timc

Thanks gents. I’ll try that later. I haven’t got any mods but I’ll see what that does.

As per the title, I have just updated to the latest version today and the game will not load past the 55% mark. I've tried the repair function but this hasn't stopped the hanging.

Arrgghhh. Now I'm going to have to get the Mirage (and break my no beta purchases rule)! Nice skins by the way.

English cockpit version? I swear it must be in there somewhere but I cant find the information about the cockpit - is there an English version? I struggle to get my head around what button to push at the best of times and reading it in another language is beyond my meager capabilities. Thanks.

Ok, thanks. I was starting the mission with about 30% fuel so it makes sense that there's nothing in the other tanks.

I watched one of the start up videos and followed the quick start guide but I cant get the fuel panel indicators to change from red to green. These are the DEP. CENTRAL, DEP. DER and DEP ?? which are white until I start up the GPU. They then turn red and stay that way. What do I need to do so that these go green - as they do in the start up video? Thanks, TimC

Charles/Tango4, You (and the others who have suggested a graphics card issue) may be onto something there. I've installed Gigabyte's OC Guru (it's a Gigabyte card) and cranked up the fan speed for now. I also deleted the Saved Games folder just for luck. So far I've managed a 35 min flight without issues using the same test conditions as the freezing scenario and no problems. Before I would get 20 mins max. My graphics settings are all down low so I'll move them up and test again. The downside is that I feel like I'm sitting next to an Airbus with the engines running! I'll see if I can get a stable DCS set up like this then perhaps reduce the GPU clock speed in conjunction with reducing the fan speed. Fingers crossed and thanks for your help. Tim

I am another DCS user suffering from terminal freezes. I also have a 780Ti and after 20 minutes of flying the system freezes. Sometimes it is for 30 secs or so before the sim goes into stutter mode and often I need to restart to recover the PC. Watching task manager there is a massive spike in CPU usage during the freezing caused by the System process. I have used Process Explorer to watch what is going on and it seems that a kernel thread is going ballistic; the offending cuplrit is RtlSidHashLookup. I haven't been able to get to the bottom of what is causing this thread to be so active - does anyone have any suggestions? In terms of PC specifics, I am using the latest version of DCS on a 4960K running at 4.5Ghz via Asus' AI suite, 8MB Ram with the OS (Windows 8.1) and DCS on separate SSDs. Tim

Does anyone know how long it takes for the aircraft installers to update? I am in the middle of a complete reinstall and cant install any of the aircraft I have purchased.

Best post I've read in ages.

If you land hard enough, the main gear kicks forward, ie the wheels end up further towards the nose than usual. You can see this in external view - the gear looks like its pointing forward. Normally the CG is in front of the position that the main gear touches the ground. The CG doesn't move but the rear wheels are then ahead of it after this issue which causes the pitch up. I've tried to find a photo but no joy.

Sounds like you damaged your main landing gear. That'll cause the aircraft to sit back on its tail.

Playing Arma III and getting shot in the face. Time and time again. If the huey takes any longer I may be able to go more than 15 minutes without chewing on a 6.5mm round.....

Ok, thanks. That explains why I haven't seen hydraulic pressure dropping. What about fuel - there doesn't appear to be leakage from the tanks as indicated by a dropping tank needle (I did move the selector to the relevant tank). I'll make a note to press and hold the PNEU switch next time - thanks for the tip.

Had a flight with the guys on the Shrek server last night (thanks for accommodating me guys) and redefined the term "combat ineffective" but anyway, I was hit by a SAM which knocked out the CADC and punched a hole in my wing. I was flying around for a good 10 minutes with something leaking out of the damaged wing but there was no drop in fuel or hydraulic levels. Is this kind of damage modelled? Also, with CADC out my altimeter stopped working so I tried to switch it to pneumatic but it wont work. I've had this before but am sure I have also seen it working in earlier builds. Is this function not modelled or do I need to set something else to get it working? The manual simply refers to switching to pneu mode in the event of CADC failure