Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) World

The Fighter Collection, Eagle Dynamics (c) 2015. All rights reserved.
The DCS World serves as the unifying structure and Graphical User Interface (GUI
) that various DCS products (such as aircraft) integrate into. From the DCS Worl
d, you may fly any of the purchased DCS modules, view DCS news, and purchase new
DCS products.
News and updates available on the following links:
http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com
http://forums.eagle.ru
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CONTENTS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
INSTALLATION
DOCUMENTATION
MULTIPLAYER
MISSION FILES
VIDEO
CONTACTS
SUGGESTIONS FOR OPTIMUM GAME PERFORMANCE
MULTI-DISPLAY SETTINGS
UNINSTALLATION
TROUBLESHOOTING

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I.SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum system requirements: OS 64-bit Windows Vista, 7 or 8; CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.
0 GHz; RAM: 6 GB; Free hard disk space: 10 GB; Video: 512 MB RAM card, DirectX 9
.0c - compatible; Sound: DirectX 9.0c - compatible; requires internet activation
.
Recommended system requirements: OS 64-bit Windows Vista, 7 or 8; CPU: Core i5+;
RAM: 8GB; Hard disk space: 10 GB; Video: Shader 3.0 or better; NVIDIA GeForce G
TX560 / ATI 6950 DirectX 9.0c or better; Sound: DirectX 9.0c - compatible; Direc
tX: 9.0C; requires internet activation.
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II.INSTALLATION
After downloading the DCS installation files, double click the setup file and th
en follow the on-screen instructions.
It is recommended to turn off anti-virus and security software, because they can
slow the installation process considerably.
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III.DOCUMENTATION
Game manuals are supplied in PDF format and can be found in the

Doc

folder of the

corresponding Mods directories.

For example, the Su-25T manual is placed into DCS World\Mods\aircraft\Su-25T\Doc
folder.
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IV.MULTIPLAYER
Although many improvements and optimizations have been made, we still highly rec
ommend 16 player limit when hosting complex missions. Depending on the exact com
position of the mission, the bandwidth and number of players that a host may acc
ommodate will vary. As always though, clients must be aware of their ping times
(often influenced by connection distance to host) as this can cause warping and
other connection issues.
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V.MISSION FILES
The mission file extension *.MIZ is a ZIP archive and can be opened with any arc
hive editing software. A MIZ file will always contain at least the mission and o
ptions lua files. However, it can also contain additional files depending on the
design of the mission, such as briefing images, audio files and avionics system
files that can be included as part of the Prepare Mission function.
User's missions folder C:\Users\<your name>\Saved Games\DCS\Missions
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VI.VIDEO
For video you can download Theora codec here: http://www.xiph.org/dshow/
Also Theora video can be played on the VLC player for example.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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VII.CONTACTS
General:
http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com
Technical support
The technical support department is available to help you resolve problems relat
ed to the game.
Before addressing support, we ask that you prepare the following information.
- Your E-mail
- System specification
- Operating system
- Information about DVD drives and disk emulators
- Problem description and(or) error text message
Support E-mail: support@eagle.ru
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/
Many solutions and suggestions can be found on the official forum: http://forums
.eagle.ru
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VIII.SUGGESTIONS FOR OPTIMUM GAME PERFORMANCE

If you experience poor frame rates in the game, please try the following steps:
OPTIONS
SYSTEM GRAPHICS:
- Decrease VISIB RANGE
- Decrease SHADOWS
- Decrease TEXTURES
- Decrease SCENES
- Check that WATER set to normal.
- Turn off HEAT BLUR
- Decrease resolution of game
- Decrease MSAA (antialiasing)
- Decrease TSSAA (transparency antialiasing)
OPTIONS
GAMEPLAY:
- Turn off MIRRORS
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IX.MULTI-DISPLAY SETTINGS
It is possible to split the game window on two or three displays.
To do so, access your video card configuration options to set a single workspace
on monitors. In the game options, select the overall workspace resolution and c
hoose the required MONITORS preset (1 camera, 3 cameras) in the graphics options
menu.
The preset configurations can be found in Config\MonitorSetup folder.
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X.UNINSTALLATION
To uninstall the game from the hard disk, access the desktop Start menu, go to P
rograms and highlight Eagle Dynamics. Left click on the DCS menu and left-click
again on the Uninstall DCS option.
Alternatively: open the Start menu, choose Settings, double-click the Control Pa
nel link. In the new window, select Add or Remove Programs . Find DCS World, select
it and choose Remove.
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XI.TROUBLESHOOTING FAQ
Q: Why am I having problems installing game on my Vista/Win7 system?
A: On a Vista/Win7 system, run the setup.exe executable as the system administra
tor (right click and select). If you still experience problems, you can try disa
bling Vista's/Win7's User Account Control (UAC) when starting game for the first
time.
Q: Why does the sim return to desktop when loading a mission?
A: The GUI and the game engine are separate entities and you are seeing the simu
lation switch from one to the other. There are two reasons for this: 1) shutting
down the GUI prior to game start frees up more resources for the game engine an
d 2) the GUI is written on new technology that is not yet backwards-compatible w
ith the game engine.
Q: Why is the trim response reversed on the Microsoft Force Feedback 2 joystick?
A: This is a peculiarity of the device. Normal axis functionality can be restore

d by checking the Swap Axes checkbox in the "FF Tune" panel of the Controls set-up
window in the game options.
Q: The sim does not respond to keyboard commands and I cannot un-pause the sim.
I m unable to save and restore my joystick profiles.
A: If you are running NewView, this is probably the source of the problem. You n
eed to either Alt-Tab out and back into the sim or rename the NewView folder pri
or to starting the sim.
Please, do not use Windows hotkeys (such a Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V etc.) in Save and Load
Profile dialogs - it may result to load incorrect profile.
Q: I've loaded next mission of campaign, but suddenly changed my mind and exited
to GUI without unpausing the game. As the result I've got suggestion to complet
e previous mission. What should I do?
A: It's campaign design feature.
If You need to exit campaign mission after it's loaded don't do this at once. Un
pause mission and wait not less than one second from its start. After time passe
d You can safely exit mission.
Q: 'I still have
A: Please try to
aming the Config
ur Input-profile

problems with my keyboard / joystick' what should I do?

reset your Keyboard / Joystick configuration by deleting or ren
folder in 'C:\Users\you\Saved Games\DCS'. This way you reset yo
to defaults.

Additional information regarding troubleshooting can be found here: http://forum

s.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=88164
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Enjoy the game!
Eagle Dynamics :)