..will DCS 1.5 still work after EOL?

[pauldy]

..I can't upgrade my PC for now, considering my wallet and bank account is not deep enough.. and that graphic cards here in my country cost around 500 to 1000 US Dollars..

 

...with DCS 2.5 just around the corner.. i would just like to ask if 1.5 would still work once ED stops supporting it..

 

Eventually, I know i'll have to replace my Rig...which was good enough 3 to 4 years ago... but just not within 2018...

Ill be content enough if DCS 1.5 would work even without the latest updates.. whilst i'd save up for the next PC i'd want to get... :)

 

Perhaps by the time i'd get a new rig... there'd be DCS F-15E or Gripen already ;) lol we wish... xD

[Grimes]

Yeah probably, but it'll be in whatever state it was as of the last patch. Sort of like the old 1.2.16. You can still download and play it. Obviously MP might be quite dead though.

[Marky3254]

I hope 1.5 can still be playable because I'm on disability and cannot afford/waste money on buying components unless they're worn out especially the way things are in the UK right now... Maybe I can run 2.5, we'll see...

[pauldy]

I see.. hopefully it would be that way... I'm not really into Multiplayer as our internet speeds here are crap anyways.. so yeah..

 

I just like to have my F-15 fix whilst saving up for the next big PC purchase...

 

 

btw.. is the GTX1080 similar in performance to a GTX980?

I was thinking of purchasing earlier generations of XX70s or XX80s, instead of the current ones.. Perhaps it would lower the total cost, should I plan to procure a newer rig.. :)

[Art-J]

There are guys still running pre-1.5.7 copies of the game, simply by not updating it (or running it off the dcs.exe rather than dcs_updater.exe to be safe), so as long as you don't reinstall the system with all the deactivation/activation shambles, I guess you'll be able to the use the older version OK, just without fixes and multiplayer capability.

[MRaza]

Yeah probably, but it'll be in whatever state it was as of the last patch. Sort of like the old 1.2.16. You can still download and play it. Obviously MP might be quite dead though.

 

Grimes, how will performance in DCS 2.5 compare with 1.5?

[QuiGon]

There are guys still running pre-1.5.7 copies of the game, simply by not updating it (or running it off the dcs.exe rather than dcs_updater.exe to be safe), so as long as you don't reinstall the system with all the deactivation/activation shambles, I guess you'll be able to the use the older version OK, just without fixes and multiplayer capability.

You can still download pre-1.5 versions of DCS: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030

So you can revert back to 1.2 anytime if you want to.

[schroedi]

DCS 2.5 will be in alpha / beta status for quite a while anyway.

So 1.5 will stay the stable version until 2.5 is still in beta.

Most modules are in beta status for more than a year, I think it might be the same with 2.5.

[Simicro]

btw.. is the GTX1080 similar in performance to a GTX980?

 

From another thread:

 

Rough equivalents:

GTX 980 ~= GTX 1060, but 1060 has 6GB version

GTX 980 Ti ~= GTX 1070, but 1070 has 8GB, is slightly faster

GTX 1080 ~= older Titan cards

GTX 1080 Ti really has no equal! (and costs a small fortune)

[Scoll]

For same raisons, I hope also 1.5 can still be playable.

[Wags]

Exact plans are still being worked out, but we will probably still have 1.5 available, but not longer updated.

[pauldy]

From another thread:

Rough equivalents:

GTX 980 ~= GTX 1060, but 1060 has 6GB version

GTX 980 Ti ~= GTX 1070, but 1070 has 8GB, is slightly faster

GTX 1080 ~= older Titan cards

GTX 1080 Ti really has no equal! (and costs a small fortune)

Thanks.

 

I guess i'll aim for 980 Ti or older Titans... unless I have big luck and win a lottery.. then 1080 Ti..

 

Exact plans are still being worked out, but we will probably still have 1.5 available, but not longer updated.

Thanks for the info.

 

I hope before 1.5 support ends.. some issues could be fixed... like the missing HSI distance in the Eagle, weird overcast cloud color (top), etc..

[BlackLightning]

It still works, but will new modules work in it?

Until some weeks ago, in DCS' website, in Home > Products > Planes something like "you need DCS 1.5 or 2.5" was written aside the name of each module except the Hornet and maybe some others. Now I read, instead, "If the product description does not have information about which DCS World version you should install, you only need to have the "Stable" version DCS World 2.5 installed on your PC.", so I guess that, if I buy the Harrier like I had planned, it won't work in my 1.5.8 version... .

[BIGNEWY]

It still works, but will new modules work in it?

 

No,

 

new modules are not backward compatible. They are released to the latest build only and supported onward as DCSWorld is updated.

 

examples of modules released and what the minimum version is

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2346597&postcount=3

[BlackLightning]

Thank you for your reply.

So, if I got it right and according to the news, the Harrier module was released on the 29th of November 2017:

 

1.5.8.12162

BETA

1.5.8 BETA RELEASE / AV-8B Early Access Release / ED Keyless DRM

1.5.8 Update Change Logs

11-29-2017

 

My version is the number 1.5.8.12823.414, so it should support that release.

Is there a way to buy the Harrier (or other modules preceding 2.5) and download an old release?