Black Shark v1 + v2 upgrade vs. v2 standalone

[ishtmail]

On the E-shop page of DCS, I see two ways to get Black Shark 2:

 

1. Standalone version, which costs $39.99

 

2. Black Shark v.1 - $9.99 plus Black Shark v.2 upgrade - $19.99, total = $29.98

 

From what I see, it's ten dollars cheaper to buy the first game and then upgrade, than to buy the standalone release.

 

 

Is there any difference whatsoever between an upgraded version and the standalone, apart from the added effort to install 2 parts instead of a single installation?

[159th_Viper]

As a standalone SIM, no difference whatsoever, apart from, as you said, the added effort of 2 installs.

 

Insofar as the Beta module for the Kamov is concerned when installed to DCS World, at present the BS2 upgrade is not yet supported. As such, you will not be able to activate the upgraded BS2 module in DCS World.

 

This will be addressed in future. If you are in a hurry to activate DCS Kamov in DCS World then you'd be better to get the standalone. If not, as said, no difference apart from the price.

[ishtmail]

Thanks for the clarification...

 

As I'd like to log some single-player flying time before heading to multiplayer (so I don't really need DCS World support instantly), I think I will opt for the v1 + v2 Upgrade and will wait for the full World support in the upgrade version.

 

I just thought it's odd the first game is so cheap, as usually in situations like these a standalone v2 release would be cheaper than v1 with an upgrade (to promote standalone purchases).

 

Thanks!

[ishtmail]

Heh, darn my quick fingers - purchase is done and done. Shadowze, thanks for your link, but you were about 10 seconds too late :)

 

Well, purchasing directly from DCS does give me the added satisfaction of knowing the developers will get more - buying from a dealer usually means the dealer gets a sales margin cut, meaning the devs get less (depends on an individual contract, I suppose, but dealers probably don't sell without getting something in return).

[Voight-Kampff]

I'm sorry to bump this thread, but I'm really not understanding this. I bought BS1 through steam and the upgrade through DCS. I installed BS1 through steam and downloaded the one file in the link in my "payments" section" (KA-50_bsupd_1.2.0.63205.exe).

 

It installs. I run World (which i installed prior to the upgrade) and run a mission. I than get asked for a serial, which works fine. But i can't shake the feeling that I'm running BS1. I then tried installing one of the training-downloads (Familiarization_Video_Setup_EN.exe), which informs me that there is no BS2 installation on my system. What do i do?

 

I have no BS2 exe, just KA-50 in WORLD and BS1 though Steam. Have i missed a step? Please help me out. :)

[EtherealN]

There is no separate BS2 executable because you are using DCS World. BS2 is a module that plugs into DCS World. Having a separate BS2 executable would defeat the very objective DCS World has in the first place. ;)

 

The confusion arises from the fact that prior to version 1.1.2.1 (where DCS World was a beta release), BS2 was a standalone install. As of 1.1.2.1 and the current 1.2, it's a module inside the larger DCS World program, thus avoiding duplication of resources when you have multiple products installed - for example, in 1.1.1.1, if you had A-10C and BS2 installed, most of the associated files would be identical, wasting a lot of HDD space.

[Voight-Kampff]

Ok, thank you. I take it I'm fine then. I should just start playing and stop worrying. :) Thanks.