Please help me with this.

[lazduc]

I want to download each module I have onto separate 8gb usb thumb drives.

 

First...is 8gb large enough for each module. ( What are the largest modules?) I think that NTTR , Normandy and DCS world are the largest...what size are they?

 

Second...does Starforce attach to each download? I want to install these modules onto a new system...not the system I will use to do the downloading.

 

I can purchase larger usb drives...if that is needed.

 

I do not want Starforce to cause problems when I load these from the usb drives onto my new system. ( Like Starforce sees a new system or different configuration from the original download computer.

 

If I download to my download computer and not my intended game computer and then transfer all the modules and maps to the gaming computer, ( I will download as separate modules) from my download computer to the gaming computer.....is this going to cause problems with Starforce??

 

I would download the modules to my download computer saving all the trouble of downloading to separate usb drives. But I think the modules might try and combine everything into a single volume....how do I do this without DCS world trying to install all the automatic fixes and repairs etc and thinking it wants to create the entire complete game??

 

Thanks for your help.

Laz :D

[cichlidfan]

You cannot download the modules like that.

 

DCS World has to be running to download modules and you have no option to where they are installed. It has been this way for a very long time.

 

You could install DCS World, install all of your modules and then copy all of that to an external drive. They make thumb drives large enough to hold a complete installation (I would buy a 128GB drive). Copy it to the new computer and activate the modules. Starforce does not come into play until you activate, or attempt to use, a module.

Edited April 30, 2017 by cichlidfan

[lazduc]

Thanks for the information. Funny I have posted similar questions and request for info along this same line and never received accurate information. I was always under the impression with the few answers I found that you could download the modules separately. I will pm you a message with a little info on why I wanted to do this. If you don't mind.

 

Laz

[lazduc]

Just wondered...if DCS has to be running, wont that enable Starforce to mark that particular computer and then mark every module downloaded? In other words, running DCS, wont Starforce be activated? Then moving everything to a different computer will trigger the protection?

 

Laz

[cichlidfan]

DCS World is free and, therefore, has no Starforce component. It is only the purchasable modules that require activation via Starforce. Starforce is not involved at during download so it does not matter that the download machine is different from the one that you actually activate on.

 

Feel free to PM me, if you wish.

 

EDIT: Information you may have found indicating that you could download the modules separately was very old. It has been more than a year (probably at least two, though I don't recall exactly) since that was possible.

Edited April 30, 2017 by cichlidfan