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Hi, Thanks, Kanelbolle, for your reply to my points 1 and 2! I had already contacted my ISP and have a case open with them. Based on my investigations it may well be that they have a bad server. I thought no harm in asking if there were things DCS side that might be causing it especially as this would be the first time my ISP(s) have been at fault (in this type of scenario) since my first dial up modem in the early 90s! I guess have been lucky! Reference the updates I understand however whenever it gets to a stage that it is more expedient to uninstall/reinstall rather than update it gets a bit tedious. I do have a solution though - stop buying DCS modules. I am just not sure that is what they are aiming for!

1) cdn,digitalcombatsimulator.com just times out. I have never had this problem before. Using a VPN will make it work but why should I have to pay for and use a VPN? This is also so much slower. I am only using Win 10 defender and it is flagging nothing so I assume my ISP is blocking the servers although they never have before. If this is the case why are they doing it? What has DCS NOT done to make ISPs block their servers? 2) Why do I need 226GB of free disk space for this update? This seems excessive... 3) Whenever an update fails for any reason I find that the .exes are missing from the DCS folder. Why doesn't the update process preserve the integrity of the current install if for example there is not enough disk space? This makes it much harder to update as I have to repair the current install first. 4) Also at the time of writing the sticky entitled ' Replacing your updater to troubleshoot ( not for steam )' does not seem to reference the latest updater and the post needs to be updated itself. Not that I can download the file without using a VPN of course. 5) In the sticky post Troubleshooting download connection problems the config file it says to download is no longer available.

I bought the FC2024 upgrade for the stand alone DCS. If I filter the store to show only non owned items the FC2024 upgrade still shows up. It does say 'Bought' on it rather than 'Buy' however when you click on 'Bought' the store adds it to the cart where it can be purchased again.... The FC2024 upgrade also shows in game within the module manager under bundles for purchase. The FC3 icon is still on the main menu page in game but appears to be defunct. The actual content seems to be all intact so these may be minor problems but are things that should have been caught in testing.

As title, I bought the full Afghanistan map on Steam (along with some other DCS purchases) and then transferred all of the licenses to the stand alone product. The store here will allow me to buy the full map again (but not the South West map) and the module manager in game only shows that I have a license for the South West map. Is it designed this way? Why is only the license for the South West map transferable from Steam and not the license for the full map? What happens when the next third of the map is released?

I am an old man so you may well be right!

Understood although I would assume that Steam created this variant file when I swapped to the beta. Should Steam or perhaps DCS itself have given the option to delete/change/keep this file when I swapped back? I realise that it will become a moot point shortly in the future but it did cause me some confusion.

OK, it seems the update left a dcs_variant.txt file in the main install folder with 'openbeta' in it. Deletion of this file has solved the problem. Not sure why it was not deleted by Steam though.

As title. From the Steam beta options I chose none and then updated. Only one problem during update as Steam advised the download was corrupt. Deleted Steam download files, updated again and everything went fine. Verified files to make sure. A new folder in Save Games was created called DCS. Now when I run DCS it is still using the Saved Games DCS.openbeta folder. Tested by adding the A-4 mod to see if it loaded up from that folder which it does. Any idea how I get DCS to use the new folder? Is there a config file in the Steam install files that points to the saved games folder that can be amended? Log attached and screenshot showing Steam beta state as none. dcs.log

Just so you are aware the CJS compatible version conflicts with the VSN F/A18D. The cockpit in your mod is completely black (external view) with both installed, the VSN cockpit is also messed up. Have not tested CJS non compatible version. Thought you should know.

As title. Only up and down in the controls. Need binds for 3 position switches. This may come under the known issues 'Missing many key binds' but as I cannot see it mentioned anywhere I thought I would post.

Thanks, Rudel. Would you believe that I had only been trying using Chrome. Swapped to Edge and it downloaded first time (Chrome still says 'no'). Google not quite getting their act together!

Unable to download. This is the message I get: Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time. Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file that you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator. Been trying for 5 days. Can it be uploaded somewhere else?

Windows Defender is reporting this when I try to download the mod: Trojan:Script/Wacatac.B!ml I have downloaded it in the past and not had this problem. False negative or a problem?

I am using the VSN A-6A mod so I am not quite sure how relevant this is but thought I should post just in case. The cockpit is present when using non MT open beta and absent when using the MT exe. No changes to anything whatsoever between using MT/non MT and I am using the built in instant mission. Can't fathom why this would be unless there is some file structure reference problem because the DCS.exe is in a different folder?

Thanks, Urbi!! Brilliant. So very much appreciate your time and effort.

OK, thanks, changing the username worked and I now get textures in the viewer. Not sure where I go from here. You say to try to narrow down the error by moving the other .luas but if I move those out of the A29 folder the aircraft doesn't show up in sim (not listed in Mission Editor and if you use the instant action you get an A10 not an A29).

Ok I think you lost me! Yes, the cockpit loads in ModelViewer without textures. Where do you put the autoexec.lua? In C:\Users\xxxx\Saved Games\edModelViewerTrunk folder? Or one of the subfolders? Somewhere else? If I put the autoexec file supplied in C:\Users\xxxx\Saved Games\edModelViewerTrunk still no textures load in the Viewer. Note (if relevant) that If I load the A4 or Bronco mod cockpit in the Viewer the textures do not load but unlike the A29 the aircraft load fine in game. If I load a cockpit in the viewer from an official module such as the F5 then the textures load.

I deleted everything in the Temp folder and got exactly the same CTD. I then tried the ModelViewer. The first time I Loaded the cockpit I got the entries in the txt file attached in the Log View. I then loaded it a second time and the Log View results are also in the txt file. No idea if this is at all helpful. CTD again in game following the ModelViewer loading. A29 ModelViewer.txt

Choose Instant Action, Choose role from menu once loaded and press OK. CTD. DCS Crash notification pops up so there is a log file etc available. That's it. I also went to Mission Editor and placed aircraft on runway at Batumi as Veteran AI. Loaded mission. CTD before entering sim. DCS Crash pop up again present. Using latest Beta.

Yes, CTD if spawned as client or player, with or without other mods, latest download 0.5.1. Instant action missions = CTD. Hope it gets fixed!

OK, it seems it is my fault. I was using a 'Make flyable' mod and using the aircraft as a client/player. If used as AI the animations are fine in sim. Sorry to waste your time. Of course, if anybody knows how to get all 4 props spinning when actually flying these that would be handy! If not then this can be deleted or moved elsewhere.

Any way to get the propeller animations to work? They show like this in sim (beta) and in model viewer. Model viewer shows an error saying that tu-95ms.edm.ilv and tu-142.edm.liv are not found. Is this the problem? In any event a full repair, clean and update does not produce these files.

It doesn't show up because the 'entry.lua' in the mod folder is named 'noentry.lua'. Rename it and all should be good. File in download needs fixing.