When available?

[TheRigere]

I pre purchased Afghanistan a few month ago in the early release. How long until I can download it? I know it not complete but I have a license yet it doesn’t show up in modules to download/install. Did I miss something?

[rob10]

What version of DCS do you have installed?  Not having a recent enough version installed is typically what causes this issue.

[TheRigere]

2.9.3.5.  I thought I was current but apparently the updater only runs when you execute the standard exe and not MT which is what I’ve been using. Hopefully once updated I’ll be able to download. So, is there a way to make the Updater run regardless of which dcs exe you use?

Edited August 21, 2024 by TheRigere

[mwd2]

The southwest part of Afghanistan is live since 2.9.6.57xxx from 07/11/2024.

most of us have only MT active, try to start from your game folder ..\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin-mt\DCS.exe

Edit: for update, just run ..\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\DCS_updater.exe - it will also update MT part!

Edited August 21, 2024 by mwd2

[Art-J]

1 hour ago, TheRigere said:

2.9.3.5.  I thought I was current but apparently the updater only runs when you execute the standard exe and not MT which is what I’ve been using. Hopefully once updated I’ll be able to download. So, is there a way to make the Updater run regardless of which dcs exe you use?

It's the other way around - dcs_updater.exe (there's still only one, located in Bin folder) controls which of dcs.exe launches. Albeit since 2.9.xx landed, it always launches MT version by default anyway. At least in standalone game, I recall it's a bit more convoluted for Steam users.

Dcs.execs themselves cannot launch dcs_updater.exe, and they never did.

Just use standard start menu (or desktop) shortcut - if it wasn't tinkered with, it should link to dcs_updater.exe by default and that one should search for updates the first time it runs every 24 hours.