Offline Mode

[seven10]

I'm not sure if there is an offline mode, but it would be nice if DCS didn't need to always verify my products online each time on startup. I updated to the recent version of OB earlier today and then lost my main internet connection due to weather here. I thought I'd be able to hop on DCS and use it offline, but all my paid modules said they were unauthorized, which was extremely frustrating. I'm still without my main internet, but I bridged my phone to be my hotspot just to fix that issue.

[draconus]

 

[seven10]

I suspect I was not able to even get to that since I lost internet after the Open Beta update and was unable to first re-authorize and switch to offline mode.

[Art-J]

Yeah, that's the limitation of the current system. It's perfect for situations when loss of net access is planned (travelling, moving, deployment etc.), but somewhat useless when it's not. In the latter case hot-spotting with phone seems to be the only easy way to connect and enable offline mode properly.

[seven10]

Right, it's just too bad it doesn't automatically allow for a limited period of offline use if it can't connect, even post update. Hopefully there won't be too many more outages here over the winter though and it won't really be an issue.

[draconus]

8 hours ago, seven10 said:

Right, it's just too bad it doesn't automatically allow for a limited period of offline use if it can't connect

It does keep authorisation for 3 days since the last connection.