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Well I just spent an hour trying all kinds of things, I have the 1.5.8 beta and if the 2.5 update from the beta is now removed I'll just need to wait. Also if the 2.5 beta updater from 1.5.8 was available then when it checked the files it would have a message stating that it is unable to update.

 

So for now no update for me.

 

Quick update, just checked the DCS World Updates and Current openbeta 2.5 is not available but 1.5.8 and 2.2 are available, so as I stated will need to wait.:(:music_whistling:

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Sorry, but this current "arrangement" is completely confusing for new users?!

 

They go to the "Download/DCS World" page and all they see is "2.1 Early Access" and "1.5" ... none of those are explicitly mentioned in this Forum thread - if they even GET to find this forum page (clicking on the News article link).

 

@USSR_Rik talks in his post about "1.5.8 Open Beta" and "2.2.0 Open Alpha" - none of them are on the actual Download page.

 

You are shooting yourselves in the foot here, imho.

 

New, people, who are interested and want to experience what they just saw on YouTube are going to give up, even before their first download?

 

I promoted the 2.5 Teaser Trailer on social media and have to explain now how to 'get the 2.5 version'.

 

That's not how you market your game, successfully.

 

I am not looking for you to explain things to ME, I am telling you, how the most simple things - if not done 'correctly' - hurt badly, what you want to accomplish: new players. New customers.

 

The transition path has been posted for over a week.

 

1.5 Open beta ~> 2.5 Open Beta

Then

1.5 Stable ~> 2.5 Stable

 

I’m gonna go out in a limb and guess they pulled the 1.5 Open Beta so people who prepared for today...before today...wouldn’t be competiting for bandwidth.

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Okay, am I correct in saying that the 2.5 Stable will be released (as in, for download) around Feb 7-14? Also, Do the 1.5 Stable and 2.2 auto-updates come before, at, or after the release? If before or after, when?

 

My plan is, provided the auto-updates come after the release, to uninstall and remove my 1.5.8 (Stable/Release; Steam) as soon as 2.5.0 Stable/Release becomes available, and to just wait for my 2.2.0 (Open Alpha; Standalone) to auto-update, so as to save download time. Sound good? And, will I know when the update is going to 2.5? My 2.2's been bugging me about an update (I haven't given permission to update), and I want to know when it's 2.5.

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So there's not going to be a standalone for DL tomorrow? Is there any truth to that?

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Its such a shame they removed the ability to update 1.5.8 stable to 1.5.8 beta today, for those that would have liked to have tried the new 2.5 Alpha but only wanted 1 install of DCS on there PC's, we now have no path to the 2.5 Alpha with out waiting another 2 weeks or maybe longer if the 2.5 Alpha doesn't go too well.

 

I have been playing since the Flanker days and whilst only normally like full versions there was enough in DCS 2.5 to at least make me think I would have a look when it first came out.

 

I would have updated to 1.5.8 beta tonight as the planned 2.5 update was supposed to be the 31st January, it seems it has come earlier than expected releasing just before the 31st US and EU time, it would be nice if they at least would allowed the 1.5.8 release to still be updated so we have a update path.

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Looks much better in 2.5 but trees still look flat in the ground. I need to mess with graphics settings again it seems. Although it was very smooth for me graphics wise.

 

Didn't try a Nevada map in 2.5. I should try that and see if it actually copied files from 2.2.

 

I guess I'm lucky since I was always in the beta branch.

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dcs 1.5 beta has update to the 2.5 BEta.

 

but when will we get a stable release of 2.5 ( non beta)

 

end of this week?

 

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I have stable in Open beta version and 2.2 with nevada and normandy and when 1.5 said do you want to update to 2.5 i clicked yes and started torrenting 13 gb i find it strange why didnt start copying the 2.2 assets first and why is my download only 13246mb\13gb compared too everyone elses 15-16

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I have stable in Open beta version and 2.2 with nevada and normandy and when 1.5 said do you want to update to 2.5 i clicked yes and started torrenting 13 gb i find it strange why didnt start copying the 2.2 assets first and why is my download only 13246mb\13gb compared too everyone elses 15-16
Yea same happened to me. Not sure what happened to 2.2 it's all there in a different folder on the same drive that 1.5 was on.

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what do you mean what happend when it finished is mine gonna work and be on 2.5 correctly my download is very slow
Nothing happened when it finished. I'm on 2.5 now but I can't use the Nevada map. It did not copy anything from 2.2. I still have to manually launch 2.2 if I want to play an NTTR misison.

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Nothing happened when it finished. I'm on 2.5 now but I can't use the Nevada map. It did not copy anything from 2.2. I still have to manually launch 2.2 if I want to play an NTTR misison.

 

DEVS please help what should we do run a repair and see if it copies over nevada and normandy or what? copy it over ourselfs?

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DEVS please help what should we do run a repair and see if it copies over nevada and normandy or what? copy it over ourselfs?
I mean my 2.2 shortcut is still there and it works fine. My download was only 13gb from the beginning. They are both on the same drive so I don't know what happened. Now I'm also curious how I can get them both in one as it was supposed to do that but it didn't.

 

I ran a repair..it didn't do anything and told me I'm on the latest 2.5 beta.

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While in 1.5.8 bin I open powershell and type dcs_updater.exe and I get this message?

Anyone know what im doing wrong? thanks.

 

update dcs_updater.exe : The term 'dcs_updater.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or

operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

again.

At line:1 char:1

+ dcs_updater.exe update

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (dcs_updater.exe:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

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Don't put the word update before dcs_updater.

 

Do dcs_updater.exe update

 

It is case sensitive.

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Don't put the word update before dcs_updater.

 

Do dcs_updater.exe update

 

It is case sensitive.

 

as you can see here thats what im doing correct?

 

PS E:\DCS World\bin> dcs_updater.exe update

dcs_updater.exe : The term 'dcs_updater.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or

operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

again.

At line:1 char:1

+ dcs_updater.exe update

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (dcs_updater.exe:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

 

 

Suggestion [3,General]: The command dcs_updater.exe was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\dcs_updater.exe". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.

PS E:\DCS World\bin>

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as you can see here thats what im doing correct?

 

PS E:\DCS World\bin> dcs_updater.exe update

dcs_updater.exe : The term 'dcs_updater.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or

operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

again.

At line:1 char:1

+ dcs_updater.exe update

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (dcs_updater.exe:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

 

 

Suggestion [3,General]: The command dcs_updater.exe was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\dcs_updater.exe". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.

PS E:\DCS World\bin>

Ok looks like you are missing the installer exe. See if you can download it again someone posted a link like 10 pages back. Look in your bin folder for the dcs_updater.exe icon.

 

If it's there it sounds like you are not launching it from power shell.

 

Hold shift and right click..open powershell window here.

 

If that's what you are doing your installer exe must be corrupt or not in the bin folder at all.

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Or Maybe we gotta wait another 1or2 weeks for the 2.5 release version, which gonna merge 2.2 into 2.5?
I figured it out. Launch 2.5 and then go to the cogwheel at the top. It should have like a couple red numbered notifications. Went there and it's showing my other aircraft that needs downloaded and installed, as well as the NTTR map which also needs downloaded.

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Ok looks like you are missing the installer exe. See if you can download it again someone posted a link like 10 pages back. Look in your bin folder for the dcs_updater.exe icon.

 

If it's there it sounds like you are not launching it from power shell.

 

Hold shift and right click..open powershell window here.

 

If that's what you are doing your installer exe must be corrupt or not in the bin folder at all.

 

ok.. gonna try that, thanks...

 

this is the link.. https://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/

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I figured it out. Launch 2.5 and then go to the cogwheel at the top. It should have like a couple red numbered notifications. Went there and it's showing my other aircraft that needs downloaded and installed, as well as the NTTR map which also needs downloaded.

 

-----Good finding, thanks, gonna try it

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Read the entire thread and I'm still not seeing a clear, definitive path to update 2.2OA to 2.5OB.

 

I've never had 1.5.8. I Currently have 2.2 (that's it) and I want to go to 2.5. I don't care if it's a one way street. I tried the updater and it finds there's nothing to update. Now what?

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