1. DDz Quorum DD_Fenrir Posted January 24, 2018 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 24, 2018 So... Thanks to a facebook post by ED we can be confident to expect the Open Beta of 2.5 to land on the 31st of January. Wh00t! However, this does not necessarily mean you will be able to access it! The 31st Update will only update the 1.5.8 Open Beta install to 2.5 Open Beta. If you have a release version of 1.5.8 - which I suspect is most of you - then you will have to wait until the open beta version of 2.5 is proved bug free (or non-critical bugs) and then it will update your 1.5.8 version automatically to 2.5 release as and when it is made available. This could be at minimum a week, probably longer. The update path is described here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=200340 The upshot of this is if you want to access 2.5 Open Beta on the 31st you will have to have installed the 1.5.8 Open Beta. There are two ways to accomplish this: 1. Download and install the Open Beta version found here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/world/beta/ It should not take long as it will copy all of the files from your release version. You can then copy the inputs folder from your C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\DCS into the parallel DCSOpenBeta folder. The bad with this is that (i) you will require the HD space to run this as a second instance of DCS and given that predictions are putting the total size of the DCS 2.5 Open Beta install at ~100GB, that's no insignificant amount of space, particularly if you installed to a 128GB SSD and already have 80 odd GB of DCS 1.5.8 release installed! (ii) you will have to activate your modules again within the Open Beta. 2. You can force the updater to update your 1.5.8 release install and turn it into a 1.5.8 Open Beta - see instructions here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030 Positives are that it saves on disk space and there's no need to transfer across control input settings or reactivate modules. However, as outlined in the above post it requires experience using the command prompt and careful following of the syntax described, with a serious risk of kiboshing your DCS install if it goes wrong. Also if it goes ok you will only be able to multiplayer with others using the same version as the Open Beta - sometimes both the Release and Open Beta are on the same version, which is great. Much of the time, however, the Beta tends to be a version ahead so you woould not be able to host or join servers with other DDz who are on the Release version. Some of you might feel it best waiting it out and if I'm honest it would save some hassle. If I do it I have to take Option 1 as my new rig only has 2.2 Open Alpha installed currently. Those of you with 2.2 Open Alpha, I quote Riks here: "this branch is no longer supported. If user have only 2.2.0 Open Alpha, updater will suggest to download 2.5 installer - it will install 2.5 release and remove 2.2.0 Open Alpha" Again this means that 2.2 Open Alpha will have to await the Release version of 2.5. If you wish to access 2.5 Open Beta and do not have a 1.5.8 Open Beta version, then Option 1 is your only choice. Clear as mud? Quote
DD_Arthur Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Just now, DD_Fenrir said: Clear as mud? Blimey. Think I might wait for the official release of 2.5 now. Quote
BluBear Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Too much faff for me, going to wait for 2.5 official release. Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted January 24, 2018 1. DDz Quorum Posted January 24, 2018 Wait... what? Oh, yeah, I get it now... wait... cool, I can do that... Quote
Crash Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 We have had a lot of practice waiting for stuff Quote
mosinut Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Just now, Crash said: We have had a lot of practice waiting for stuff It does seem to be the universal flightsim experience... well that and crashing. Quote
Crash Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Yep, and dont forget the poor sods who backed Star Citizen God knows how long they are going to wait. Quote
mosinut Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 And it is out for openbeta! Post from Wags Going faster than I thought it would Quote
BluBear Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 12.3Gb! Holy moly! I'mma need a new HDD Quote
Crash Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, BluBear said: 12.3Gb! Holy moly! I'mma need a new HDD The fun never ends Quote
DD_Arthur Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 Downloading now. Just realised I've been running the 1.5 open beta anyway. Doh! Quote
DD_Arthur Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 Ahhh...ok, I think I need at least a new graphics card Quote
Crash Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Looking forward to the final version as I will be able to use the Oclus controllers to flip the switches 1 Quote
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