DCS:- Black Shark only £11 on D2D!

Nate--IRL-- · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:07

Edit:- Black Shark Sale OVER.

It seems D2D is having a week long sale and DCS:-Black Shark is included. £11 is a steal for this gem IMHO.

http://www.direct2drive.co.uk/5/7990/product/Buy-DCS:-Black-Shark-Download

Main DCS website

Nate

neoboy · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:16

Hmm I think I'm in. Never used D2D though, what's their service like?

Gimpymoo · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:45

Great price, thank you for the heads up.

Can you activate the serial on the DCS website?

Sleepery · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:05

Yoink!

sygitius · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:47

Thanks for the heads up

muttclugg · 13 Apr 2010 at 19:42

Great game! Need to get get myself back on it at some stage!!

phatboy · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:00

that does look awesome! soundtrack to that video is so fitting as well!

Buckster · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:42

if you buy this make sure you download the 3rd party enable all cores patch - dramatically made a difference to my frame rates (doubled)

Ewanb75 · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:46

Ok, you twisted my arm....

Really liked the look of this when it first came out. Fast DL speed too

craptakular · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:51

Whens the A-10 game out?

Buckster · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:51

http://www.virtual-jabog32.de/index.php?section=downloads&subcat=66&file=1018

a must download

edit I'm not sure I ever downloaded the patch - so maybe the above isn't needed if patched (shows how long I last played it)

btw - for comedy try starting the engines manually

I've watched the tutorial MANY times, and still can't quite get it right, its about 90 steps (!!!) - it joyfully tells you at the end that a proper pilot can do it in about 40 seconds or something stupidly quick

Dj_Jestar · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:08

Boom! I'm in

Ewanb75 · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:35

Oxy said:
Whens the A-10 game out?

From what i can find on the web they were finishing Flaming Cliffs 2.0 (which is now released) so they will be concentrating on A10

KnightStalker · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:47

Well worth the money, you lot are lucky i bought it when it was first released for something like £40 lol many many hours of fun, oh and just as many hours learning how to get it off the ground in one piece.

Dj_Jestar · 13 Apr 2010 at 23:12

Well that's a bit of a swizz.. it won't even load the game.

Win7 32bit.

Ewanb75 · 13 Apr 2010 at 23:24

Workin fine here mate, Win7 64bit.

Was watching the tutorials when it said "have a go".. hehe

Ended up 1500ft up, going backwards, saying to myself "Oh Sh**!!" much to the bemusement of the wife.

Joystick is a must, as is a photographic memory to remember startup!!! Jeeez

Dj_Jestar · 13 Apr 2010 at 23:40

Nevermind... it was trying to run in windowed mode which it didn't like

neoboy · 14 Apr 2010 at 09:04

So if I buy this from D2D do I need to have their software running in the background like Steam or they will just let me download the game and use it as I please?

BlizzardX · 14 Apr 2010 at 09:35

Direct 2 Drive does not have a client as such. You normally use their downloader to get the game, but it installs like any other exe. Activate it using the code and you don't then need anything else, and it doesn't phone home either. Only issue is patching. To patch you have to wait for the D2D specific patch which they only release on their website and then it doesn't auto update either... a bit cumbersome but it does work OK.

Dj_Jestar · 14 Apr 2010 at 09:58

I patched using the download from DCS site.. I haevn't tried to play yet, but does this mean I've borked my install (and effectively wasted an activation?)

When you activate the game (i.e. first run after install) it will phone home, but that's it.