QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) It is really simple If you are running 1.5.8 Stable --> you must convert to Open beta version open a command promt in DCS World/Bin folder and type: DCS_updater.exe update 1.5.8@openbeta When it is done, start DCS World open beta and it should automatically update to 2,5 open beta. Done. Right, you must convert 1.5.8 stable to open beta. Uhm, no! You don't have to go to 1.5.8 OB. You can go directly from 1.5.8 Stable to 2.5 OB by using the following command: DCS_updater.exe update @openbeta Edited January 31, 2018 by QuiGon Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 excuse me excuse me excuse me. I'm italian i don't speak english very well. Please, can you write the entire procedure, step to step, to how install this 2.5 ob, for me, and other people, who must do fresh install? Now, I'm downloading 1.5. When i finish, I'll have 1.5 stable or 1.5.8 stable? I'm confused. You download 1.5 stable and then use the updater to convert it to 2.5 OB, like I said here: If you don't have the Open Beta installed, use the updater with DCS_Updater.exe update @openbeta to convert your 1.5.8 Stable Release installation to the Open Beta branch and download 2.5. More info on how to use the updater can be found here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030 Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilrah Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Uhm, no! You don't have to go to 1.5.8 OB. You can go directly from 1.5.8 Stable to 2.5 OB by using the following command: DCS_updater.exe update @openbeta Ok, my bad then. I went from 1.5.8 stable to 1.5.8 open beta and then to 2.5 open beta. I followed ED guide where it says: Stage 1: 2.5.0 Open Beta. The 1.5.8 Open Beta will be updated to the 2.5.0 Open Beta. The updater will check for 2.2.0 (Open Alpha) and add necessary modules from 2.2.0 to 2.5.0 to avoid unnecessary downloads. Edited January 31, 2018 by Kilrah ASUS Z370, i7 8086K @ 5,2 Ghz, ASUS Strix GTX 1080, 16GB Ram, TM HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR 5, Saitek combat rudders, 25" 1440p monitor, Oculus Rift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alado Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 hi, i have new pc, how i can install 2.5?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Burns Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 what is simple is this.... DCS World download section has a file called DCS update to 2.5 all versions and when you click on it it takes all versions to 2.5 beta What isnt simple is DCS World Download section with 1.5 and 2.1 alpha and just a news release when you search 2.5.0 updater. It couldn't have been any more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenwolf Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 hi, i have new pc, how i can install 2.5?? https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3374168#post3374168 Cold War 1947 - 1991 Discord Helicopters Tournaments Combined Arms Tournaments You can help me with keeping up the server via PayPal donations: hokumyounis@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I must say it is so dang nice to have only one version of DCS once again after all this time. My gaming SSD is certainly breathing a big sigh of relief now lol. Great job ED! :thumbup: Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vino Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 My 1.5.8 wont update anything, and 2.5 downloadlink is not working. Seems like I can't fly with 2.5. Damn.. :( Edit: I mean this https://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Orso Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 My 1.5.8 wont update anything, and 2.5 downloadlink is not working. Seems like I can't fly with 2.5. Damn.. :( Edit: I mean this https://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ Go read the first post in this thread. 1.5.8 Release will not update until next week. Only 1.5.8 Open Beta is updating today. When you hit the wrong button on take-off System Specs. Spoiler System board: MSI X670E ACE Memory: 64GB DDR5-6000 G.Skill Ripjaw System disk: Crucial P5 M.2 2TB CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D PSU: Corsair HX1200 PSU Monitor: ASUS MG279Q, 27" CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S Graphics card: MSI RTX 3090Ti SuprimX VR: Oculus Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klem Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 So when the 2.5 will be ready? Hope it will have improved ground terrain textures, because now trees dont look like trees (and this is in maximum settings). You've been living under a boulder the last few months haven't you? He's probably been living under this deluge of endless pages of repeat questions. No sooner do I get an email saying 'a new post' than I face another 10 pages. I think I'll get off this thread before I get motion sickness. klem 56 RAF 'Firebirds' ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F mobo, i7 8086A @ 5.0 GHz with Corsair H115i watercooling, Gigabyte 2080Ti GAMING OC 11Gb GPU , 32Gb DDR4 RAM, 500Gb and 256Gb SSD SATA III 6Gb/s + 2TB , Pimax 8k Plus VR, TM Warthog Throttle, TM F18 Grip on Virpil WarBRD base, Windows 10 Home 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) He's probably been living under this deluge of endless pages of repeat questions. No sooner do I get an email saying 'a new post' than I face another 10 pages. I think I'll get off this thread before I get motion sickness. Indeed, I'm really getting tired here. I have to use an entire page of comments to explain somewhen how to get 2.5, just so that the next one asks the same question on the following page... Guys, it's really not that hard and it's all explained here! Edited January 31, 2018 by QuiGon Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sze5003 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yea it's really not that hard. Those of you having issues with powershell should use command prompt. After that windows 10 anniversary update, command prompt in the right click menu changed to powershell. The difference in scripting is that powershell is similar to Unix and Linux commands where a "." Is placed in front of the command. Normally I never had to include the "." because it would do it automatically for me when ever I typed dcs_updater.exe update. Also I'm not sure if some of you were putting quotes with the command which should not be done. If you are getting anything like command not found your syntax is either off or you are missing the updater.exe file. Hopefully today the beta 2.5 installer will be up and this won't be an issue anymore. Also if upgrading to 2.5 and Nevada does not copy over, just install it from within the game. I had to redownload NTTR and my Nevada campaigns from within 2.5. I tried manually copying the files from my 2.2 install but it told me that it needed activation. Once I installed it from within the game module manager this wasn't an issue and all my campaign progress transferred over too. Well except for the Georgian war campaign..I seem to have lost all my progress there and I was about 7 misisons in. Asus ROG Strix Z790-E | Core i9 13900K-NZXT Kraken X73 AIO | 32GB DDR5 G Skill Neo 6600mhz | 2TB Sk Hynix P41 Platinum nvme |1TB Evo 970 Plus nvme | OCZ Trion 150 960GB | 256GB Samsung 830 | 1TB Samsung 850 EVO | Gigabyte OC 4090 | Phanteks P600S | 1000W MSI MPG A1000G | LG C2 42 Evo 3840x2160 @ 120hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc_neo Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Updating 2.2OA to 2.5 worked for me as described in post 723 in this thread. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3372712&postcount=723 Nice, this way i can keep my 1.5.8ob for the time being until i delete manually. Edited January 31, 2018 by sc_neo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Updateing 2.2OA to 2.5 worked for me as described in post 723 in this thread. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3372712&postcount=723 Nice, this way i can keep my 1.5.8ob for the time being until i delete manually. Great to hear, thanks! :thumbup: Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfox Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hi! May I ask something stupid: can I install the 2.5OB and convert it to the release one when available? Just don't want to live with both versions when release is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vino Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Go read the first post in this thread. 1.5.8 Release will not update until next week. Only 1.5.8 Open Beta is updating today. I’m very sorry, but my english sucks big time. I don’t have a slightest idea what the first post is trying to say. What a mess.... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docWilly Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hi! May I ask something stupid: can I install the 2.5OB and convert it to the release one when available? Just don't want to live with both versions when release is available. Pretty sure- same as it was with 1.5.8 OB and 1.5.8 release (stable). But you can leave it at 2.5 OB for good reasons: you´ll get every update FIRST (as OB is used as testing platform). It fully works like the release version - only downside: if there are bugs included in the OB update you´ll get them as well, but even then it´s easy to revert to the previous OB version. Did this all the time back with 1.5.8 if there was a game braking bug. So no worries.....get 2.5OB and go flying - it´s worth doing so. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]my rig specs: i7-4790K CPU 4.50GHz, 32GB RAM, 64bit WIN10, NVidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, SSD+ A10C, UH-1H, M2C, F5E, Gazelle, KA 50, F18C, DCS 2.5x OB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hi! May I ask something stupid: can I install the 2.5OB and convert it to the release one when available? Just don't want to live with both versions when release is available. Yes, you can switch between them anytime you want. That's how I do it for 2-3 years now, switching between Stable Release and OB as I want to. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vino Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 How do I get this ”ob” -version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrnet940 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I am updating mine now. It took a bit to get "IT" figured out on where to go, but got it started and thanks for the step by step walk through. It helped me!! Thanks Again for everything you do and continue to do with DCS!! BRAVO!!! Wayne Wilson AKA: hrnet940 Alienware Aurora R3, i7 3820 3.5GHz(4.2GHz setting) processor, EVGA Nvidia RTX 2070 8GB Graphics, 16GB Ram, 1TB SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 How do I get this ”ob” -version? You either do this: If you don't have the Open Beta installed, use the updater with DCS_Updater.exe update @openbeta to convert your 1.5.8 Stable Release installation to the Open Beta branch and download 2.5. More info on how to use the updater can be found here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030 Or you wait till the standalone installer for 2.5 OB is available which can happen any moment now. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfox Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yes, you can switch between them anytime you want. That's how I do it for 2-3 years now, switching between Stable Release and OB as I want to. By switching you mean replace one with another not living with both right? That's what I'd like to do actually. Don't need the LATEST version ever, don't want to have two versions at the same time... but WANT to test that 2.5 OB as soon as I can see if my computer handles it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 By switching you mean replace one with another not living with both right? That's what I'd like to do actually. Don't need the LATEST version ever, don't want to have two versions at the same time... but WANT to test that 2.5 OB as soon as I can see if my computer handles it better. Yes, replacing. Well, it's not really replacing as they are usally 99% identical :D But replacing the remaining 1%, yes. That means I have only one installation of DCS, which I often change to Open Beta or Stable Release depending on what I want at the time. Switching from OB to Stable Relase and back is just a simple command through the updater. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animotion Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Indeed, I'm really getting tired here. I have to use an entire page of comments to explain somewhen how to get 2.5, just so that the next one asks the same question on the following page... Guys, it's really not that hard and it's all explained here! Simple solution here is to not explain it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Simple solution here is to not explain it again. True :D Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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