A hello and a question about Steam 32-bit vs 64-bit

[Namco51]

Hello all. My first post was a snarky comment in a silly thread so I wanted to salvage karma and say hi, lest everyone think I'm a complete troll. I'm not much of a pilot but have always been interested in aviation growing up next to LAX and have always been fascinated by the A-10. I think i love this sim due to the complexity of the systems and the stability of the platform. I am genuinely having more fun reading the manual and learning the systems, e.g. CDU, Maverick tracking, IFFCC routines, and TGP (my favorite), than actually doing missions. However missions did win a few points last night when I completed my first non-training mission and had my first "HOLY CRAP" moment when I dropped a CBU-97 on a group of 3 transport vehicles to spectacular effect. I'm very glad to join the community and will be learning for months to come.

:book:

 

I picked up DCS A-10C on the recent Steam sale and was wondering if the simulation executable knows automatically to run in 64-bit or if there are separate exe's for 32 and 64 bit? Steam is a 32-bit program so it and all the game content ends up in the default location for 32-bit apps, the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steamapps\user\common folder. Is there an easy way to determine if I am running the game in 64-bit mode?

 

Thanks,

[Cibit]

Hi and welcome to the forums.

AFAIK Eagle Dynamics are moving away from support of 32 bit OS and concentrating on maximizing the code for 64 bit.

You need to click an option to download 32bit files as 64 bit are offered by default

 

I am pretty sure I am right on this:book:

[EtherealN]

If you are able to select High texture graphics, you are 64-bit.

 

Also, you can open your Task Manager while the program is running and look at the below picture. If you see the *32, it's 32-bit. If not, it's 64-bit.

 

 

EDIT: Where the **** did bing bar come from? Grr... Cleanup coming! :P

[BimC]

I might be wrong. But besides the graphic limitations, you won't have any dynamic shadows in the cockpit with 32bit.