Any new info?!

[gunterlund21]

testers, any update on multiplayer and 2 people in the helo. Pilot, Door gunner. Or is it still one person moving from station to station.

[VincentLaw]

testers, any update on multiplayer and 2 people in the helo. Pilot, Door gunner. Or is it still one person moving from station to station.

This should answer your question.

Multiplayer coop mode for crew members of the same helicopter under development for a later update.

[Boon1986]

Must be getting close,I can almost here that WHAOP...WHAOP.....WHAOP in the background:D

 

+1:megalol:

[Vlerkies]

Hmmmm, 0321 here, I notice the activity on the DCS site and think they are trying to sneak this release out while thinking I am asleep.

They should give up on that idea, I haven't slept in months with this endurance game of cat and mouse.

[Vlerkies]

Dcs product and download pages down, anyone else confirm.

[JG27_Arklight]

Dcs product and download pages down, anyone else confirm.

 

Still works fine for me.

[Charly_Owl]

Nope, still up for me.

[wheels_up]

Dcs product and download pages down, anyone else confirm.

 

Everything up for me.

[cichlidfan]

Dcs product and download pages down, anyone else confirm.

 

As others have said, it's up here as well.

 

You might want to get that fixed before the Huey is released. ;)

[Vlerkies]

Thats weird, I get into DCS site can browse all pages but dl and product links on the left return 'page not found' in red.

 

Crisis hahaha

[sSkullZnBoneZz]

It's up for me too...

[Vlerkies]

:cry:

 

I'm in the 3rd world so anythings possible ;)

Edited April 19, 2013 by Vlerkies

[sSkullZnBoneZz]

:cry:

 

:dunno:

[jay43]

Why would ED have to run anything past Microsoft? ED/TFC are completely independent and none of their products are "Games for Windows" Branded.

 

Ya would think that wouldn't you but we are all playing it on Ms Windows computers plus its all coded and programed using Ms to.

And anything to with games and patches that has to be uploaded has to go through Ms first.

How do I know cause my brother works for them.

For example to roll out DLC for Call of Duty across all platforms one patch in excess of $45,000.

[cichlidfan]

Ya would think that wouldn't you but we are all playing it on Ms Windows computers plus its all coded and programed using Ms to.

 

So basically you are claiming that anyone who wants to sell, or distribute, software that is designed to run on Windows has to get said software approved by Microsoft before sale or distribution can occur.

[VincentLaw]

Ya would think that wouldn't you but we are all playing it on Ms Windows computers plus its all coded and programed using Ms to.

And anything to with games and patches that has to be uploaded has to go through Ms first.

How do I know cause my brother works for them.

For example to roll out DLC for Call of Duty across all platforms one patch in excess of $45,000.

"Across all platforms" includes Xbox... of course they would need to go through Microsoft to do anything official with that because consoles are extremely closed platforms.

 

If I wanted to right now, I could write my own Windows PC game from scratch, for free, using notepad++ with OpenGL and minGW and have total ownership of it. Microsoft couldn't sue me for circumventing any of their services, and if they did, they would lose. So if by "uploaded" you mean the Games for Windows marketplace, then of course it has to be cleared by Microsoft, but if I have my own online distribution service, then nothing is stopping me from uploading it and selling it there.

 

DCS happens to not be on the Microsoft marketplace. ED/TFC has no affiliation with Microsoft that I am aware of.

[jay43]

So basically you are claiming that anyone who wants to sell, or distribute, software that is designed to run on Windows has to get said software approved by Microsoft before sale or distribution can occur.

 

Correct thats how they make money.

[cichlidfan]

Correct thats how they make money.

 

I see. :huh:

[Newspeedy]

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/huey/

 

looks like it's getting close

[jay43]

"Across all platforms" includes Xbox... of course they would need to go through Microsoft to do anything official with that because consoles are extremely closed platforms.

 

If I wanted to right now, I could write my own Windows PC game from scratch, for free, using notepad++ with OpenGL and minGW and have total ownership of it. Microsoft couldn't sue me for circumventing any of their services, and if they did, they would lose. So if by "uploaded" you mean the Games for Windows marketplace, then of course it has to be cleared by Microsoft, but if I have my own online distribution service, then nothing is stopping me from uploading it and selling it there.

 

DCS happens to not be on the Microsoft marketplace. ED/TFC has no affiliation with Microsoft that I am aware of.

 

Still using Ms software to make it work and to program it, think of it more like Royalties fees, now put yourself in the bosses seat are you going to let any tom dick or harry make whatever they want using your software without you approving it for sale or launch.

Ofcourse you're not its just good buisness sense let someone else do the work and you collect the Royalties for their hard work all beit a small percentage.

[s1dev]

Ya would think that wouldn't you but we are all playing it on Ms Windows computers plus its all coded and programed using Ms to.

And anything to with games and patches that has to be uploaded has to go through Ms first.

How do I know cause my brother works for them.

For example to roll out DLC for Call of Duty across all platforms one patch in excess of $45,000.

 

I had to register an account just to answer this :mad:

 

Unless your game carries Microsoft branding, Microsoft can't do a damn thing about what software you write for their platform. Laws against monopolies keep them from closing the platform for one. If Microsoft could have the say in what software gets released, then they'd be all over LibreOffice and OpenOffice. The only Microsoft related stuff is the APIs which the licensing they released it under forbids them to control access to, sure they could release a new API version tomorrow that allows them to control it, but then you just keep releasing your software under the old API version. As for the $45,000 patches, that's possibly for XBOX and PS3 which are completely different in terms of who owns what.

 

How do I know? Because Windows is my primary development platform.

 

edit:

Still using Ms software to make it work and to program it, think of it more like Royalties fees, now put yourself in the bosses seat are you going to let any tom dick or harry make whatever they want using your software without you approving it for sale or launch.

Ofcourse you're not its just good buisness sense let someone else do the work and you collect the Royalties for their hard work all beit a small percentage.

 

Microsoft doesn't charge royalties for two reasons:

Developers are the life-blood of Windows. They NEED the developers. Plenty of FOSS alternatives on Linux...

They can't.

Edited April 19, 2013 by s1dev

[jay43]

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/huey/

 

looks like it's getting close

 

nice find that looks sweet can't wait give it to me now.:thumbup:

[jay43]

I had to register an account just to answer this :mad:

 

Unless your game carries Microsoft branding, Microsoft can't do a damn thing about what software you write for their platform. Laws against monopolies keep them from closing the platform for one. If Microsoft could have the say in what software gets released, then they'd be all over LibreOffice and OpenOffice. The only Microsoft related stuff is the APIs which the licensing they released it under forbids them to control access to, sure they could release a new API version tomorrow that allows them to control it, but then you just keep releasing your software under the old API version. As for the $45,000 patches, that's possibly for XBOX and PS3 which are completely different in terms of who owns what.

 

How do I know? Because Windows is my primary development platform.

 

edit:

 

 

Microsoft doesn't charge royalties for two reasons:

Developers are the life-blood of Windows, plenty of FOSS alternatives on Linux...

They can't.

 

What so you are saying my brother is wrong even though he works for them and this is what he does ok fine carry on regardless you obviously know more than me.

[cichlidfan]

What so you are saying my brother is wrong even though he works for them and this is what he does ok fine carry on regardless you obviously know more than me.

 

More likely, it is that you are misunderstanding the difference between consoles and pc in this context.

[Gothicer]

What so you are saying my brother is wrong even though he works for them and this is what he does ok fine carry on regardless you obviously know more than me.

 

Yes. That's what he's saying, and also what everyone else who read what you said is thinking.

 

 

Edit: As a side note, are there any updates on this yet, officially?

Edited April 19, 2013 by Gothicer