2021 (and earlier) DCS Newsletter Discussion Thread

[Eldur]

I guess when Syria and Marianas come live the game will be about 200GB?

 

I'm at 210GB already with all modules, all maps and 16 campaigns in the respective folder. No NS430 though.

 

I guess the Syria map will hit somewhere around 30-40ish GB... Marianas probably will be less unless all that water will take up space by square length units. Probably in the 10-20GB range.

 

145GB left on my 1TB SSD and another 58 on my 1TB HDD (all just games, well, except for almost 40GB of VMs). I see the need of getting a bigger drive soon

 

But I guess I will be OK with uninstalling some Steam games if necessary... and in about a year I'll be upping my rig most probably, with a nice m.2 NVME in there of course. Totally missed that option out back then when choosing the 3570k instead of a Haswell. But well, it was ~350€ less because of that, with literally the exact same performance.

[rrohde]

Yep, "software sells hardware" - that has always been like that in games.

[Pyker]

If we could install new maps on a different drive than the one of The DCS world directory, that would make our upgrades easier. Just add a drive (that you may have already somewhere) instead of replace with a bigger one. Or is that possible already?

[draconus]

If we could install new maps on a different drive than the one of The DCS world directory, that would make our upgrades easier. Just add a drive (that you may have already somewhere) instead of replace with a bigger one. Or is that possible already?

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=278222

[Pyker]

Thank you!

(Not that I feel able to do that scary technical stuff ;-)

[stormrider]

Regarding June 19th F-14 trial, will it be available for Steam users?

[Eldur]

Thank you!

(Not that I feel able to do that scary technical stuff ;-)

 

Found an Explorer extension tool and added a post on that to that thread.

[unknown]

Soo....another sale???

It looks like that you don't buy ED modules in EA anymore to save some bucks, they will be at 50% discount in the sales every couple months...i'm looking at you FA-18, F-16. If it's helping you ED it's ok i guess.

 

PS: I didn't get the Newsletter via Mail today(yet), just saw the posting:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4393509&postcount=258

[boedha68]

Damn ED very good decision to get the priority to go on bugsfixing. :D

[gunterlund21]

Glad to see the focus on Bug Fixing. Hopefully the Combined Arms Pathfinding and the carrier issues the impact the Tarawa get some serious love!

Edited June 19, 2020 by gunterlund21

[Razorback]

Damn ED very good decision to get the priority to go on bugsfixing. :D

 

 

+1 :thumbup:

[Eldur]

Damn ED very good decision to get the priority to go on bugsfixing. :D

 

It's funny they reconsidered after the feedback on two _AFU_ updates that literally weren't tested at all except for the new map and 47

 

But I hope this prevents us from getting such catastrophes again

[Phantom453]

Have you guys stopped doing development updates in your newsletters?

[SkateZilla]

Have you guys stopped doing development updates in your newsletters?

 

Umm..:

We are working on upgrading the schedule of DCS World Open Beta releases and the

approach we use for release preparation and delivery and look forward to sharing more

information with you soon.

 

This week we primarily pushed DCS: F-14B by Heatblur Simulations hotfixes in

preparation for the free trial event.

 

Last week we ran into some difficulties with busy multiplayer servers in DCS World.

We are aware of all these issues and are working to provide a more bug-free and

reliable environment. We have also been working on virtual reality performance issues.

[draconus]

PS: I didn't get the Newsletter via Mail today(yet)

 

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[unknown]

You have to login to DCS site and subscribe in Personal section. Forum thread subscription won't work.

 

I know, i'm subscribed to the newsletter since i can remember. I receive it via mail between 16:00-18:00 normally, this time i got it 21:42, thats why i wondered. :beer:

[kotor633]

Have you guys stopped doing development updates in your newsletters?

 

Sit down, six! :music_whistling:

[IJammer]

Thank you!

(Not that I feel able to do that scary technical stuff ;-)

Yup, me too... I could not update the last 2.5 unified version; I had an error messgae telling me I did not have enough memory on my 480Gb SSD.

 

 

 

I have not been able to buy any new contaent lately because of this problem. I only have DCS and Win10 on this PC... so I guess I will have to purchase another SSD (drive 'D') and then try and move some stuff? Not sure how easy that will be though... as I have the Beta version and the standard version.

 

 

 

Actually the new unified version has me wondering if I still need the Beta version... is it still valid to keep the beta now?

 

 

Hopefully ED will start looking at this memory usage as things are getting quite BIG and with even more content (larger files) on the horizon. We need an easier way of shifting maps and DCS versions from drive to drive or sharing drives. I am not into all that DOS/CMD file moving stuff... I know if I tried that my DCS would never work again LOL

[Shadow KT]

 

for a moment there I thought they meant in terms of DCS, not in a historical way and I got overexcited :lol:

[wilbur81]

From today's newsletter:

 

"After the last two Open Beta (OB) releases, we received motivating feedback from our

community pertaining to issues in need of immediate attention. We have logged and are

actively tracking over 2,500 bugs. In the last week, we have squashed close to 283 bugs

and will continue this pace for the next two weeks.

 

We have decided to change the release schedule of DCS World Open Beta in order to allow

for more detailed Quality Assurance and testing periods, but most importantly for our team

to fix bugs and enhance performance."

 

Love to hear it! Thanks for the focus on Bug-Killing. :thumbup:

[Gierasimov]

These radars can be used to detect aircraft in both

online and offline missions as we continue to improve realism on the battlefield. We will

be sharing a release date at a later stage

 

I am also hoping for release date sharing with regards to modern units you have showed in previous newsletters.

[Mars Exulte]

Yup, me too... I could not update the last 2.5 unified version; I had an error messgae telling me I did not have enough memory on my 480Gb SSD.

 

 

 

I have not been able to buy any new contaent lately because of this problem. I only have DCS and Win10 on this PC... so I guess I will have to purchase another SSD (drive 'D') and then try and move some stuff? Not sure how easy that will be though... as I have the Beta version and the standard version.

 

 

 

Actually the new unified version has me wondering if I still need the Beta version... is it still valid to keep the beta now?

 

 

Hopefully ED will start looking at this memory usage as things are getting quite BIG and with even more content (larger files) on the horizon. We need an easier way of shifting maps and DCS versions from drive to drive or sharing drives. I am not into all that DOS/CMD file moving stuff... I know if I tried that my DCS would never work again LOL

 

Use the ingame module manager if space is an issue. If you're not using a particular map, you don't really need to have it on, for example, and can remove it. Maps make up most of DCS bulk. That's not likely to change anytime soon.

[erniedaoage]

Yup, me too... I could not update the last 2.5 unified version; I had an error messgae telling me I did not have enough memory on my 480Gb SSD.

 

 

 

I have not been able to buy any new contaent lately because of this problem. I only have DCS and Win10 on this PC... so I guess I will have to purchase another SSD (drive 'D') and then try and move some stuff? Not sure how easy that will be though... as I have the Beta version and the standard version.

 

 

 

Actually the new unified version has me wondering if I still need the Beta version... is it still valid to keep the beta now?

 

 

Hopefully ED will start looking at this memory usage as things are getting quite BIG and with even more content (larger files) on the horizon. We need an easier way of shifting maps and DCS versions from drive to drive or sharing drives. I am not into all that DOS/CMD file moving stuff... I know if I tried that my DCS would never work again LOL

 

Sounds like you have 2 versions installed but you need only one installation and you can still switch from beta to stable via the updater or skatezillas tool.

[Pizzicato]

Love to hear it! Thanks for the focus on Bug-Killing. :thumbup:

 

I'm on the same page. I'm definitely way more excited about a better DCS than a bigger DCS.

[DLEGION]

eh… at least with words, its a step in the right direction.

i just really hope that FACTS will follow to this words…

for what it counts, i loved DCS in the good old times, but in the latest years there was a downgrade spiral that make DCS really NOT enjoyable almost at any level , recently even in gun dogfight with bugged radar.

have so many toys, but having almost noone working as it should and this screwing missions is really frustrating…

plus each patch screwing more things than it fixed...was a nightmare for me...

anyway… lets stay positive… after almost a year that i'm really discouraged… even if are just words… well makes me hope a tiny bit that they will take the good road again…

quality work and not just modules spam, bug fixing and priority to complete products altready in game, and maybe some love to the core of DCS, its terrain, its weather, all the features that makes DCS what it is.

 

mah… lets hope guys !