Ripcord

And lastly, the Debrief.txt mission, which is also dated back on 9 Jan 2013. This is exactly the debrief that I keep getting today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ events = { [1] = { type = "mission start", t = 4120432, }, -- end of [1] [2] = { type = "took control", t = 4120432, }, -- end of [2] [3] = { type = "mission end", t = 4120518.481, }, -- end of [3] } -- end of events result = 0 callsign = "New callsign"

OK here is a file called DCS-20130109-234226.crash, but it is dated back on 9 Jan 2013. # -------------- 20130109-234226 -------------- # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at ED4F35DF 00:00000000 00000000 00000000 0000:00000000 ED4F35DF 0017E350 0000:00000000 ?normalizePath@ed@@YAXPEBDAEAV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@_N@Z()+1F E8BE33D6 0017E380 0000:00000000 ?draw@DXEffect@Graphics@@QEAA_NHW4PRIMTYPE_ENUM@render@@HHHH@Z()+1A26 E8BE4DC4 0017EC10 0000:00000000 ?draw@DXEffect@Graphics@@QEAA_NHW4PRIMTYPE_ENUM@render@@HHHH@Z()+3414 E8BF897E 0017EC90 0000:00000000 ?CreateDXEffect@DXRenderer@Graphics@@QEAAPEAVDXEffect@2@PEBDPEBV?$vector@VDefinePair@render@@V?$allocator@VDefinePair@render@@@ed@@@ed@@@Z()+6E E50172D0 0017EEE0 0000:00000000 E501754C 0017EF30 0000:00000000 E5017606 0017EF70 0000:00000000 3FC10DF8 0017F000 0000:00000000 3FC11471 0017F130 0000:00000000 3FC1032E 0017F1C0 0000:00000000 3FC0DC3D 0017F420 0000:00000000 ED4F715A 0017F450 0000:00000000 ?onSymbol_@FSM@Common@@AEAAXI@Z()+18A ED4F726E 0017F4A0 0000:00000000 ?checkSymbolsQueue@FSM@Common@@QEAAXXZ()+AE 3FC11EC0 0017F500 0000:00000000 3FCB09FC 0017F570 0000:00000000 3FCB1DD8 0017FA60 0000:00000000 3FCB47BF 0017FB10 0000:00000000 773A652D 0017FB40 0001:0001552D C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk()+D 7763C521 0017FB90 0001:0002B521 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart()+21

Here is ME.TXT dated a moment later. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 00000.000 INFO VFS: Using 'Saved Games': "C:\Users\SEWELL\Saved Games" 00000.002 INFO LAUNCHER: Launch command: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\dcs.exe --noreplay --trackfile "C:\Users\SEWELL\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\LastMissionTrack.trk" "C:\Users\SEWELL\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz" 00009.165 UNKNOWN main: locale: en EN 00009.209 UNKNOWN main: me_db_api creation started 00009.499 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/tech/CombinedArms/entry.lua 00009.499 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/A-10C/entry.lua 00009.500 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Flaming Cliffs/entry.lua 00009.500 ERROR EDCORE: can't open MO-file C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\mods\aircrafts\Flaming Cliffs\l10n\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo 00009.500 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Ka-50/entry.lua 00009.501 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Su-25T/entry.lua 00009.501 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/tech/CombinedArms/entry.lua 00009.502 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/A-10C/entry.lua 00009.502 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Flaming Cliffs/entry.lua 00009.502 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Ka-50/entry.lua 00009.502 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/P-51D/entry.lua 00009.503 ERROR EDCORE: can't open MO-file C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\DemoMods\aircrafts\P-51D\l10n\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: PLUGINS START------------------------------------------------- 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Combined Arms by Eagle Dynamics applied 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: plugin: A-10C Warthog by Eagle Dynamics applied 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Flaming Cliffs by Eagle Dynamics applied 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Ka-50 Black Shark by Eagle Dynamics applied 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Su-25T by Eagle Dynamics applied 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: plugin: P-51D Mustang by Eagle Dynamics applied 00009.503 UNKNOWN main: PLUGINS DONE-------------------------------------------------- 00009.523 UNKNOWN main: ./MissionEditor/data/scripts/unitsclasses.lua loaded 00009.529 UNKNOWN main: ./MissionEditor/data/NewMap/classifier.lua loaded 00009.594 UNKNOWN main: me_db_api creation complete 00009.641 UNKNOWN main: options data successfully loaded 00009.641 UNKNOWN main: CA: options data successfully loaded 00009.641 UNKNOWN main: Ka-50: options data successfully loaded 00009.697 INFO EDCORE: createSerialQueue IOQueue 00010.339 ERROR DXGUI_EDGE_RENDER: Cannot load texture '' 00010.503 INFO SOUND: loaded 507 sdefs from ".\sounds\sdef" 00010.509 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: Using device ID:'{0.0.0.00000000}.{252158cf-1974-48b4-8ec4-3bc5e7b66962}' Name:'Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)', channels: 2 00010.509 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: channel layout: Headphones/Stereo 00010.545 INFO SOUND: Using SSE FTZ mode. 00010.820 WARNING DXGUI: Invalid align type! 00011.620 WARNING LOG: 6 duplicate message(s) skipped. 00011.620 UNKNOWN main: Cannot load skin[] from file [nil] 00011.622 UNKNOWN main: Cannot load skin: can't open './dxgui/skins/skinME/static2.skin.lua' 00011.622 UNKNOWN main: Cannot load skin[staticSkin2_ME] from file [static2.skin.lua] 00015.466 UNKNOWN main: Mission C:\Users\SEWELL\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz loaded 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: displaying table: table: 000000001A2FA308 2 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: t = 4120432 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: type = 'mission start' 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: displaying table: table: 000000001429F0E0 2 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: t = 4120432 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: type = 'took control' 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: displaying table: table: 000000001429F1C0 2 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: t = 4120518.481 00015.781 UNKNOWN main: type = 'mission end' 00015.788 UNKNOWN main: checking introduction C:\Users\SEWELL\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz 00015.789 UNKNOWN main: introduction NOT found 00049.718 UNKNOWN main: turning log false 00049.726 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\sounds\sdef\"

OK this is the DCS.TXT document dated today (just 3 minutes ago) ------------------------------------------------------ 00000.000 INFO EDCORE: createSerialQueue IOQueue 00000.079 INFO VFS: Using 'Saved Games': "C:\Users\SEWELL\Saved Games" 00000.080 INFO DCS: DCS/1.2.3.9871 (x86_64; Windows/6.1.7601) 00000.099 INFO Dispatcher: 2013/2/27 22:21 V1107131420 00000.189 INFO NET: events.lua loaded 00000.190 WARNING LOG: 1 duplicate message(s) skipped. 00000.190 INFO NET: loading ./Scripts/net/default.cfg : OK 00000.190 INFO NET: loading C:\Users\SEWELL\Saved Games\DCS\Config/network.cfg : OK 00000.190 INFO NET: loading ./Scripts/net/net_types.lua : OK 00000.190 INFO NET: default_conn is 3 00000.261 INFO SOUND: loaded 507 sdefs from "sounds\sdef" 00000.267 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: Using device ID:'{0.0.0.00000000}.{252158cf-1974-48b4-8ec4-3bc5e7b66962}' Name:'Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)', channels: 2 00000.267 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: channel layout: Headphones/Stereo 00000.304 INFO SOUND: Using SSE FTZ mode. 00000.312 INFO WorldPlugIns: Loaded plugin module CockpitBase.dll 00000.526 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./mods/tech/CombinedArms/entry.lua 00000.526 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/A-10C/entry.lua 00000.527 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Flaming Cliffs/entry.lua 00000.527 ERROR EDCORE: can't open MO-file C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\mods\aircrafts\Flaming Cliffs\l10n\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo 00000.527 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Ka-50/entry.lua 00000.527 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Su-25T/entry.lua 00000.528 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/tech/CombinedArms/entry.lua 00000.528 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/A-10C/entry.lua 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Flaming Cliffs/entry.lua 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Ka-50/entry.lua 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/P-51D/entry.lua 00000.529 ERROR EDCORE: can't open MO-file C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\DemoMods\aircrafts\P-51D\l10n\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: PLUGINS START------------------------------------------------- 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: plugin: Combined Arms by Eagle Dynamics applied 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: plugin: A-10C Warthog by Eagle Dynamics applied 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: plugin: Flaming Cliffs by Eagle Dynamics applied 00000.529 UNKNOWN WinMain: plugin: Ka-50 Black Shark by Eagle Dynamics applied 00000.530 UNKNOWN WinMain: plugin: Su-25T by Eagle Dynamics applied 00000.530 UNKNOWN WinMain: plugin: P-51D Mustang by Eagle Dynamics applied 00000.530 UNKNOWN WinMain: PLUGINS DONE-------------------------------------------------- 00000.544 UNKNOWN WinMain: ./MissionEditor/data/scripts/unitsclasses.lua loaded 00000.546 UNKNOWN WinMain: ./MissionEditor/data/NewMap/classifier.lua loaded 00006.177 INFO SOUND: loaded 0 sdefs from "c:\users\sewell\saved games\dcs\sounds" 00006.178 INFO DXRENDERER: Creating Resource "Unicode" of type 5

Still cannot produce a mission track. Where do I go look for a log of some kind? Ran the repair command, from the start menu. Validated files, applied some kind of update and still no change.

OK, this sucks. Did the full reinstall, all the modules, everything in order, and it all installs and works as it should -- just like before. Except I still get the exact same behavior. Let me check now to see if I can at least get a track or a log or something.

Good idea on the repair try, but too late. Uninstalled it and I'm downloading all the installation files for a fresh install. Hoping those activation keys are still in there.

Now I am wondering if I should perhaps re-install?

The debrief has 3 events. Mission start Player takes control Mission End That is it. EDIT: It does not permit me to save the last mission track. It displays a message that says it is unable to open the file lastmissiontrack.trk

I thought I was doing something wrong, maybe something to do with my previous missions that I created, but I am having the same problem in the stock missions provided with this updated. I start a mission, and it loads, and immediately, I get a debrief screen and the mission is over. The mission runs about 1.5 seconds, if that. No CTD, nothing that is clearly broken. But I never see the inside of the aircraft or vehicle. Gotta be something obvious -- and probably embarrassing as hell. What am I screwing up here? Ripcord

Yeah, that has gotta be Baltika 9. It's like they went ahead and poured a shot of vodka in there along with the beer. And it was like 20 proof, too!

Nobody drinks that over there anymore.

Missiles nerfed, or maybe the AI got a little more intelligent?

Who doesn't? Jeez, I think Mongolia has better beer than Bud. Most Russians thinks of the check Budweiser anyway -- now tell me that isn't good beer! Seriously, Russia has a couple beers that are OK. Some were lousy. But I used to like the Siberian Corona, and then I got into YarPivo for awhile. Baltika was the big thing for a long time, it is still good. There are few smaller regional ones that I came across in my time there. But heck, just about every decent European beer brand has brewing capacity in Russia someplace -- for a couple rubles more, have a corona and a lime (if you can afford a lime in Russia). Vodka is different though. That's a more serious event. Hard to explain.

Matt, So many of us have been checking in to see the latest news/update on the 1.2.3 update, and now that it is finally out, I gotta say two things: First, you guys really demonstated some integrity and fortitude in staying with this and hammering it out despite the setbacks. There will always be setbacks. I imagine some long hours went into that effort as well. And second, when I saw your announcement today, I felt the expected joy/elation at finally getting my own hands on this, but even more I had a feeling relief for you, not having to put out another announcement setback or delay! Really you didn't have to put out as many announcements/updates as you did, so I feel like you should be commended for that. You guys are great. Keep moving mountains. Also I know you had a holiday over there recently -- happy defenders of the homeland day to the fellas. Be sure to let them off early on March 8th. Thanks guys. Ripcord

Same here -- much to the chagrin of my spouse.

I wonder why in the hell Saitek is not working on this themselves -- imagine how those FIP things would start to fly off the shelves...??!!

One thought -- could we not just create a mod of some parachuted bomb or illumination flare or something. Might be a good thread to start up over in the mods section. Since I lack any kind of mod experience, I would be able to ask the question and that's about it -- doubt I'd even understand the responses I'd get.

This by the way, would be an acceptable work-around. Let the objects jump out in their parachutes then disappear, ala Janes FA-18. We can use the mission editor to spawn the troops on the ground and go from there. In fact I have already built missions this way, with an IL-76 flying over a designated drop point, followed by some radio chatter, followed by the appearance of Russian paratroopers in the open field below -- but of course I am lacking all the chutes in the sky to really complete the illusion. Sure it would be better if this was preprogrammed someway, so that a squad jumped and a squad then appeared on the ground, but like I said, it is a better than nothing option.

+1 We really do need this.

^ this. +1. Air Cav!!!

If the Huey is really and truly on the way, then we do need some improvements in our AI infrantry -- both in terms of stance, appearance/texture, and to some extent, in terms of function. They need to be able to perform a few more tasks than just run, or stand there and shoot. Key among those will be get in/get out of helicopters, as well as paratroopers. Doesn't mean we need a full-on FP shooter grade infrantry combat sim, just that we DO need to extend the boundaries a bit.

Just make a really really good SDK for third party developers, and they will take care of the rest.

I never got the impression that job creation was a big issue in China.

Would like to see the A-6 Intruder in that list as well. I think it would have a good following, with all these aircraft.