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Ok so here's the deal.

 

 

I jumped on the DCS bandwagon hard years ago. The P-51 brought me in. Since then whenever a World War Two bird was available I jumped on it.. Sometimes too soon, AKA the VMEO P-40 (nuff said there)

 

 

Unfortunately things never turned out quite right.. Too many ideas,, too many intentions, too many versions of the sim.

 

 

DCS 1.5, 2. whatever the day of the week or plan was working on, BETAS,,, for me it became clear as mud. So I dumped the whole thing from my puter.

 

 

Well its been about a year or so since then and my wife reminded me that I had spent a lot of money on my aircraft module purchases.

 

 

I accept that the dreams of IL2 size servers with formations of bombers escorted by P-51's and Spitfires pushing through to targets defended by hoards of 109's and 190's all piloted by human players (like we had in the old IL2 Days) were over.

 

 

It was a lofty dream but too many cooks spoiled the soup.

 

 

What I need now is simple information.

 

 

I'm going to spend yet more money for the Normandy map..

 

 

What is the best version of DCS World that I need to install for that to happen?

 

 

I'm down to the basics.

 

 

I just want to fly my already purchased planes over World War Two Europe.

 

 

I'm not hoping or looking for anything more than that.

 

 

I have a good PC. Horsepower is not a problem.

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What I need now is simple information.

I'm going to spend yet more money for the Normandy map..

What is the best version of DCS World that I need to install for that to happen?

The 1.5 version is now essentially a legacy version and only the original Caucasus map works on it so 2.5 beta or release are your options. Although currently I think they're the same but in the future as new modules and content gets released it will got to beta first and release version shortly after bugs or performance issues get worked out.

In case you're not aware of it there is also the WWII Assets Pack which you will want if you want to populate the map with WWII soldiers,vehicles,ships,planes... Normandy and Asset pack can be found as a bundle under Special Offers in E'shop.

With Normandy you only get some basic instant action missions added for your planes so buying DLC campaigns or downloading User created missions is what you'll want to get started. Along with the Downloads /User Files section on homepage some people have posted Normandy missions here...

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=187885

I hear the last one on page six is pretty good. ;)


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Just install 2.5, that's it, no problems at all. It runs better now than it ever has, so if you have a decent rig, you'll be pleasantly surprised!

 

You need it to run the Normandy map. Normandy won't run on 1.2 or 1.5, which are obsolete anyway.

 

The new higher-detail Caucasus map is free and comes with 2.5, so you'll have that to fly over while scratching your head about what new stuff to buy :)

 

Easy as falling off a log.

 

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I jumped on the DCS bandwagon hard years ago. The P-51 brought me in. Since then whenever a World War Two bird was available I jumped on it.. Sometimes too soon, AKA the VMEO P-40 (nuff said there)

 

 

Unfortunately things never turned out quite right.. Too many ideas,, too many intentions, too many versions of the sim.

 

 

DCS 1.5, 2. whatever the day of the week or plan was working on, BETAS,,, for me it became clear as mud. So I dumped the whole thing from my puter.

 

Unfortunately, you're back too soon.

 

The good news is that now we have only one version of the sim, 2.5. The bad news, is that is still in its infancy and basically a recently rechristened beta.

 

To play the two scripted campaigns (sold separately), you will need the Normandy map (sold separately) and the WWII assets pack (sold separately). You will need those to play most of user created WWII missions.

 

For the last year not much has changed. The new Damage Model for the WWII birds is nowhere to be seen. The new additions to the WWII assets pack, are nowhere to be seen. Spitfire still in beta. AI is still crap. We have four fighter planes, AI B-17 and that's it on the aircraft department. The whole WWII seems to be very low on ED priority list.


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Download and install DCS 2.5 Here

 

This will take sometime as DCS is quite large now with the

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Enter your ED account login details (Not Forum) once DCS is installed.

 

Click on module manager at the top and it should then popup and ask you if you want to install your available modules, select the ones you want to install.

 

Play with graphic settings and setup controls, your ready to fly.

 

Normandy 1944 Map + WWII Assets Pack? If you plan on getting into ww2 then you need the Assets Pack.

 

Buy this in the DCS store when logged in, then launch DCS and again click on the module manager and it should ask you if you want to download and install Normandy + Assets Pack.

 

Chief Instructor, A pilot IRL has done a great 3 part write up on flying taildraggers. Part 1 can be found here. You can find the others at the top of the Spitfire thread.

 

Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library. These PDF guides are great for getting up to speed quickly.

 

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Ok, a few comments I'd like to make.

 

 

 

The download for 2.5 was HUGE.. on a little 3 meg DSL (I live in farm country) it took two days. Although long it was smooth and DCS worked..

 

 

What I thought would be my biggest challenge turned out to be almost painless.

 

 

I was previously a user of DCS 1.5. and I was expecting, (say it with me)

 

 

to have to spend days reconfiguring my controls for every aircraft.

 

 

Not just the controls but all of the work I did on the .LAU files so that my toggle switches on the Thrustmaster Warthog would work as before.

 

 

Flip the switch one way : ON, flip it back : OFF.

 

I had saved all of my input files and such and to my pleasent surprise they migrated flawlessly into the new DCS 2.5.

 

 

 

First impression on jumping in my P-51 in 2.5

 

 

Graphics are way WAY better and everything runs faster..

 

 

Now I don't want to jinx myself but I made a track of a startup/ warmup,, taxi to the active , take off, once around the circuit and landing.

 

The track saved ACCURATELY!!

 

 

Dunno if this was fixed or I'm just a lucky dude who needs to go buy a Powerball ticket.

 

 

I downloaded the Normandy Map and World War II pack today. I'm looking forward to exploring a bit tomorrow.

 

 

Thank you to DCS. This is much better than a year ago.

 

 

I hope all of the plans in motion come together.

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Now I don't want to jinx myself but I made a track of a startup/ warmup,, taxi to the active , take off, once around the circuit and landing.

 

The track saved ACCURATELY!!

 

Dunno if this was fixed or I'm just a lucky dude who needs to go buy a Powerball ticket.

 

 

^^This.... get that ticket.

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The track saved ACCURATELY!!

 

 

Dunno if this was fixed or I'm just a lucky dude who needs to go buy a Powerball ticket.

 

Nah, tracks haven’t been fixed, twelve+ years and counting. You just got lucky on that one.

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Yes, DCS 1.5 is legacy and no longer supported / updated.

But don't expect a DCS 2.5 bugs free and completed in all its aspects. 2.5 is just come out and there's still a lot of work to do. I suggest you to keep the 2.5 open beta since it is more frequently updated, and in this early phase you need quick updates.

If you want a server full of fighters and bombers all piloted by human players in an historically accurate environment, I suggest you Il-2 BOX.

But if you want to really feel the sensation of piloting a real plane, you'll enjoy DCS in a way that you can never go back, even if you fly in a normandy map with wwII planes that IRL never fought on normandy.

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How do I turn off the automatic updates? If my recorded tracks are working now maybe I should quit while I'm ahead.

 

That's easy .. take a look at the windows shortcut that you use to start DCS ... you will see that it actually refers to DCS_Updater.EXE ... change that to DCS.EXE and then the shortcut will never again try to update :)

 

... when you DO want to update, then just change the shortcut back.

 

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Ok so here is the plan.. I'm going to turn off my connection when I start DCS (so it can't update).. I'll fly a lot and make tracks.. If they continue to be accurate then I will image my Boot drive and the DCS drive (I gave it its own SSD).

 

 

I'll have backups where I know everything worked.

 

 

I will then turn on the connection and let updates go through,, then try to make a track. If it is messed up ,I will make an image of that DCS game.. I'll have versions of the game when tracks worked and when they did not.

 

 

Then re-image the boot drive and the DCS drive with the image made when tracks worked.

 

 

Start it up and see if the tracks work again..

 

 

If the tracks worked from the earlier image but not with the newer updated then we might have something we can use.

 

 

Maybe we can narrow this thing down.


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Keep in mind that if you decide to not update that you would not be able to join multiplayer servers if your version is older than current. Not an issue if you do not use multiplayer.

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