Trying to get ahead of the 2.5 update

[FOXFIRE TWOONE]

I have DCS ( alpha and beta ) on C-drive. I copy pasted both to my B-drive where they will reside now, no operating system their. Made new shortcuts and launched both from their new home, and all is well. Can I delete the folders on C-drive now, leaving saved games folder on C, and be ok for the update. :helpsmilie:

 

Thanks

[ricktoberfest]

I have DCS ( alpha and beta ) on C-drive. I copy pasted both to my B-drive where they will reside now, no operating system their. Made new shortcuts and launched both from their new home, and all is well. Can I delete the folders on C-drive now, leaving saved games folder on C, and be ok for the update. :helpsmilie:

 

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

You might have to point your windows registry to the new location if you want to copy from the old installs into the new install instead of downloading everything all over again.

There’s a post somewhere here that deals with that (way back couple years)

 

 

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[taxman1]

What drive do you normally up date to? If the C drive that is where the 2.5 update will look first.

 

From what you saying DCS is now on both C and B drives, you may need to direct the updater to your B drive.

 

My advice is that until the update arrives keep both at this time, provided you have the space on each drive.

[QuiGon]

You might have to point your windows registry to the new location if you want to copy from the old installs into the new install instead of downloading everything all over again.

There’s a post somewhere here that deals with that (way back couple years)

 

 

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c0ff just posted the registry entries again today:

Just in case, the updater seeks for the installed versions in the registry, the paths are expected to be in:

 

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Eagle Dynamics\\DCS World 2 OpenAlpha"

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Eagle Dynamics\\DCS World OpenBeta"

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Eagle Dynamics\\DCS World"

 

string value "Path".

[Worrazen]

I have DCS ( alpha and beta ) on C-drive. I copy pasted both to my B-drive where they will reside now, no operating system their. Made new shortcuts and launched both from their new home, and all is well. Can I delete the folders on C-drive now, leaving saved games folder on C, and be ok for the update. :helpsmilie:

 

Thanks

 

It's a dirty way of doing it, basic play may work fine, however it may break the updaters and installer/uninstaller unless they're smart enough to auto-detect and correc the registry, the module keys are probably stored in a neutral location so they get accessed the same way.

 

But it's still not a good idea before 2.5 transition, the update process could get glitched somewhere.

 

If you moved between disks it's better yes, but are you sure those "drives" aren't multiple partitions on the same disk, then the movement wouldn't help much.

 

Now what is done is done, I suggest backup the profile in saved games, redo and completely uninstall, and reinstall new 2.5 on the B drive, or, skip uninstall, and install new 2.5 hoping it would use some assets to speed up 2.5 install, then delete the old one.

Edited January 26, 2018 by Worrazen

[Balzarog]

I believe I read in one of the threads that if you move your DCS installs to another directory, all you need to do is run the DCS command line -repair with your updater.exe and that will automatically update your registry.

 

DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that I'm a Mac boy, so I really have no idea what the registry does or how.:music_whistling: