DCS Update Patch Notes Discussion Thread

I had major issues playing old missions[made pre-ob patch] but playing instant action missions seems to be NP at all? This is in SP I should say.

I just returned home from a business trip and have yet to DL and install the most recent update. Is it better to wait and just install the next update, or should I go ahead and install this update and then the next fix?

I myself have had no issues, however obviously just from reading this thread that are many that do.

It is a very large update, as there is another coming later in the week might be worth just waiting.

While there are several issues with comms, alpha textures, effects and tweaks to the new lighting model as well as performance I am fairly certain ED will iron those out in the next few updates. Sadly this kind of progress in the base engine has to be made at a cost. It'll pay off in the long run.

Major frame rate drop in VR here. Near dubai mostly, but still its going from stable 45fps to like 25-29 in 2.5.6. This is offline with 1 other unit on the map (faar away).

other than slow load times my VR is running at 40-80 averaging more towards 55 -65. That is in Single Missions and I have the new SSLR turned on. I have a fairly high end system. No stuttering encountered so far.

Night looks fantastic, but it did seem to me, that smaller cities (though the lighting looked great) had a rectilinear box around them, without the soft hazing of light as it diffuses over distance.

I think because in DCS, building lights aren't really light sources. They're really just textures.

Yep, that's exactly it. Not the best solution, but maybe in the future ED is able to update the engine to allow more realistic lighting across the board.

Thanks for the link draconus. So I guess with the new sound structure using mods now is not that easy/straight forward. I wonder why ED changed that :dunno:

 

 

 

I'll try the saved games folder trick as someone suggested in that thread...

Probably just because of that. It's just like with the views.lua where we could set our own FOV range. Banned on IC for quite a while now.

I'm lucky that I just exchanged a few sound files that are inside the Mods / CoreMods folders. But for how long?

We will have another patch later in the week also

 

thank you

I just hope this will fix my black screen...

Nope they working weekends.

 

 

 

No one should work 'crunch time' just because of a bad release schedule.

agree, response time is pretty awesome, its just people forget they are on the BETA branch ...

Jepp... Friday patch came out, Saturday going over the feedback and start looking for root causes, Monday after 2 days(!) Steam release fixed. Likely another hotfix this week, so I think the response time is pretty awesome?

Their response time literally is nonexistent, immediately starting work on a fix as soon as the reports pop up.

I've once had a Fujitsu-Siemens server at work that stopped running. They literally had 48h response time for business customers. When after over a week the technician finally showed up, he just said that those 48h were split in 8h days, not counting weekends. So basically that means you'd have to wait up to 8 days. Took them another 3 days to show up again with the spare parts BTW as it would have been way too easy to bring them in the first place. Needless to say that the whole server got replaced right after that event.

So it appears that the Steam hotfix went through, as I'm now in a mission on 2.5.6. But I hope the frame rate is corrected in the update this week.

Edit: Flew a mission and now I can't log in. smh.

OB update tomorrow?:music_whistling:

BIGNEWY, a patch means a hotfix?

What do you guys think about the new style of the battle-damage-assessment-messages? I liked the older style much more. The blue backgound is somewhat annoying. Is there a way to revert this?

What do you guys think about the new style of the battle-damage-assessment-messages? I liked the older style much more. The blue backgound is somewhat annoying. Is there a way to revert this?

Not just backgound colour, but its Font and shape are not good.

I suggest the appearance what should be a MFD-page-like window.

I don't mean to upset anyone, I can understand the frustration that some people are experiencing, but remember that beta is an experimental mode and things are pushed out that seem to work back with the developers but they need to see how it all fairs across the massive range of different set-ups that we all have. I don't think it is quite fair to talk about taking steps back since the gap between the sim as it was only 5 years ago and now is huge and the technical sophistication of flight models, look of externals and cockpits etc, has been nothing less than revolutionary. One of the reasons for that has been us and our willingness to try stuff out. So hopefully there will be a resolution but if not just keep testing and reporting and that will hope to move things further forward.

Take care

Neil

DCS 2.5.6. Fast mission does not seem to work properly

Hi Bignewy,

Can't agree more with Neil's comment.

I just wanted to report that I installed version 2.5.6. last Friday. I tried to create a fast mission with the F/A 18C with ground attack, one wingman and on the ramp. It generates the mission but when you click on Fly, it shows up the F10 map and with F2 you cycle through the different units on the field but no F/A 18C and with F1 no access to cockpit. I will patiently wait until the next fix is available.

Congratulations to you for what you do offer to sim enthusiasts.

kind regards,

Manderfeld

What do you guys think about the new style of the battle-damage-assessment-messages? I liked the older style much more. The blue backgound is somewhat annoying. Is there a way to revert this?

I definitely liked the old way better. Less intrusive.

Hi

Can I suggest you guys either extend your current Internal Testing Team or just create a distinct and experienced group of users to extensively test these updates prior to public launch?

Something like a focus group, especially running MP servers as most dramatic issues seem to appear online.

It's just a suggestion, no criticism intended here.

Like a beta test team? I thought that was the intention of the Open Beta.