Pre-order of Normandy'44?

[Buzzles]

Kev2Go is right in saying it's an annoyance. It's a minor one sure, but it'll be magnified if Normandy were to come out before the unified 2.5 is ready and 2.0 sees more maps.

 

Hopefully 2.5 will be done shortly. I can only imagine ED are chomping at the bit to get it out so they only have to support one version.

[MegOhm_SD]

no but it is inconvenient having to quit one running build of a game, and hop into another just to play on another map, and takes up extra unnecessary hard drive space.

 

Well it appears you have plenty of drive space with your 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD. If not, its time to declutter!

 

I thought I had read Normandy could go into 2.0 if necessary.

Edited December 22, 2016 by MegOhm_SD

[NineLine]

I thought I had read Normandy could go into 2.0 if necessary.

 

No info has been released on that, but it would make sense that it could run along side NTTR.

[YoYo]

Maybe some of news Tomorrow?

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2993004&postcount=46

[NineLine]

Maybe some of news Tomorrow?

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2993004&postcount=46

 

Well that wasnt made in the Normandy Section though ;)

[YoYo]

Well that wasnt made in the Normandy Section though ;)

 

Yeah, but Matt wrote "Big things on Friday" not "Big thing" (only the one), so maybe we will see something more than info about Viggen only I suppose. ;)

[NineLine]

Its better not to read anything into anything, you wont be disappointed by your own expectations that way :)

[Kev2go]

Well, as MegOhm said, it is like having two games installed Battlefield: Vietnam installed for Vietnam and Battlefield 3 for the different maps...

 

Unfortunately you can't just copy the old Battlefield maps into the newest iteration of the series and have the better graphics magically enhancing the old maps.

You will have the same inconvenience of two separate installs and waste hard drive space?

 

From what I've enjoyed so far with 4 DCS installations in parallel, it is absolutely worth the "waste"... ;)

 

um not its not the same...... very bad analogy. cant quite compare at all.

 

 

battlefield 3 is a different game. newer game, newer engine. difference is both games dont have the same content installed, wihslt in DCS the different build support the same ground assests, air defenses, and same aircraft.

 

No having a differnet launcher for DCS maps would be more akin to having 2 instances of Battlefield 3 same content, but just 2 different maps.

 

OFC the end goal with 2.5 is to have a unified launcher to support more than 1 map, but until then its 100% understandable why some people want to abstain from having both. ( or 3) if you count the Beta version of 1.5. Not everyone has multiple hardrives or enough hardrive space, even if some of us ( such as myself do). IM just suportive and understanding the case of others here, not myself. If Normandy comes out before unification, thatl mean yet another launcher? hopefully ED be able to at least be able to compromise for an interim solution, to make Normandy available forin 2.0 alpha client, to save us from having to need a 4th launcher.

Edited December 22, 2016 by Kev2go

[Kayos]

Would be nice if we saw 2.5 sometime :(

[Brigg]

Normandy first baby

[uboats]

Yeah, but Matt wrote "Big things on Friday" not "Big thing" (only the one), so maybe we will see something more than info about Viggen only I suppose. ;)

 

also 'Big' is bigger than 'big' ;)

[Brigg]

and BIG is even bigger :lol:

[shagrat]

um not its not the same...... very bad analogy. cant quite compare at all.

 

 

battlefield 3 is a different game. newer game, newer engine. difference is both games dont have the same content installed, wihslt in DCS the different build support the same ground assests, air defenses, and same aircraft.

 

No having a differnet launcher for DCS maps would be more akin to having 2 instances of Battlefield 3 same content, but just 2 different maps.

 

OFC the end goal with 2.5 is to have a unified launcher to support more than 1 map, but until then its 100% understandable why some people want to abstain from having both. ( or 3) if you count the Beta version of 1.5. Not everyone has multiple hardrives or enough hardrive space, even if some of us ( such as myself do). IM just suportive and understanding the case of others here, not myself. If Normandy comes out before unification, thatl mean yet another launcher? hopefully ED be able to at least be able to compromise for an interim solution, to make Normandy available forin 2.0 alpha client, to save us from having to need a 4th launcher.

Exactly what 1.5 is.. old engine plus some limited effect upgrades vs. DCS 2.0 with complete new engine and all new effects, performance enhancements and high detail mesh supported.

Which is exactly the reason why the old Caucasus map is incompatible with the new engine in 2.0 and ED is making a more or less new Caucasus map for the merge.

 

And just for the record, I have a single SSD, no need for multiple hard drives

 

Edit: and there is no "launcher" for the game anymore. It's a checker for upgrades and version. The game launches a single instance since 1.5

Believe me, it is more like the old DCS with the old Caucasus map and the new DCS with Nevada and hopefully the Normandy 44 and the new Caucasus map getting added soon. Later new maps like Straight of Hormuz etc. will integrate into DCS 2.x.

As soon as the new Caucasus map is ready for 2.x (new engine) we won't need 1.5 with the old engine anymore.

 

...but I'm just repeating what Wags said multiple times in posts, newsletters etc.

Edited December 23, 2016 by shagrat

[Double_D]

Exactly what 1.5 is.. old engine plus some limited effect upgrades vs. DCS 2.0 with complete new engine and all new effects, performance enhancements and high detail mesh supported.

Which is exactly the reason why the old Caucasus map is incompatible with the new engine in 2.0 and ED is making a more or less new Caucasus map for the merge.

 

And just for the record, I have a single SSD, no need for multiple hard drives

 

Edit: and there is no "launcher" for the game anymore. It's a checker for upgrades and version. The game launches a single instance since 1.5

Believe me, it is more like the old DCS with the old Caucasus map and the new DCS with Nevada and hopefully the Normandy 44 and the new Caucasus map getting added soon. Later new maps like Straight of Hormuz etc. will integrate into DCS 2.x.

As soon as the new Caucasus map is ready for 2.x (new engine) we won't need 1.5 with the old engine anymore.

 

...but I'm just repeating what Wags said multiple times in posts, newsletters etc.

 

 

So let me get this right, soon 1.5 will be obsolete..once all the changes are made...if so sort of good to know, but will we still be able to use 1.5 once the move over to all Edge engines format...???

[shagrat]

So let me get this right, soon 1.5 will be obsolete..once all the changes are made...if so sort of good to know, but will we still be able to use 1.5 once the move over to all Edge engines format...???

I guess it will come as a normal update, like the switch from 1.2 to 1.5... So it should be easy to skip the "update".

I also guess, we will see the merge coming to either 2.0 openalpha or 1.5 openbeta first, like the Nevada map.

 

So it would be even easier to keep 1.5 stable, or if necessary, revert back to 1.5.x

 

Please, don't nail me on this, it is what I have read and heard from info's on this forum and Wags videos, so I may be wrong. But this is the most likely "update" path I can see, based on the information available.

[Simon1279]

So let me get this right, soon 1.5 will be obsolete..once all the changes are made...if so sort of good to know, but will we still be able to use 1.5 once the move over to all Edge engines format...???

 

1.5 in first plans should never be existed at all, but moving to a totally new technology, requires time and efforts, a lot of time and efforts and on the other side, the community usually is impatient sometimes very impatient so ED decided to move to 1.5 for stable branch adding a bunch of new engine technology suitable for old stuff and then making an alpha for 2.0 for testing all of the issues before to make it stable and to prevent stable branch to be potentially full of bugs and then they choosed to make the new stable branch with all of the new technology when ready and without potential bugs the version 2.5 instead of 2.0 as planned from the start, all of the versions 2.x before the 2.5 will remain a testing bed related to Open Alpha branch while the 2.5 will be the stable version including all of the wonders of the new EDGE technology.

Edited December 23, 2016 by Simon1279
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[Double_D]

Really? I was fully aware of the steps they were taking in moving forward..was just wondering if once the move is done we could in our spare time tinker with old maps..thanks though...

 

1.5 in first plans should never be existed at all, but moving to a totally new technology, requires time and efforts, a lot of time and efforts and on the other side, the community usually is impatient sometimes very impatient so ED decided to move to 1.5 for stable branch adding a bunch of new engine technology suitable for old stuff and then making an alpha for 2.0 for testing all of the issues before to make it stable and to prevent stable branch to be potentially full of bugs and then they choosed to make the new stable branch with all of the new technology when ready and without potential bugs the version 2.5 instead of 2.0 as planned from the start, all of the versions 2.x before the 2.5 will remain a testing bed related to Open Alpha branch while the 2.5 will be the stable version including all of the wonders of the new EDGE technology.

[Conroy]

Normandy release - preorder

 

Could we have some more news about Normandy please?

 

Thank!

[razo+r]

2 weeks

 

or try to search those idk how many other threads and you'll get your answer

[NineLine]

Could we have some more news about Normandy please?

 

Thank!

 

We will get news when its ready to go to pre-sale.

[Simon1279]

This is not just a map like NTTR but it does contain all of the assets concerning ww2, i mean ground units exc. so it will take some time, prehaps even after may 2017

[NineLine]

This is not just a map like NTTR but it does contain all of the assets concerning ww2, i mean ground units exc. so it will take some time, prehaps even after may 2017

 

I'm not sure they would hold back the map for early access if all the units weren't complete. Just hang in there guys, its getting closer.

[assafm25]

I run both...Neither confusing nor frustrating at all. People are alot smarter than you suspect. Its not Rocket Science running two separate Sims. So whats the difference between running 2.0 or 1.5 compared to say running DCS and even another "game" other than the fact 2.0 and 1.5 have the same modules?

 

There is so much information here along with help from this great community, newcomers get up to speed pretty quick.

 

U right bu u forgot the Licenses issue with the product .

I need to double active my product .

also no one talk about the 100GB its tack from the HDD .

 

also all the time need to found myself looking for servers in the Version.

 

for me '

i also not like this 2 version situation.

 

+1 Med dogs

[golani79]

U right bu u forgot the Licenses issue with the product .

I need to double active my product .

 

Modules are already activated if you install 2.0 and / or Beta.

 

So no need for another activation.

[shagrat]

U right bu u forgot the Licenses issue with the product .

I need to double active my product .

also no one talk about the 100GB its tack from the HDD .

 

also all the time need to found myself looking for servers in the Version.

 

for me '

i also not like this 2 version situation.

 

+1 Med dogs

Well, about 40GB are the map... and if you may fly IL-2 CoD AND IL-2 BoS would you complain about having to install both?

 

Edit: what do you mean by double activate? You only need ONE activation per PC? I run 4 versions of DCS on my PC with the same activation.

Edited December 24, 2016 by shagrat