Module Manager enable disable?

[LcSummers]

Hi ED Team,

 

the Module Manager shows me to enable or disable modules.

If i am right it means that the module is deactivated.

 

As i want to install a new GC do i have to disable / deactivate all modules from th Module manager?

 

Thanks for your help

 

LC

[nervousenergy]

I'm assuming GC = Game Client.

 

If it's anything other than installing it directly over the old client, then you should deactivate all modules to prevent losing an activation when you install the new client. It seems very straightforward... I've only done it once a month ago when I upgraded to Windows 10. Deactivated all modules, did the upgrade, then re-activated. Everything worked correctly, and I didn't lose an activation when looking at the license properties in module manager.

[lennycutler]

I think he means graphics card....I am not sure if a new graphics card would require an deactivation?

[BIGNEWY]

using the module manager to enable or disable modules only removes it from the sim, it has no effect on activation or deactivation.

 

a guide to activation and deactivation can be found in your doc folder in the user manual C:\DCS World\Doc

 

Each license (disk) has initial 10 activations plus AAA technology (described below).

 

If StarForce detects changes to your computer hardware/software as described below, an

activation will be required.

 

An activation will be required if the hardware/software changes exceed 12 points as rated

below:

 

CPU ID: 13

Windows PID: 3

Computer Name: 3

Hard drive volume serial number: 3

MAC address: 6

RAM amount: 6

 

You should be fine if you are just replacing the GPU

Edited September 27, 2015 by BIGNEWY

[Vandal71]

I've always mean to ask, but does disabling modules, that you may not use for awhile, make game loading faster?

 

What is the benefit?

[nervousenergy]

using the module manager to enable or disable modules only removes it from the sim, it has no effect on activation or deactivation.

 

a guide to activation and deactivation can be found in your doc folder in the user manual C:\DCS World\Doc

 

 

 

You should be fine if you are just replacing the GPU

Ahh... you learn something new every day. Looks like using the module manager was completely unnecessary.

[Grimes]

I've always mean to ask, but does disabling modules, that you may not use for awhile, make game loading faster?

 

What is the benefit?

 

Yes and no. When the game loads it does do a star-force check on each module you have installed, the more modules the more time it takes to do that. However the overall time per SF check is quite small so load time isn't impacted that much.

 

In terms of benefits, I'm not really sure with regard to official content. In terms of unofficial content like modded aircraft or even an AI unit pack that is setup as its own module, I think it would be useful to more easily manage the version you are working with. Say you want to make a mission and you have some unit pack installed, you could disabled the unit pack so the mission can only feature "vanilla" game content, thus you won't accidentally add in some unit that requires a mod. Unfortunately nobody seems to setup their added object packs as modules.

[LcSummers]

Hello all,

 

first of all thank you very much for your kind help. Its good to know there is help.:thumbup:

 

 

Lenny is right, i meant a graphics card. Yes, i need a new one, want to taste the NTTR map in its full beautiness.

 

Thanks for answering and clearing my question.

 

S!

[KoN]

deactivate or not too

 

Hi all

Do i need to deactivate all my modules from 1.2.6 and 1.5.

So not to loose the activate and deactivate count limit.

Or has this been stopped now to unlimited activations and deactivations . Moving my open-beta 1.5 to a new SSD drive or can i just uninstall with modules counts still intact . :cry:

[Phantom453]

Hi Con,

 

No you don't need to deactivate any modules.

 

Welcome to the forums.

[Pivot2163]

Quick question; if I deactivate a module in one version of DCSW would it have any effect on the other versions I have installed? I want to uninstall an older version of the sim and don't want to lose or deactivate my planes in the other versions.

[Nirvi]

Quick question; if I deactivate a module in one version of DCSW would it have any effect on the other versions I have installed? I want to uninstall an older version of the sim and don't want to lose or deactivate my planes in the other versions.

It won't affect any other variant. You won't loose any activation when installing/uninstalling DCS, only when you change your hardware.

[Dingo_Bob]

Activation are only lost for major hardware changes (i.e. CPU, Motherboard, Memory, Some Graphics cards), or changing to a different PC / or OS / Windows version

 

you can install & un-install on the same PC as much as you want without losing anything

Edited December 2, 2015 by Dingo_Bob

[Pivot2163]

Thank you all for the reply..

[KoN]

That's good news, i am so pleased there is no limit .

Edited December 8, 2015 by Con