DCS World Guide: Reinstallation Of The DCS World / Reinstallation Of The DCS World Onto Another Hard Drive

[FierceLV]

Greetings!

I was working on the transfer of a DCS World onto another Hard Drive, and the process itself turned out to be not that simple, so I thought that I should share some important moments with others.

1. Before uninstalling the DCS World, make sure the game is set to "ONLINE MODE".

2. Before uninstalling the DCS World, separately save the Input Profiles of the aircraft you want to fly.

This is done in "OPTIONS -> CONTROLS", then select the desired aircraft, click on any field in the "Keyboard" column, and press the

"Save Profile As..." button, save the Input Profile somewhere safe.

Also it is advised to save the Input Profiles for the "UI Layer", "General", and the "Object Local Camera" and others, if they were configured by you.

3. Before uninstalling the DCS World, update the DCS World to the latest version.

4. Before uninstalling the DCS World, navigate to the "C:\Users\User_Name\Saved Games\DCS" folder, and delete the files contained within "fxo" and "metashaders2" folders.

5. Before uninstalling the DCS World, make a backup (a copy) of a folder located at "C:\Users\User_Name\Saved Games" named "DCS", this folder contains the program's Performance Settings and active Input Profiles. You can create a .zip archive of that folder using the 7-Zip software (the inbuilt Windows Archiver can't archive some of the files inside that folder).

6. Uninstall the DCS World.

7. Navigate to "C:\Users\User_Name\Saved Games" and delete the folder named "DCS" if it is not already deleted.

8. Download the DCS World Installer from the original DCS World homepage. Proceed with the installation, and select the desired location on your Personal Computer.

9. During the installation (downloading of the program) make sure that the Personal Computer is set not to go into the Sleep Mode, because this can abrupt the installation process. This can be done in the Power Settings of your Operating System.

10. After completion of the installation of the DCS World main program, launch the DCS World and download the desired modules.

11. When the DCS World is completely installed, go to "C:\Users\User_Name\Saved Games" and delete the folder named "DCS", and paste in that same location the "DCS" backup folder that you have created in the "Step 5" of this Guide.

12. And finally don't forget to restore the Power Settings of your Operating System.

Hopefully someone will find this information useful.

Thank you for your attention.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 9 by FierceLV