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@silverdevil You made me think... So, yes "admin" is my account. The user profile location was once moved from C drive to I drive (E was reserved for my USB memory stick that's most of the time in my pocket, not connected to PC, if you wonder why the gap is there). I do run DCS as Administrator, as I had problems with VoiceAttack/Vaicom, SRS and DCS working properly in the past unless I ran them all as Administrator... Maybe not the greatest of ways, but it worked. So, one thing is I have no idea where this E "drive" came from. Another is - if DCS can operate on it (and it's running as Administrator) and I can't access it, then surely it's a permissions issue. Well, I just run cmd as Administrator and lo and behold, I can access E. I can't run "explorer ." from it (well, I can, but it doesn't work out) but I can run Notepad from it and with Administrator privileges it can open files on E, like... DCS.log So, here's the log: And this is banana version log: I'm considering reinstalling Win 11 stable (this is a Dev branch). It would be an inconvenience, but, as smooth as Win11 was even in the Dev branch, I did have a few bumps along the way and, well, maybe it's time to start with a clean slate. Additionally, E seems to be this automatically created system partition... How and why DCS got it to pop up and get a drive letter when it doesn't even have one in Disk Management? Curious. Furthermore, when I run DCS with "Run as administrator" unchecked, I can see a log pop up in the right directory. But my settings don't load correctly anyway. The log:

I added variant.txt to the main DCS installation directory. It's now a variant "banana". I cannot find the folder you want, because it's in that E: "drive" and access to it is denied. I know it's there (and surprisingly, from within DCS I can access it in a limited fashion... Like I can save and load input profiles) because Process Monitor tells me so:

PS C:\Users\admin> Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Windows\","c:\","$env:USERPROFILE" -Force | >> Where-Object { $_.LinkType -ne $null -or $_.Attributes -match "ReparsePoint" } | >> ft FullName,Length,Attributes,Linktype,Target FullName Length Attributes LinkType Target -------- ------ ---------- -------- ------ C:\Windows\bfsvc.exe 106496 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-b..vironment-servicing_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_e1318d4c1550ac21\bfsvc.exe} C:\Windows\explorer.exe 4987672 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_0cd1b32be978a850\explorer.exe} C:\Windows\HelpPane.exe 1089536 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-help-client_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_27359c3b9dd2ea7e\HelpPane.exe} C:\Windows\hh.exe 36864 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-htmlhelp_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_837302cbf478b4a5\hh.exe} C:\Windows\mib.bin 43131 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-snmp-mgmt-api_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_a6a96b8b23436b74\mib.bin} C:\Windows\notepad.exe 360448 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepad_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_2a379994dfbbf504\notepad.exe, C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe} C:\Windows\regedit.exe 552960 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-registry-editor_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_af4bc17e4b94e028\regedit.exe} C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 192512 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-printing-spooler-core_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_9168af3b3144fea7\splwow64.exe} C:\Windows\twain_32.dll 69120 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-w..ion-twaincomponents_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_4ea3eab4004da15a\twain_32.dll} C:\Windows\WindowsShell.Manifest 670 ReadOnly, Hidden, Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-shell32_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_274636f781b82750\WindowsShell.Manifest} C:\Windows\winhlp32.exe 12288 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-winhstb_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_ee77c4c4ad83cd5d\winhlp32.exe} C:\Windows\WMSysPr9.prx 316640 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-mediaplayer-wmvsdk_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_6148537b965d52e3\WMSysPr9.prx} C:\Windows\write.exe 28672 Archive HardLink {C:\Windows\System32\write.exe, C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-write_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25158.1000_none_1a9fde494cd416e0\write.exe} C:\Documents and Settings Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Application Data Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Cookies Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Dane aplikacji Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Local Settings Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Menu Start Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Moje dokumenty Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\My Documents Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\NetHood Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\OneDrive ReadOnly, Directory, Archive, ReparsePoint {} C:\Users\admin\PrintHood Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Recent Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\SendTo Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Start Menu Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Szablony Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Templates Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed C:\Users\admin\Ustawienia lokalne Hidden, System, Directory, ReparsePoint, NotContentIndexed

Flappie, it leads to "C:\Users\admin" , but a few Windows update earlier it would lead to my new user profile folder on disk I:. Not anymore, it seems. I'd love to attach a log file, but it's not accessible. I literally can't access it. I stupidly deleted the old log files from the "old" Saved Games directory because I wanted a fresh take then I saw that none are created anymore, and that lead me to check what directory DCS is actually using.

TLDR: How can I force DCS to load up the proper "Saved Games/DCS" folder? The Long Story Short(er) (...not by much) So an update hit and I lost my bindings, login data, settings, etc. Which isn't THAT of a big deal, considering it's a beta. Things may happen from time to time. However, the reason that happened is because DCS now ignores my "Saved Games/DCS" (it's a Steam version) folder completely. In fact, I used Process Monitor to see what it opens, and it turns out it uses a completely different drive than where I store my settings. Now, a little more background, probably not that useful, but I'll leave it here for posterity. Once upon a time I moved the user profile in Windows, I forget the procedure now, but obviously it wasn't a simple copy and paste, and it wasn't a symlink either [I probably should have used a symlink though, in retrospect]. That worked fine, for the most part. DCS used the new "I:\admin\Saved Games\DCS" just fine. After about half a year and a couple DCS and Windows 11 updates later it stopped working. I used Process Monitor to see what DCS does and it turned out it started using "C:\Users\admin\Documents\my games\DCS". At the same time I discovered that there's "C:\Users\admin" which shouldn't have ben there - so either Windows or some programs that assume it should be there (hardcoded paths, maybe) created it anyway. Seems like it might have been Windows, since %userprofile% leads to it now. (It didn't before... I think. sigh) At this point I said "Ok, eff it" and made a symlink from "C:\Users\admin\Documents\my games\DCS" to "I:\admin\Saved Games\DCS" and DCS worked with it, no problem. Until the last "Mirage F1" update. Now it ignores this directory and loads up "E:\admin\Saved Games\DCS". The issue is that... I don't have an E drive at this point. Well... I shouldn't have. I can see an E drive that isn't accessible (can't open it with Explorer, can't enter in cmd either, Access Denied) which is 95MB in size and it's hardware tab is showing the same physical drive that has C:\ partition... I know. Time for a clean install, because Win11 Dev branch is starting to be a lil' screwy. Anyway, again, can I force DCS to load up the proper Saved Games/DCS folder somehow? A command line option? Registry setting? Config file?

Tested in the Hornet: When I grab the virtual joystick with VR controller and press the trigger - the trigger on the 3D model moves accordingly, but the gun doesn't fire. I've tested in A-G mode with SMS/STORES/GUN checked to have the gun working in A-G mode, and in A-A/Gun mode. I can confirm that in both modes I can shoot just fine with my physical joystick, but when I try the virtual joystick with VR controllers it doesn't work.

Was something done, or is anything planned with regards to this problem? Because this is a problem. I get my 10 GB of VRAM eaten up easily and a few minutes into loading the mission a complete lagfest begins, which might be a problem of interaction between WMR and SteamVR, but it looks like it's enabled by excessive memory usage.

I just got PointCTRL and played around with it for a couple of hours. It worked out of the box, but the process of calibration helped accuracy, so I recommend anybody to go through it. When there's no offset between where you're pointing and the pointer, it feels very natural. I don't have any direct lights in front of me, just one lamp on the ceiling and the monitor on my front left. Tracking on both G2 and PointCTRL works just fine.

I just got the same similar thing after the newest update. In Windows the pedals are going from 0 to 100% smoothly in their respective axis, but in DCS it starts at 0%, when I slightly touch the pedal I get instant jump to 50% and it goes smoothly from there to 100%. I had to use a user curve to fix it, but this behaviour is now present in all the planes in DCS. edit: After further investigation, it wasn't present in _all_ the modules, just most. Strange. In the meantime I got myself TPR pedals and they work fine. For the moment.

Thank you both for your answers. That cleared things up and taught me something new too.

Feel free to delete, my bad. This is fixed in 2021.

I wanted to map the Fuel Dump Switch (ON/OFF) to a toggle switch ( ON/OFF ), and I did, however, in-game that binding is expecting a momentary press of a switch in order to toggle the in-cockpit switch. What I want is something that works like "APU Control Sw (special) (ON/OFF)" and other bindings that will keep the in-cockpit switch in an ON position as long as my hardware switch is also in an ON position. At the moment I can (have to) engage other applications to get the desired behaviour, even though for some other switches the option is available out of the box in-game.

Got the authorization error on A-10 II and Syria map. Redownloading Syria is going to be a pain. I just downloaded the update, which wasn't that bad, but Syria is 50GiB, more or less... A pain I'll have to endure though, if validating won't fix it.