Wolf1964 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Hi Folks, I'm a newbie to DCS. The main thing I like doing is flying different sims. If Steam or ED cease for any reason, will I still be able to fly the sims as stand alones as we did on PC flight simulations in the 80s? If so, which is the best option to buy - Steam or Standalone? Edited July 21, 2022 by Wolf1964 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 24 minutes ago, Wolf1964 said: If Steam or ED cease for any reason, will I still be able to fly the sims as stand alones as we did on PC flight simulations in the 80s? No, DCS needs access to ED servers to validate your account credentials. Without that validation you won’t be able to use the Sim. If ED gives a warning of its termination, you could enter in what’s called "off-line" mode and use DCS without access to the servers, but you would have no multiplayer capability and be tied to your current hardware, as soon as your hardware changed the Sim would stop working. 24 minutes ago, Wolf1964 said: If so, which is the best option to buy - Steam or Standalone? in this aspect, they are both the same. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wolf1964 said: I'm a newbie to DCS. The main thing I like doing is flying different sims. If Steam or ED cease for any reason, will I still be able to fly the sims as stand alones as we did on PC flight simulations in the 80s? If so, which is the best option to buy - Steam or Standalone? Both need Internet to download, activate and start playing but: Standalone version keeps your activation for 3 days after the last connection. There is also an offline mode - you have to turn it on while still online and from then you can play offline indefinitely.* You can't make any changes to the PC (not even BIOS update) while being in offline mode! If you get locked in offline mode or anything happens to the PC, only the ED support can help you. Steam _probably_ has these options too, idk. *Details are here: Edited July 21, 2022 by draconus Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 32 minutes ago, draconus said: . There is also an offline mode - you have to turn it on while still online and from then you can play offline indefinitely. not indefinitely, off-line mode is tied to your hardware .. change your gpu or cpu and the mode is void. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said: not indefinitely, off-line mode is tied to your hardware .. change your gpu or cpu and the mode is void. Yep, added more info. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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