Yes I read the FAQ, BUT if I have to buy the FC disk and install it, would it not install the SF drivers as mentioned in the post above?

That is why I am waiting to see how this is handled. If it's just a matter of FC 2.0 doing a full install after checking to see if a legit disk is in the drive then no harm.

GG, I don't know if you read any of the other posts in the thread (including one of mine), but the question is what happens to the SF installed by FC 1.12?

I've got FC 1.12 installed and never had an issue, but I'm running a dedicated gaming rig, and can understand why some people wouldn't want to take the risk.

Edit: I see Teradhead beat me to it.

Installing FC (v1.0) will not install starforce, the starforce install is only triggered when FC is first run, if I recall correctly. So it may be possible to install v1.0, leave the Disc Based starforce dormant and install FCv2.0.

However ED has said they are looking at producing another product that would include FC v1.0+2.0 in one package, to be installed over a base LOMAC Install, however I'd imagine a higher price tag for this.

Nate

Talk about flying below radar, what a great and sneaky gift. I had just recently gotten back into FC so for me, the holidays have arrived early. ED rocks.

Nate, thanks for this. You are confirming what I suspected about the nature of the SF drivers that are part of FC at present. Not installed until you launch FC the first time.

Any updates you see are appreciated. I think the key is whether or not the new patch, activated online as it will be, will override - or not! - the original FC code that installs SF drivers when launched. I don't know if that code is in the primary .exe, and that the new patch will replace the old .exe...or if the launch code is elsewhere, but also will be replaced. One can only hope.

A less pleasant development would be that ONLY the potential new product combining FC and 2.0 would remove the old SF, leaving prior owners of a separate FC disk still subject to the older SF drivers.

I guess it is too soon to tell.

I'll buy it and the Flaming Cliffs if there is no SF on my system. If there is, forget it. If installing FC off the CD installs SF, but the 2.0 negates SF drivers, I could live with that.

Sorry, sometimes I give vague answers because I'm not certain of the official reply.

If you install FC2.0 and you have never run FC (the CD version, which is the one that installs drivers) then you don't have to worry about it.

If you install FC2.0 over FC CD version that HAS been run, then you can use the SF driver removal tool to remove the SF drivers - I would would do so before installing FC2.0.

FC2.0 does use SF - it uses an online activation version of it, which does not use a disk driver.

Great info, GG, thanks!

True widescreen resolutions?

I cannot wait for this one. My first true upgrade to a computer was because of LOMAC and I'd gladly upgrade again.

Who needs an excuse, right?

pfunk

Hehe, yea ppl would ask me how much lockon cost, I'd tell em , "It cost me about a grand!"
This is exciting news. Never was into the helicopter but this will be a good interim to tide me over until the A10 module is released.