Staying on 2.5 Open Beta

[deltaleader]

Looking for clarification here. If you just stay on the Open Beta build, will you continue to get updates? And if so, will Open Beta builds get new/beta releases of modules before stable release does?

[sslechta]

Yes and yes.

[deltaleader]

Roger that! I should have just stayed on the open beta build...oh well. Just another lesson in patience for me lol.

[muehlema]

Ok, no need to install the production code then, right?

[ebabil]

i asked same question a few days ago and someone said that ob doesn't take every update that release version gets

[Art-J]

^ That must've been misunderstanding on your part, or that other poster's part, as it's the other way around (and always has been since 1.5.xx era, mind You) OB always gets updates first, and there can be a few of them (as seen, for example with all hotfixes for 2.5 OB) before the latest one gets implemented into release version.

 

It's up to user to decide whether he's willing to cope with unproven updates in OB, or he prefers to wait for more "polished" patch for stable/release branch.

Edited April 12, 2018 by Art-J

[QuiGon]

^ That must've been misunderstanding on your part, or that other poster's part, as it's the other way around (and always has been since 1.5.xx era, mind You) OB always gets updates first, and there can be a few of them (as seen, for example with all hotfixes for 2.5 OB) before the latest one gets implemented into release version.

 

It's up to user to decide whether he's willing to cope with unproven updates in OB, or he prefers to wait for more "polished" patch for stable/release branch.

This!

 

Roger that! I should have just stayed on the open beta build...oh well. Just another lesson in patience for me lol.

That's no problem, as you can switch between OB and Stable Release at any time by using the DCS updater with the following commands respectively:

DCS_updater.exe update @release

DCS_updater.exe update @openbeta

More info can be found here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030

 

I only have one installation of DCS for many years now and I switch between OB and Stable Release regularly.

Just keep in mind that at the moment, both branches are on the exact same version, which means that when you switch between the branches at the moment, you won't notice anything. The current version for both branches can be seen here at all times: https://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/

Edited April 12, 2018 by QuiGon

[Vlerkies]

Well i just gave up downloading a fresh install. sry. but dcs does itself no favors at all in this area. Sry for new customers.

 

Paint dries faster.

[=DECOY=]

My advice would be stay on beta until the memory issues are fixed (soon I think)

 

Then once the stable is stable and NOT a beta copy, move over to that.

 

I believe the GUI tool allows you to change from one to the other without installing an additional copy