Separate Settings With Different Configs

[illuzian]

Hi Guys,

 

I know one of the mods was going to post a guide on how to do this but I've just jimmied up something. I'm not sure if there are specific command line switches to make this easier and my batch is a bit rusty so this might not be as elegant but here you go:

 

1. In your DCS install folder make a folder called CUST_SRC

2. Inside this folder make the following:

• DCS.bat
  
• DCS_VR.bat
  
• dcs_variant_novr.txt
  
• dcs_variant_vr.txt
  
• DCS_UPDATE.bat
  

3. If it currently exists in your dcs install folder, copy the dcs_variant file to CUST_SRC, this applies for beta and alpha generally.

4. Edit DCS.bat to contain:

set GAME_PATH="H:\Games\DCS World"
echo "%GAME_PATH%"
if exist %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt ( del %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt )
copy %GAME_PATH%\CUST_SRC\dcs_variant_novr.txt %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt
cd %GAME_PATH%
start bin\dcs_updater.exe

4.1. Change GAME_PATH to be your DCS install directory

5. Edit DCS_VR.bat to contain:

set GAME_PATH="H:\Games\DCS World"
echo "%GAME_PATH%"
if exist %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt ( del %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt )
copy %GAME_PATH%\CUST_SRC\dcs_variant_vr.txt %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt
cd %GAME_PATH%
start bin\dcs_updater.exe

5.1. Edit GAME_PATH to be your DCS install directory

**STEP 6 MAY BE OPTIONAL BUT I'M NOT SURE IF UPDATER LOOKS AT dcs_variant.txt**

6. Edit DCS_UPDATE.bat to contain:

set GAME_PATH="H:\Games\DCS World"
echo "%GAME_PATH%"
if exist %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt ( del %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt )
if exist %GAME_PATH%\CUST_SRC\dcs_variant.txt ( copy %GAME_PATH%\CUST_SRC\dcs_variant.txt  %GAME_PATH%\dcs_variant.txt )
cd %GAME_PATH%
start bin\dcs_updater.exe update

6.1. Edit GAME_PATH to be your DCS install directory

7. Edit dcs_variant_vr.txt to contain the name of what you want the save to be. For release I entered releaseVR. Note that any . you enter will be truncated. If your folder had the existing dcs_variant I suggest opening that and naming it similar ie betaVR or alphaVR

8. Edit dcs_variant_novr.txt to contain the name of what you want the save to be. For release I entered releaseNOVR. Note that any . you enter will be truncated. If your folder had the existing dcs_variant I suggest opening that and naming it similar ie betaNOVR or alphaNOVR

9. OPTIONAL: Go to your user folder and open the Saved Games folder (usually C:\Users\username\Saved Games\ , find your DCS release branch and copy it twice renaming it to for example DCS.releaseVR and DCS.releaseNOVR this preserves your current settings and key bindings. I would suggest leaving your existing folder intact.

 

Hope this helps, your key bindings and graphics settings remain separate as well. Any questions post in this thread.