Shooty_Deluxe Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm pretty new to DCS so I had been using 1.5 beta all this time. Now i've seen that 1.5 is officially released so my question is. Should I keep playing with the beta or do a fresh install with the official 1.5 release? Is there any way to go to the standard branch without having to re-download and re-install? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoflSeal Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 You can switch beta client to release client http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooty_Deluxe Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) double post sorry. please delete this one. Edited January 7, 2016 by Shooty_Deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooty_Deluxe Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thanks. Just tried that but I get an error message saying "Version 1.5.2.48727 is not available". Not sure if I wrote the correct command line. If I just write update 1.5.2@release it tells me that i'm already up to date and nothing changes. What exactly should I expect from correct use of this command line? --- Log file: C:\Users\ALEXMO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\autoupdate_templog.txt === Log opened UTC 2016-01-07 14:42:32 INFO : DCS_Updater/2.6.12.52 (Windows NT 6.1.7601; Win64; en-GB) INFO : cmdline: DCS_updater.exe update 1.5.2.48727@release STATUS: Initializing... INFO : basedir: C:\Games\DCS World OpenBeta\ INFO : dcs_variant.txt: openbeta INFO : DCS/1.5.2.48726.137 (x86_64; EN; WORLD,F-15C,A-10C,FC3) INFO : branch: openbeta STATUS: Checking for updates... INFO : Got reply from http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com INFO : Got reply from srv1.update.digitalcombatsimulator.com ERROR: Version 1.5.2.48727 is not available. === Log closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoflSeal Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 IIRC what i wrote was " dcs_updater.exe update @release:1.5.2.48727 " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooty_Deluxe Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 IIRC what i wrote was " dcs_updater.exe update @release:1.5.2.48727 " I get a 404 error with that command line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 404 is a web error. Command line, not a browser. ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Lol i get that too!!! 404 not found...from the command box :) ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I just downloaded the 1.5 release installer. It coppied a majority of the files already on the computer. Easier than "possibly corrupting your install". 1 _:Windows 10 64 Bit, I7 3770 3.4Ghz, 16 Gigs Ram, GTX 960, TM Warthog, Track IR 5 w/Pro Clip:_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurgon Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Is there any way to go to the standard branch without having to re-download and re-install? I think the easiest way is something like this, if you have enough HDD space: Download the 1.5 Release installer from ED Install it. Here's the cool thing: It will automatically detect your OpenBeta installation and copy as many files as possible from your local harddrive. :thumbup: Only a few files will then be downloaded from the Internet; these should be files that have actually changed between OpenBeta and Release All modules should work out of the box without further activation Install missing modules via the Module Manager. Once again, existing files will be copied from the already installed OpenBeta. It is usually advised to recreate your input profiles from scratch, but if you only started with 1.5 OpenBeta, it should be safe to copy them over: Copy Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config\Input to Saved Games\DCS\Config\ (or just copy the entire DCS.openbeta contents to the DCS folder, it should work okay. That would also copy your screenshots, downloaded missions, track files, pilot settings etcetera) If you run into any trouble with the new 1.5 Release installation, delete or rename Saved Games\DCS to make sure that's not the reason something doesn't work [*]Once you've checked that everything works okay and you have checked that you can actually fly every module you own, feel free to uninstall and delete the old OpenBeta installation to free up disk space. ;) [*]If you plan to check out new features in the future and you have enough disk space, I'd personally just keep the OpenBeta installed [*]Happy flying :thumbup: Edited January 7, 2016 by Yurgon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooty_Deluxe Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I think the easiest way is something like this, if you have enough HDD space: Download the 1.5 Release installer from ED Install it. Here's the cool thing: It will automatically detect your OpenBeta installation and copy as many files as possible from your local harddrive. :thumbup: Only a few files will then be downloaded from the Internet; these should be files that have actually changed between OpenBeta and Release... This is exactly what I did and it worked. Had a bit of trouble re-activating purchased modules but that's it. Thanks. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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