14.35734 is stable, 36041 is not, although i think when you update and would play only single player missions, the lastest update may work for you well. It depends what functionality you use, you see... Mission designers are currently a bit annoyed, as their missions are now not hostable anymore and not stable. Sven [TABLE][sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]| Join MOOSE community on: DISCORD :thumbup: Website of the MOOSE LUA Framework. MOOSE framework Downloads. Check out Example Missions to try out and learn. MOOSE YouTube Channel for live demonstrations and tutorials. [/TABLE]
FlightControl Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Oh great, the latest DCS update makes all MP clients crash whenever the scripting function coalition.addGroup() is called (incidentally used by the widely used CTTS library). Wasted a good 1 1/2 hours of our time today because none of the guys were aware of this. That's exactly the kind of bugs that keep appearing, get fixed, then something else breaks. None of it a total show stopper, but each a real pain in the behind for mission designers and pilots alike. I agree. Also wasted hours trying to find the symptoms or causes for introduced bugs, which the average gamer would never notice, as most haven't designed complex missions. But then when these missions are not hosted anymore due to bugs, then suddenly complains appear. Count my words. And some people are reacting in another thread on suggestions to improve beta testing. I have a strong feeling these people are not aware what it takes to make missions, to host them and to keep them stable. Sven [TABLE][sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]| Join MOOSE community on: DISCORD :thumbup: Website of the MOOSE LUA Framework. MOOSE framework Downloads. Check out Example Missions to try out and learn. MOOSE YouTube Channel for live demonstrations and tutorials. [/TABLE]
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