Mission Editor Computer Usage

[CallsignPunch]

Hey guys I have a question for the computer savvy among you. So I'm getting a really good PC to run DCS at home but Im a pilot working 2 weeks on/off. For my time away I'd like to take a low end laptop to just work on missions I can fly when I get home.

 

Do you need hardcore performance for that? I want to create some pretty in depth missions with a huge amount of AI units, but I figure as long as I don't try to test the mission it should work out.

 

Can anyone suggest the basic laptop requirements to just build these type missions (no testing the mission just a lot of AI units, waypoints, triggers, exc. from the mission editor screen.)

 

Thanks for the help!

[feefifofum]

If the computer will boot DCS you should be able to use the mission editor. The number of units shouldn't have much of an effect until the mission is running.

 

As a matter of curiosity, what do you consider to be a huge amount of AI units?

[CallsignPunch]

Thanks for the reply. Honestly not sure yet but maybe 1k or so (mostly ground units). I know other guys have done it, but I want to design my own "full blown" invasion on the Persian gulf map in particular.

[AMVI_Grape]

The next question is:

 

 

I'm able to insert in the mission that I'm editing, the aircraft module that I have activated on my home DCS?

[CallsignPunch]

I guess thats a good one, didn't think about that......Im still out on a trip so I can't download and active everything on my new desktop till I get home but I guess I can't activate all my purchases on both my desktop and PC.....so Id have to purchase them twice?

[Ramsay]

I'm able to insert in the mission that I'm editing, the aircraft module that I have activated on my home DCS?

You can add 'client' aircraft for modules you don't own or haven't installed/activated.

 

There used to be an issue accessing 'special' options i.e. setting aircraft radios in the ME, if a module wasn't installed but that seems fixed in 2.5.5.x i.e. radio options are available for the MiG-19P which I don't own.

 

Obviously you can't fly the aircraft on the laptop unless you use one of your 'activations'

 

I guess I can't activate all my purchases on both my desktop and PC.....so Id have to purchase them twice?

With StarForce you could use multiple activations i.e. to install on both laptop and PC with each activation linked to a individual hardware ID.

 

You couldn't login and use the PC and Laptop together but you could use the laptop while away from home and then switch to the desktop when you returned.

 

I assume ED's new 'keyless' protection is similar but I haven't tested it.

Edited July 3, 2019 by Ramsay

[beppe_goodoldrebel]

Thanks for the reply. Honestly not sure yet but maybe 1k or so (mostly ground units). I know other guys have done it, but I want to design my own "full blown" invasion on the Persian gulf map in particular.

 

Look here...

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=242929

 

Too many ground units I think. Good luck!

[CallsignPunch]

awesome guys! Thanks for the info, good stuff!

[feefifofum]

1K is possible, provided most are stationary, but you'll definitely want to run the mission on a dedicated machine that isn't trying to do the math on a PFM at the same time.

 

That is also getting into the area where you start to see some real performance impact so it's going to be a matter of trial and error. SAMs/artillery/warships and similar units with large detection ranges are more resource-intensive than something small like an APC. Moving vehicles are more resource-intensive than stationary ones.

[Hardcard]

@JFO82

 

The thing is that you'll need to test the mission as you go, otherwise there's a pretty good chance it won't work as expected when you get back home.

 

I guess that a low end laptop would be enough to create and test simple missions (without massive unit concentrations)... but 1k units, that might be too much to ask from a low end laptop.

Edited July 3, 2019 by Hardcard

[BaD CrC]

You can run ME on a Microsoft Surface 1. So HW requirement is super low. But you just won't be able to test it by running DCS on the surface as it won't load properly (not enough ram for textures).