DCS: A-10C Retail Disc Version

[Habu23]

Hello ED team,

 

On your Official Updates section of your forums, you have announced that a DVD retail version of DCS: A-10C will be available for the United Kingdom Amazon website. I live in the United States and have been waiting eight months for the DVD release. When will a U.S. DVD retail version be available and if I purchase the U.K. version of A-10C, will I be able to run it okay in the United States?

 

 

Thanks,

 

Habu

[Panzertard]

Here's an official update which involves US boxed versions:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1208510&postcount=17

[Habu23]

Thank you Panzertard.

 

Habu

[rextar]

So uk dvd is out today?

[159th_Viper]

So uk dvd is out today?

 

Correct.

[STP Dragon]

So no excuses anymore Habu!

Buy it and let's fly together my friend! :D

Edited May 27, 2011 by =STP= Dragon

[Habu23]

Hi guys,

 

I have literally been waiting exactly one year to fly this sim. With DVD releases in Nordic Countries, Australia, Israel, and the Middle East, when can we expect a North American release? I don't know if I can wait any longer.

 

Habu

[159th_Viper]

July through September: Take 2 Interactive

[Habu23]

Thank you for the response. Will the DCS: A-10C copies be limited only to Take 2 Interactive or will it be on amazon.com, a walk in store, or any other retailer?

 

Habu

[JimMack]

Thank you for the response. Will the DCS: A-10C copies be limited only to Take 2 Interactive or will it be on amazon.com, a walk in store, or any other retailer?

 

Habu

 

It should be widely available in the US:- Target, Amazon, Best Buy etc.

However we are waiting for confirmation. When we know we will make an announcement.

[CupOHemlock]

Ok, potentially dumb question incoming. I want to get DCS: A-10C, but was going to wait for the boxed version. However, I need to know if the boxed version contains a printed manual.

 

I checked on the cost to upload and print a color copy of the manual and it was $350 bucks at Kinkos.

 

If there is no printed manual in the boxed set then I will just download from the site and then figure out a way to get into my iPhone.

 

Any help/info will be greatly appreciated.

[sobek]

There will be a printed flight manual sold separately (i think it's not available yet), the boxed version does not contain one.

[CupOHemlock]

Oops

 

ok I found a tidbit in the FAQ which says a printed manual may be available at a later time. I am assuming that means the retail box contains only the disc.

 

Sorry for posting without fully reading the FAQ :cry:

 

Thanks sobek!

[159th_Viper]

No printed manual in the boxed version.

 

Not sure about the quick-start guide either. Printed manuals are probably going to be up for sale later on and again will in all probability be black and white - again mere speculation on my part.

[EtherealN]

If there is no printed manual in the boxed set then I will just download from the site and then figure out a way to get into my iPhone.

 

Manuals are in pdf forman, stored in the Doc folder inside the installation, so this should not be a problem. (If you have an iPad, Transformer or similar tablet it'll be more convenient though.)

 

I do know for sure that there are ways to get manual prints bound and printed cheaper, though - someone used a shop in germany. Should be links somewhere on the forum, but it eludes me at the moment. (Unfortunately though, printing it in color will always be prohibitively expensive, only mass-prints can cut the costs there. Remains to be seen if the printed manual offering would be color or B/W, as far as I know the decision isn't made yet.)

[CupOHemlock]

(If you have an iPad, Transformer or similar tablet it'll be more convenient though.)

 

Hmm an iPad. My wife would kill me, but that would be an awesome way to have the manual handy while flying

[EtherealN]

Well, you can check if there's any cheap iPad 1's out there. I'm personally an Android type of person, but I did see a lot of iPad 1's at cheap prices after the iPad 2 release. Also, there are checklists, kneeboards and stuff available in app format for the iPad which can be helpful. (And someone made an application that allows display and manipulation of cockpit controls on the iPad, including the MFCD's, I haven't tried it myself though. Need to steal the office iPad at some point. :D )

 

Reading documents is very nice on the iPad though, so it should work great for the manuals and other related documents. I've personally mainly used it for referencing industrial drawings during planning meetings and such, which it does well.

[CupOHemlock]

Many thanks for all the help and suggestions. This is still the best community on the planet!

[jg777]

Impatiently waiting for US release:smoke:

[cichlidfan]

Impatiently waiting for US release:smoke:

 

FYI, the patches are running a little over a GB, the whole bit is about 4.5GB. So even if you get the release you are still going to be downloading for a while.;)

[EtherealN]

FYI, the patches are running a little over a GB, the whole bit is about 4.5GB. So even if you get the release you are still going to be downloading for a while.;)

 

Incorrect.

[-NFlight-]

Incorrect.

 

 

So wordy... :)

[BrandonBP]

Incorrect.

I ended up buying the sim from the UK and having it shipped to me in the US. The DVD version was 1.1.0.7. Just this week I updated it with patch 1.1.0.8. which was a gig or a bit more I think.

 

It cost me about $73 to order from the UK, but it was well worth the extra cash and the wait for it to get here.

[lubey]

I think what EtherealN may have meant is that the US release will be version 1.1.0.9 or something else more up to date.

 

Gone are the days when you went to the store, got a game and it was version 1.0 everywhere.

[jg777]

Hope so, cause my internet speed is garbage, thank you At&t. Still waiting....