peterwinship Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Anyone advise? I'm on 2.5.6 at the moment. What's the best way to download the stable version as well and install it separately? Do I need to download it ALL, from scratch? It won't share anything with the open beta? The open beta is installed in a DCS World folder on the E drive, an SSD. Can I just install the stable version right next to it (not in the same folder, obviously). Many thanks.
crazyeddie Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) You can put it anywhere you like mate, not an issue. Best to download a fresh copy from the ED site. I have my 2.5.6 Open Beta on my SSD main drive and a 2.5.5 Stable on my spare drive, no worries. I did have them side by side on my SSD originally, I moved one to free up space on the drive. Edited February 19, 2020 by crazyeddie
peterwinship Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 Well, it didn't turn out so easy. The install didn't give me any options as to the saved games folder, and hence it defaults, it seems, to share the User/Saved Games/DCS folder with the OB install. This means it recognizes me, nice, means all my keymaps are there, nice, but on the other hand I wanted to have an install completely free of the 2.5.6 OB install. What if some of the files for the OB version saved in that saved games location have been modified by the stable version install? That will mess up both installs, maybe? Anyone know how I get a completely separate install going, so that there are two folders in the Saved Games location, one for OB, one for stable? Thanks.
crazyeddie Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 Strange - In your Saved Games folder you should have 2 options, DCS OpenBeta and DCS, which is the Alpha version. Thats how its always created it in my game. The DCS Alpha folder isnt created until you actually run that version ? You have run it ? Thats what I just did a few days ago when I updated my Alpha from 2.5.2 to 2.5.5. You can create a single Liveries folder in the Saved Games setup which both version will see, but that's another modification you need to make in each Beta/Alpha folder.
rayrayblues Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 Shortly after installing 2.5.6, my alpha 2.5.5 version got corrupted. It had been buggy for a few weeks, anyway, I simply deleted 2.5.5 and downloaded it fresh. Now I didn't have any trouble assigning it to my A: drive where I keep all my games. You must have missed the window asking you where to install it. Anyway, as you can see, both versions sit nicely side by side on my A:drive. Desktop shortcuts are next to one another including update buttons for each version. SLAVA UKRAINI MoBo - ASUS 990FX R2 Sabertooth, CPU - AMD FX 9590 @4.7Gb. No OC RAM - GSkill RipJaws DDR3 32 Gb @2133 MHZ, GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 1660Ti 6Gb DDR5 OC'd, Core 180MHz, Memory 800MHz Game drive - Samsung 980 M.2 EVO 1Tb SSD, OS Drive - 860 EVO 500Gb SATA SSD, Win10 Pro 22H2 Controls - Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X, Monitor - LG 32" 1920 X 1080, PSU - Prestige ATX-PR800W PSU
Lange_666 Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 @peterwinship: This is what you need: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=160053 You can create new versions, update them, repair them, clean them, etc... Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S, Elgato Streamdeck XL. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance!
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