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No. You do however need to replace the nvngx_dlss.dll file in the bin and bin-mt folders again. Is this dropping the sharpening slider in DCS to 0, or some other config item?

Can you attach a dcs log file here after starting up completely into the game as well.

Hmmm, yeah I’d noted an odd saved games path for the other reporter as well. So possibly just an issue with the saved games location and resolved now with moving it properly back to another location?

This is not the standard path which would be under C:\Users\username , did you use the Windows procedure for moving the saved games system folder (right-clicking the folder and then choosing properties and updating the location to another root), or some other means?

I would recommend 2x32 sticks if you’re going to 64gb. Having 4 sticks can reduce the speed of the RAM due to the number of additional channels, can cause issues for OC profiles and memory timing issues. In the interim I’d recommend a 32gb custom page file if you don’t have one already. Single custom page file with Initial and Max values of 32768 on your fastest SSD (remove any other system managed page files). Click set, apply, and restart your PC.

Update to my earlier comment: The Quad Views Companion app v1.0.14 added support for configuring the height and width of the focal area for fixed foveated rendering (non-eye tracked headsets) a few days ago. https://github.com/TallyMouse/QuadViewsCompanion/releases

Can you drop more info around the registry issue and what you did to fix it in case other folk also hit this problem. Cheers.

I believe one difference with Steam is that the verify files does not have the option like Standalone does to remove any files that are not part of the core installation. This means it could fix modified files, but the installation could still contain other mod files, etc. To clear shader caches delete the "C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\fxo" and "C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\metashaders2" folders. The new launcher also has this option under the Files item in the menu.

Missed a testing use case, going to retest with replacing the %20 with a space like Mordants did and see if they are renamed, and if any freezing occurs. EDIT: Retested. The files are not renamed, they are added again so you have duplicated ones, e.g. same filename, one with %20 and one with space.

I have a new ImagesShop folder, this is post the unification of the versions, which contains only %20 files (this is from DCS on a new PC from a few weeks ago) and no duplicated ones for spaces. I also have a backed up one from my old PC that contains files both prior to the unification and from when they unified it, which contains both the old (non %20) and the new (%20) file names for the "same" (duplicated) filenames. So would appear that somewhere along the way the packaging for these filenames isn't url decoding properly (or something of that nature) so isn't replacing the %20 with a space. My testing steps: Delete the ImagesShop folder and start DCS. The ImagesShop folder is created but contains no contents. Start a mission. The ImagesShop folder is then populated with the images. This contains the ones with %20 and no duplicate filenames with spaces. This is why it would appear to work the first time, as there are no images to load when DCS is first started, until you are flying. I then stopped DCS and started it again and it works as expected. I then stopped DCS and replaced the ImagesShop with my older version that contains the duplicates Started DCS and has no issues, the same as you and apparently most other DCS players except for the two reporters here. If @Mordants is deleting the ImagesShop folder then in theory when it is recreated it should only contain the ones with %20 and no duplicated ones with spaces. So I'm curious as to whether or not he gets duplicates, and/or he has any other files that we don't which may/may not be duplicates, and/or have %20 in the filenames.

Yup, I only have a subset of those however. I'm curious as to whether or not he also has a subset, or any additional ones which we may not have.

Sorry, don't mean to tangent here but you need to replace the nvngx_dlss.dll file in the "bin" and "bin-mt" folder. Should be both (although you'll only be likely to be using the "bin" directory using the normal DCS shortcuts).

Can you upload a screenshot of the contents of that folder. Also what is the full path to that saved games location?

Wow! Where did you post that solution?

Does that mean you’re sharpening in both tools, or have the CAS sharpening turned off in QVF and use the OXRTK for that?

Not sure I’m following…? The recent conversation above was about still using the Quad-Views-Foveated API layer for turbo mode vs OpenXR Toolkit, but disabling the usage of the quad views functionality in that api layer.

No worries mate If I come across anything or have further thoughts that may help with your issue I'll drop an update. Hopefully somebody else may have a solution to this as well.

Can you attach the crash zip file from your "C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\Logs" directory from when this occurred. Will be named something like "dcs.log-20241229-041304.zip". Please attach your dcs.log file after a crash if you replicate this again as well. There have been reports of the game crashing when George is slaving/unslaving so will be interesting to see if the crash is occurring for similar reasons.

Yeah this is where using other people's posts and terminology for issues which can feel similar can cloud the water. This post, and your first comments, indicated that you also were getting crashes, not just an app hang. I haven't seen ImagesShop being the cause of a problem before so this must potentially be a symptom of something else. I'd even try adding an exclusion to your antivirus software for your entire Saved Games\DCS folder. Your logs indicate that your Saved Games is on your P drive? Did you use the correct Windows method for changing the location of that system folder from the default C:\Users\username\Saved Games? Edit: would likely have larger problems if you'd just moved the saved games without using the exact Windows process for it.

The increase of the page file definitely shouldn't cause any issues like that. Do you have any crash zip files in the same directory as where you found your logs (named something like "dcs.log-20241211-110598.zip")? Can you attach that here as well.

I've dropped your log into the DCS log analyser which had the below to say. Note, your issue may be unrelated, hard to say as other folk haven't provided crash zips and there is nothing conclusive in theirs. Bluescreen Your system crashes with Bluescreens. Remove any overclocking. Run SFC and DISM to check your Windows. Run the below as two seperate commands from a command prompt as administrator: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth sfc /scannow Try running a slow repair of the game. Delete Saved Games\DCS\fxo and metashaders2 and try again. Next, delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\TEMP\DCS and try again. Next, try renaming Saved Games\DCS to DCS.old and try again. Additional items (In Windows): Disable Game Mode Disable Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling Disable Core Isolation Disable Core Parking Enable Full Screen mode in DCS.

Drop your "C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\Logs\dcs.log" file (may just be a text document named "dcs" in your Windows is hiding file extensions) for folk to review your current DCS settings and PC specs. Ensure that this is taken when the game has completely loaded, e.g. after loading a mission.

I wondered the same thing, they changed the name back again though so I'll keep you posted as to whether or not this has resolved that.

@slughead Noticed this reference that it doesn't work with DCS, don't know why, I'll test myself and see if this is still a thing: https://github.com/mbucchia/Quad-Views-Foveated/wiki/Advanced-Configuration

Good to know, thanks for that.