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DCS World

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DCS World
DCS World cover
Developers
Eagle Dynamics
Publishers
The Fighter Collection
Engines
The Fighter Collection Simulation Engine
Eagle Dynamics Graphics Engine
Release dates
Windows October 10, 2008
DCS World on Wikipedia
Digital Combat Simulator
DCS: Black Shark 2008
DCS: A-10C Warthog 2011
DCS World 2013

General information

Official Website
Eagle Dynamics Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
Requires online activation
Windows
Steam
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Requires online activation
Download
Windows
DLC from AV-8B Night Attack V/STOL onwards requires regular online authentication (playable for up to three days without authentication).[1]
DLC released prior to AV-8B Night Attack V/STOL has StarForce ProActive DRM[2] Each DLC has a 10 machine activation limit and 10 deactivations. After no activations remain, 1 more is generated in a month.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Ka-50 Black Shark 2
Windows
UH-1H Huey Developed by Belsimtek
Windows
A-10C Warthog See DCS: A-10C Warthog for information on the stand-alone edition
Windows
P-51D Mustang
Windows
Combined Arms 1.5
Windows
Flaming Cliffs 3 Includes F-15C Eagle, A-10A, Su-27, Su-33, MiG-29 and Su-25
Windows
Fw 190 D-9 Dora
Windows
Mi-8 MTV2 Magnificent Eight Developed by Belsimtek
Windows
Bf 109 K-4 Kurfürst
Windows
Su-27: The Ultimate Argument Campaign
Windows
MiG-21Bis Developed by Leatherneck Studios
Windows
F-86F Sabre Developed by Belsimtek
Windows
BAE Hawk Developed by Virtual European Air Operations (VEAO)
Windows
C-101 Aviojet Developed by AvioDev ( In Beta )
Windows
MiG-15Bis Developed by Belsimtek ( Beta in February 2015 )
Windows
AH-1G Cobra Developed by Belsimtek ( To Be Released )
Windows
F-14 Tomcat Developed by Leatherneck Studios ( To Be Released )
Windows
Eurofighter Typhoon Developed by VEAO ( Early development )
Windows
L-39C/ZA Albatros ( Q2 2015 )
Windows
F/A-18C Hornet ( Early Development )
Windows
WWII: Europe 1944 To include: Normandy Terrain, P-51D Mustang, Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9, Messerschmitt Bf.109, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 and Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX ( Note: Modules will be released like any other DCS Module there will be no WWII: Europe 1944 as such )
Windows
M-2000C Developed by RAZBAM ( early pre-order beta )
Windows
F-5E-3 Developed by Belsimtek (beta release Juli/August 2016)
Windows
SA-342M/L Gazelle Developed by Polychop Simulations ( pre-order beta )
Windows
Nevada Test and Training Range requires separate 2.0 OpenAlpha client; download size: 25 GB in addition to the client
Windows

Essential improvements

Fix sRGB Gamma

Change the sRGB gamma conversion from simple 'raise to power' to the w3c standard, fixing gamma and black levels[3]
  1. Download DCS sRGB gamma fix.
  2. Extract deferredCommon.hlsl
  3. Overwrite the same file in Bazar\shaders\shaders\deferred\
  4. Launch game and adjust the ingame gamma to the appropriate values.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\DCS\Config
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223750/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\DCS
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223750/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings menu
Video settings menu

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Although controllers works in this game, it is heavily recommended to use a "HOTAS" system or similar.[citation needed]

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Spanish
Russian
Czech

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows[4]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Other
Requires a 64-bit operating system.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/223750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (223750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References