I see that the Mig 21 is already for sale from the DCS website.

[gareth]

Its annoying we are having to wait on Steam.

[[GCA] King Apo]

You don't have to, get the standalone.

[gareth]

Dont you have different keys?

[fearlessfrog]

Yep, the stand-alone bought key will not activate here on Steam. The Steam release is 'later':

http://store.steampowered.com/app/316964/

[gareth]

Sorry i dont understand - does it mean that if i buy off of the DCS website i would not beable to play it at all? Sorry to be stupid

[fearlessfrog]

Originally posted by gareth:

Sorry i dont understand - does it mean that if i buy off of the DCS website i would not beable to play it at all? Sorry to be stupid

There are two versions of base DCS World, the Steam one here and the stand-alone one from the developers site. The stand-alone version has its own serial keys. These serial keys don't activate on the Steam version.

Put another way, you can buy the MiG-21bis from the ED store and use it with the stand-alone DCS World today, but you can't use what you bought to activate it within the Steam version.

Note: You can always use your Steam bought versions to activate in stand-alone.

[gareth]

Thank you for taking the time to explain. You probably saved me from buying it twice!!!

thanks again

[Asslicker69]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=313662751

[Asslicker69]

You're welcome.

[DropnFbombs]

Personally I like Steam because of the automatic updates. It's too bad the way Steam does keys prevents the games from being sold from either site. I suppose Steam would want to charge for each key, though it seems like it could be kept minimal, like an extra $5 if you order from the DCS store (which if I wanted the plane bad enough I'd pay for, but I wait for sales now because I'm going to end up buying them all). Rise of Flight suffers from the same issue. Great sim though. Not a full sim like this but I'd recommend checking it out too. No reason not to have two great sims!