Pre-Purchase "DCS: A-10C Warthog"

[Yellonet]

If you regard this as a "game" then I can see why you think it's a bit dear. :music_whistling:

Well, yes, as I play it for no other reason than pure entertainment it's in this regard no different than any other game to me. But yes, simulation is perhaps a more correct term.

Anyway, the word game is no derogatory term, after all, Chess and Go are games.

[Steel Jaw]

Chess and Go are games.

 

And what do they SIMULATE?

[Prophet]

Am I the only one that has these DL problems?

 

1) The FTP Servers request a login which doesn't work.

 

2) The HTTP 1 Server link takes me straight to the DCS main page

 

3) Only HTTP 3 Server is working veeeery slowly.

 

I concur.

 

HTTP3 was the only one working when I started, and the speeds were pretty good about 300KB/s for the 3.

 

No I got the 500MB one but the other 2 are going at 40KB/s.

 

But I guess thats what happens when everyone starts finding out.

[Druid_]

What are you saying you mean with only 507mb of dedi memory it barely meets the minimum. Guess I'm out. i can't afford another video card.:cry: i never know which memory to look at for a graphics card: dedicated, shared, or display?

 

i got the figure from dxdiag

I can't quote for ED but I am almost certain they mean DEDICATED memory. And from my brief research your card has 512Mb.

[shackman]

I can't quote for ED but I am almost certain they mean DEDICATED memory. And from my brief research your card has 512Mb.

odd it shows it in dxdiag as 507mb

[Steel Jaw]

More people d/l on a torrent is a good thing, speeds it up.

 

Get on the torrents man.

[Mad Dog 7.62]

I give up. I'll wait a couple days and try to download it. Its just getting slower and slower.

[EvilBivol-1]

Once you have the software installed, I would suggest first navigating to the /Doc folder and opening the Quickstart manual. This will be the quickest way to learn some of the basics and give you enough info to start shooting stuff.

[celticcoho]

Yes, Get on torrent, I am there waiting, lol

[therion_prime]

I concur.

 

HTTP3 was the only one working when I started, and the speeds were pretty good about 300KB/s for the 3.

 

No I got the 500MB one but the other 2 are going at 40KB/s.

 

But I guess thats what happens when everyone starts finding out.

 

 

I guess DL would be much faster if they made the other 3 mirrors work.

 

Just a wild guess tho :P

[HiJack]

WOW! Binoculars :D

[Distiler]

Could we have manuals for public in the website as in DCS:Ka-50 or those are also in beta?

[lawndartleo]

I want to cry. Time to walk away and go entertain myself with something else.

 

You'll go blind, doing that.

 

So all these downloads and not one comment yet about play.

[Prophet]

The torrent is going pretty good, 250KB/s.

 

If more people jumped on it, it would go faster.

 

Make that 450KB/s.

[Yellonet]

$60 is very reasonable given the relatively smaller user base and complexity of the sim (long development time). If you were a military quartermaster you'd be paying a *lot* more per seat for essentially the same thing.

 

Now, time for ED to let us know what comes next in the DCS series (just kidding).

 

Also please remember this is a beta release. Bugs *are expected* so report them calmly and precisely so they can get fixed.

Yeah I knew I'd get shot down for this...

Yes, $60 is reasonable, but I still think it's a bit on the high side.

Sure, for people who know what they get it's a reasonable price, but for the mass of casuals?

 

A yes, paying to help with bug swatting... a bit like buying t-shirts with brand names on them, paying to do the company's job.

Oh well... where did I put my VISA :D

[sweinhart3]

sigh of relief thanks sweinhart. 1 question though that 512 was for minimal requirements and that is to be run at max? huh?

 

Even if you had less than 512MB dedicated video ram the game would still run. In the event of not having enough video ram, the system will have to use main system memory to make up for it but would still run.

[shackman]

it's not letting me download it. i'm at the site with the 4 different files to download and when i click the http server it takes em back to the main site

 

and it won't take my password says it couldn't be read.

Edited October 4, 2010 by shackman

[Druid_]

odd it shows it in dxdiag as 507mb

Do some research. It does look however like a lot of ppl with 512mb cards show 507mb in dxdiag. Why, I don't know.

[FOXFIRE TWOONE]

Did you download all 4 files, or just the setup file??

 

 

:doh: Did reallize there were four files. Yes only setup exe. :megalol:

[Yellonet]

You'll go blind, doing that.

 

So all these downloads and not one comment yet about play.

Maybe no one have it all yet. Or maybe everyone's off entertaining themselves :yes:

[JaBoG32_Prinzartus]

Yeah, switched to torrent as well. Seems to be the better option, at least for now.

I wonder how many people are downloading right now. (I want to estimate ED's cashflow) for tonite. *g*

Edited October 4, 2010 by JaBoG32_Prinzartus

[159th_Viper]

Yes, $60 is reasonable, but I still think it's a bit on the high side.

 

Imagine my chagrin when I had to pre-order Black-Ops for my Son at £64.......:music_whistling:

[Druid_]

Imagine my chagrin when I had to pre-order Black-Ops for my Son at £64.......:music_whistling:

ouch. Get him a football and kick him out the door.

[Steel Jaw]

One of the 2 torrent seeds dropped out !!!

[Yellonet]

Do some research. It does look however like a lot of ppl with 512mb cards show 507mb in dxdiag. Why, I don't know.

They might have laptops, with those it's common to have graphics cards that share the regular RAM with the CPU, and if it has 512 MB reserved it might be using 5 MB in this case for displaying the image.