Scootah95

Hello, I am sorry for not responding. I have totally sidestepped this due to IRL things and have been busy. At the time, I believe I was running DCS. I know ram is my most major issue since I only have 16gb total. I will be purchasing 32 or 64GB of ram in the next 2-3 weeks or so.

I just found out my Preload radius was set to 15,000. I have powered it all the way down to 2,000. Restarting and testing again. I do believe that was the culprit as well. Then again, with only 16gb of ram, I suppose I can only do so much. Thanks again for the suggestions!

I totally understand. That's partly why I have decided to format my initial post the way I did. I use basic windows defender as virus protection because I trust myself with my browsing and install habits. I also do not have it set as admin upon launching DCS. I would also like to add, that I just allocated some of my 1TB SSD to virtual memory. I have restarted my computer and loaded DCS, now my memory is only at 30% usage. I will test in multiplayer to see if it made a difference. I am thinking it has. Thanks for the reply by the way!

Hello everyone. I have been playing DCS for about a year now I think. I can run the game single player fine for the most part, even on higher settings. I usually just create my own missions and deal with single player. However, I have dabbled in multiplayer from time to time and I love it so much more. Here is the thing, I have really long load times for multi player. My specs will be below. Alienware Aurora R7. Intel Core i7-8700 CPU 3.20Ghz 6 Cores. I also run off of a 144hz monitor. installed physical memory is at 16.0GB Total physical memory is at 15.8GB Available physical memory is at 3.04GB Total virtual memory is at 24.0GB Available virtual memory is at 6.63GB I also use my smart phone with smooth track for headtracking. I don't normally have issues, and i think it works pretty well, and has been since I started using it. So that's not really an issue. I have 300 download and 15 upload on the internet speed. I don't ever really have lag issues when in the servers. I strictly join US servers only. With the lowest ping possible. ***DCS is installed on my SSD. its a 1TB SSD Something else I will add. When I do play DCS, single or multiplayer, my CPU will stay around 10-15%. However, my Memory, will consistently stay around 75-90% usage while I am playing. I don't think that is good? I guess what im trying to figure out, is how can I decrease my load times to multiplayer servers. Obviously if I set everything in the game to LOW, its significantly less load times. Still takes a few minutes though. If I try to join a public server with stuff set to medium or high, forget about it! Sometimes it has taken me 10+ minutes to get into one. Especially if the server has lots of people already in there. I notice, the less people in the server I am trying to join, the less waiting I do when loading in. (that means less fun though, because less people. I know ram is a big ordeal, and I do want to upgrade soon, but I don't have the means to do that at the moment. Sometimes, I also get glitchy movements when in the aircraft and flying. For example, I will be flying, and turn my head to look left or right, and it skips here and there. If my settings are on high, its very frequent and annoying. If its on low settings, it doesn't do it as much. but still occurs. Even in online public servers. One other thing...I have done some googling over the times since I started playing and I have seen people say that DCS will automatically create new files when you change settings, and it just keeps stacking, which takes up more space overtime, which can decrease performance. So where and how can I locate any unneeded files in my DCS folder? I can upload additional information if requested. I will need steps to do it though, because I am not very knowledgeable with that kind of stuff. Any advice to reduce load times in multiplayer, and remove unwanted files etc. would be appreciated. This might sound dumb as well, but is there a way to increase my RAM without having to purchase the physical part and add it physically to my computer? Thanks for taking the time to read. Any information or suggestions is appreciated.

I am also looking for this. I just made a post before you. Let's work together sometime and help eachother improve!

Hello all! I go by scootah. I am new to DCS. I have moved from steam to here realizing that it offers the trials. I started first with the f16c. I have learned so much over the last 1-2 weeks. I also just got the HOTAS one as a starter. I am looking for new friends/players that would want to play? I would like to join a squad. The f16c will be the first dlc that I purchase. Thanks for taking the time to read. Glad to be here. This sim is so much fun and I look foward to learning more as each day pass's.