Genbrien, they sorted it all out in this thread:
https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=200676

I can see some might get semi-confused but after surviving a few Falcon4 dances I think I will manage once my turn comes late February.

thx, I havent visited ED's forum for months

Not showing up for me yet. I'm running both the 1.5.8 release and the 2.0 Open Alpha. I'll try later.

The update is for the 1.5 OB. Since you don't have it installed you will have to wait for the v2.5 installer exe to be posted which probably won't happen for a day or two.

I had OB 1.5.8 installed, wanted to fly it today before 2.5 comes. I was very surprised when it asked me if I want to update to 2.5. Currently downloading, 20% complete!

Ah,thanks Chichlidfan,I didn't spot that.

Try running this command from your 1.5 DCS\biin folder.

DCS_Updater.exe update @openbeta

However, this will replace your v1.5 with v2.5 OB. Come to think of it, you could run that command from your v2.2 folder and it would replace your v2.2 with v2.5 OB.

How do I do that? I see the file,how do I run it with 'update @openbeta' added. Thx.

Once I update 2.2 to 2.5 I can ditch 1.5.8 I assume because everything I want to use will be in 2.5?

Hold shift and right click on the Bin folder. Select Open Command Prompt here (for Win 7/8) or Open Power Shell here (Win 10). Then type

DCS_Updater.exe update @openbeta

in the Window that opens.

Yes, everything should be in 2.5.

It won't work,just gives an error.Same on both installs. I am definitely doing it right and I copy/pasted the command you typed.

No worries,I can wait,thx for the help

Would be nice to hear reviews from those that have it.... but I thought it won't get here till tomorrow?

When's the standalone installer going to be available? 2nd Feb?

Thanks!

What do you mean Ice - it's the 31st here!

I'm pleased with the release, had few flights - the sim runs fine, comparable to 1.5.8 on my rig (i5 6600K, GTX970, 16GB RAM). I captured some footage from one of the flights. Will post the link when the vid finishes uploading to youtube (9GB 2-3 hours).

I'm not sure about standalone installer, I had my open beta (1.5.8) updated to 2.5.0.

Edit: Since I'm going to sleep soon, I will throw the link here:



the video is still uploading and will take additional time to process by YT to high quality. It should be ready in less than 3 hours, maybe even 2.

amazingly good you should get it asap

Menus are a little slow for whatever reason, but I had my OB installed on my backup HDD and not my SSD, so I can't make a direct comparison to 1.5/2.0 which are on my SSD.

I'm running the Georgia map on custom high settings, GTX970:

https://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=177070&d=1517361115

30-40 FPS is the norm, though I've hit 60 near the ground when not directly over dense areas. I haven't really played with settings yet. So far it's working fine, but I spotted a couple of minor bugs. One related to changing the resolution and the other to a blue shine appearing on bridges and some buildings.

Thanks damson enjoyed that
Fuzzy

Still no standalone version so I guess that'll come tomorrow or the 2nd Feb.

Not watched the whole video, only the first few minutes but found it weird to have different draw distances for the buildings and the trees... with the trees fading in much closer-in. Made the further mountains look barren. The lack of grass looked weird too.... but maybe it's just because I've not flown in DCS for so long. How does high-altitude look like? I remember one Nevada screenshot here with the terrain looking very out-of-focus on a high-altitude screenshot.

I'll need to get set up again in the gaming room to give this a proper try.

ICE @ it Looks great from high to low , least IMHO.

I run high visiblity and tree distance set to 100% , no pop ups yet.

Maybe not so maxed out settings in that video.

Runs over 100fps most of time. (Least in my 1080p monitor)

My new system is:

I8400 6core 4ghz , 1060 6gb , 16gb DDR4

VR seems to run fine too.

Fps will stay high but do not use msaa and defered shading same time, they wont work well together.


Im quite happy, only minor bugs and trees block Ai vision and weapons, shark is nice to use now.

Sure there is some bugs but im so far happy, still testing.

And deffered shading is must have, trees wont look good without.

Well i've now got 2.5 and i'm not sure i like it.

The color palette is far too pastel tones for my liking & outside the cockpit is way too light and shiny whilst inside the cockpit is way too dark.

Also take a look at the real Caucasus mountains are jagged angular bastards, in game it looks like someone has draped a massive green blanket over them, everything just looks soft. The baseline textures also seem to be way worse than 1.5.8