Tipps and tricks

  1. Find the installation folder of DCS
  2. Find the Saved Games folder

This section we put a lot of usefull informations needed by beginners.

Find the installation folder of DCS

It depends on the platform and the version you choosed to install:

  • DCS World Steam Edition from Steam.
    • To find the folder right click on the game in Steam.
    • Open Properties / Installed Files / Browse
  • DCS World Standalone installer from Eagle Dynamics website.
    • Default installation locations:
      • Stable: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World
      • OpenBeta: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World.Openbeta
    • If you changed the installation folder of the Standalone version, right click on the game icon, open Properties and click on Open File Location.

Find the Saved Games folder

DCS creates a folder to store all user specific configuration and data. This folder can be found in your userprofile as subfolder of Saved Games.

The easiest way to find it, is to open search and paste the text below into it and press Enter:

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%userprofile%\Saved Games

The text will work even if your Windows is installed with another language, e.g. German. This is really usefull.

Depending on the DCS version you will find one of the following folders:

  • DCS
  • DCS.openbeta

It is good idea to add the folder to the quick access area in the windows explorer. You will use it very often!

For MOOSE users the folders Missions, Logs and Config are most important!