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Hi hansangb, I will be sticking with 1809 as long as I can now that I have got my computer going again.

Hi BIGNEWY and Toutenglisse , I have loaded win10 build 1809 to a new ssd. It is very good with no problems so far. It looks like maybe my gear is just too old to work with 1903 or maybe a glitch in 1903 itself. Anyway thanks for the help and if you have any wonderful ideas to get DCS running on all 4 cores I'd appreciate them. I will be upping the virtual memory first off. Many thanks Owen

Hi Rudel , Bitmaster , Toutenglisse ,Thanks for all the help. I have now loaded a fresh copy of Windows 10 build 1809 onto a new ssd. So far it looks very good. All of the programs including DCS and SteamVR are running as they should.Now all I have to do is work my way through and try to get the best possible result I can with the Odyssey. I've now got 400+gb spare on both ssds so I will definitely be trying virtual memory at the 16384 or whatever is mentioned in that thread. Once again thank you very much. Owen

Hi Rudel , Thanks for that.

I had a look and my pagefile setting is 3gb. It is set automatically . My C: drive is almost totally full so that could explain some of the problems I have been having. A great find , thank you very much. I have a 450 gb ssd that I am going to replace my existing c: drive with (120gb ssd) That should allow me to set a much greater amount for the pagefile. My games are on a separate 500gb ssd. Should I allocate space for the pagefile on that drive or leave it on c , or set it on both ? Is there an upper limit to the amount I should set or as you say about the same as ram?? Owen

Hi Toutenglisse , I read and answered the other post before I read this one. I'll give the virtual memory a go but I'm definitely going to get rid of build 1903 first. I had a look at the list of problems that it is causing and games not loading properly is one of them. Owen

Hi Toutenglisse, At the moment I am trying to get back to windows 10 build 1809 from the 1903 I've got at the moment. I really think the games not loading business is connected to 1903 . I did have DCS and SteamVR running quite well at times. Certainly good enough for me given the gear I've got. Which Virtual thing do you mean ? Have you got a link to it ? If I deactivate the modules , do I need the serial numbers to reactivate ? I just had a look and they still seem to be able to be deactivated but I'm not 100% sure I've got all the serial numbers stored outside the computer. Thanks for all the advice, I'm trying to work my way through it step by step. Owen

Hi Rudel Thanks for that. I am running DCS on a separate Games SSD so from the sound of it IF I can sort out windows I should be back in business very quickly. Owen

Hi BigNewy, I am having trouble with windows 10 and I believe that my problems with DCS and steam are probably caused by that. I have been wasting most of the day for the last week or more trying to sort out windows with no success. Any clues to what is going on may help with the other issues.I'll try to attach the logs in case they provide any ideas. === Log opened UTC 2019-06-26 03:08:05 2019-06-26 03:08:05.632 INFO DCS: Command line: "E:\DCS\DCS World\bin/DCS.exe" 2019-06-26 03:08:05.632 INFO DCS: DCS/2.5.4.30386 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.18362) 2019-06-26 03:08:05.833 INFO DCS: Hwid: UjZg4g_YBp2kRsl5DArX-YJCpcTuoVOUf0Ro2Q 2019-06-26 03:08:05.833 INFO DCS: DCS revision: 150381 2019-06-26 03:08:05.833 INFO DCS: Renderer revision: 19058 2019-06-26 03:08:05.833 INFO DCS: Terrain revision: 18978 2019-06-26 03:08:05.833 INFO DCS: CPU cores: 4, threads: 4, System RAM: 16314 MB, Pagefile: 19258 MB 2019-06-26 03:08:05.859 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:0 2019-06-26 03:08:05.883 INFO Dispatcher: 2019/6/26 13:08 V1803061700 2019-06-26 03:08:05.920 INFO INPUT: Device [Keyboard] created deviceId = -1 2019-06-26 03:08:05.951 INFO INPUT: Device [Mouse] created deviceId = -1 2019-06-26 03:08:05.980 INFO SOUND: Using driver: xaudio29 2019-06-26 03:08:06.013 INFO SOUND: Found 3 available audio device(s): 2019-06-26 03:08:06.013 INFO SOUND: 0: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{10a6be9a-dd97-49f3-8189-cd0407d7378a}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)" 2019-06-26 03:08:06.013 INFO SOUND: 1: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{4e34dc1a-2eee-46a4-bfe1-ed2acac44a0a}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)" 2019-06-26 03:08:06.013 INFO SOUND: 2: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{435f3f30-424d-4dff-94c5-a0c81243242d}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "MONITOR (2- NVIDIA High Definition Audio)" 2019-06-26 03:08:06.327 INFO SOUND: loaded 1318 sdefs from "sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:06.327 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:06.432 ERROR NET: HTTP request dcs:login failed with error 6: Couldn't resolve host name 2019-06-26 03:08:06.432 INFO NET: Login server has timed out. 2019-06-26 03:08:06.919 INFO DCS: Loading cached auth data... 2019-06-26 03:08:06.934 INFO NET: cached auth mode. 2019-06-26 03:08:06.934 INFO DCS: Login failed, using cached auth for offline mode. 2019-06-26 03:08:10.443 INFO Dispatcher: Loading installed modules... 2019-06-26 03:08:10.928 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) mods/tech/wwii units/dcs_module.dll.crypt 2019-06-26 03:08:12.534 INFO Scripting: OBSOLETE mount_vfs_sound_path() used in ./CoreMods/aircraft/AJS37/entry.lua 2019-06-26 03:08:16.691 INFO Scripting: PLUGINS START------------------------------------------------- 2019-06-26 03:08:16.703 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\tech\TechWeaponPack\Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:16.737 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\tech\USS John C Stennis\Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:16.756 INFO SOUND: loaded 15 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\av8bna\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.756 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\aircraft\AV8BNA\Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:16.760 WARNING EDCORE: Source ./CoreMods/aircraft/AV8BNA/Shapes is already mounted to the same mount /models/. 2019-06-26 03:08:16.785 INFO SOUND: loaded 9 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\c-101\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.807 WARNING EDCORE: Source ./CoreMods/aircraft/C-101/Liveries is already mounted to the same mount /textures//liveries/. 2019-06-26 03:08:16.813 INFO SOUND: loaded 12 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\chinaassetpack\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.813 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\aircraft\ChinaAssetPack\Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:16.825 INFO SOUND: loaded 5 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\christen eagle ii\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.829 ERROR EDCORE: Can't mount coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2. Drivers errors: 2019-06-26 03:08:16.829 ERROR EDCORE: EDCDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2.edc 2019-06-26 03:08:16.829 ERROR EDCORE: FSDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2 2019-06-26 03:08:16.829 ERROR EDCORE: ZipDriver: Can't open zip archive coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2.zip. 2019-06-26 03:08:16.860 INFO SOUND: loaded 26 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\f14\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.861 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\aircraft\F14\Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:16.862 ERROR EDCORE: Can't mount coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior. Drivers errors: 2019-06-26 03:08:16.862 ERROR EDCORE: EDCDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior.edc 2019-06-26 03:08:16.862 ERROR EDCORE: FSDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior 2019-06-26 03:08:16.862 ERROR EDCORE: ZipDriver: Can't open zip archive coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior.zip. 2019-06-26 03:08:16.879 INFO SOUND: loaded 28 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\i-16\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.891 INFO SOUND: loaded 19 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\m-2000c\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.901 INFO SOUND: loaded 7 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\mig-21bis\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.909 INFO SOUND: loaded 2 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\sa342\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.939 INFO SOUND: loaded 42 sdefs from ".\mods\tech\wwii units\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:16.939 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\Mods\tech\WWII Units\Sounds\Sounders 2019-06-26 03:08:17.055 INFO SOUND: loaded 50 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\av8bna\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.077 INFO SOUND: loaded 70 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\bf-109k-4\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.093 INFO SOUND: loaded 53 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\f-86\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.129 INFO SOUND: loaded 103 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\fa-18c\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.148 INFO SOUND: loaded 61 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\fw-190d9\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.160 INFO SOUND: loaded 4 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\ka-50\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.181 INFO SOUND: loaded 72 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\mig-15bis\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.211 INFO SOUND: loaded 84 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\spitfirelfmkix\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.222 INFO SOUND: loaded 21 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\uh-1h\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.242 INFO SOUND: loaded 62 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\yak-52\sounds\sdef" 2019-06-26 03:08:17.248 INFO Scripting: plugin: SKIPPED 'A-10A by Eagle 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2019-06-26 03:08:30.514 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/P-51D/bin/P51Base.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:31.458 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/P-51D/bin/P51B.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:31.585 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/P-51D/bin/Cockpit_P51Common.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:31.660 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/P-51D/bin/Cockpit_P51D.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:31.665 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/SpitfireLFMkIX/bin/SpitfireLFMkIX.dll.crypt 2019-06-26 03:08:31.667 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/TF-51D/bin/P51Base.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:31.675 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/TF-51D/bin/TF51D.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:31.678 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/TF-51D/bin/Cockpit_P51Common.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:32.596 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/Uh-1H/bin/Uh1H.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:32.752 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/Uh-1H/bin/CockpitUH1H.dll 2019-06-26 03:08:32.757 INFO 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Thanks for those. Can I deactivate the modules easily in windows 10. I can't get in to DCS to do anything. I have not used an activation in years apart from new modules, so using an activation shouldn't be a worry ,or is it? If I have to start all over again do I just download DCS World and login and get the modules I have bought from the module manager. If I have to , how big is the DCS World download. I am on a metered download so every bit counts. Owen

Thanks for that . Is that the only one??

Hi, I'm having all sorts of problems with DCS , SteamVR and my computer in general. In an effort to sort it out I'm probably going to put in a new Operating system drive. I have DCS and Steam on a separate games drive. If I do make a new OS drive can I just copy the files from DCS that are on the old os drive onto the new one and have them work properly ? If that is possible can someone direct me to the files so that I don't miss any. Any help greatly appreciated Owen

Hi thanks for the advice. I have now done all of those things with no change whatsoever. My wife has a computer that she uses for the internet and bill paying etc. It too has died with blackscreen issues. If I reset it - reload windows keeping her settings - it works until it is turned off and then fails again and will not restart. It just seems too much of a coincidence that they have both started playing up at the same time with similar symptoms. I'll keep trying but I am beginning to think that the Windows update is responsible. Maybe it only effects older computers like ours.

I have been playing DCS using SteamVR for about a month on my new Odessey+ trying to get the best settings. About a week ago both DCS and SteamVr refused to load. Both of them would log in to my account and say that they were loading. DCS would stop with a runtime error and SteamVR simply starts loading and then disappears. DCS will not run in normal 2d version either. I also had blackscreen issues which seem to have gone now that I have reset Windows 10. Nothing that I have done has changed SteamVR or DCS. I have uninstalled and reinstalled SteamVR with no change. If I want to uninstall and reinstall DCS it would be a big download and cost me an activation on the modules I presume. I cannot get onto DCS to deactivate the modules and have plenty of lives left so I'm not too worried about that aspect. This all seems to have happened after the last Windows 10 update. I have stress tested all of the hardware and can't find any issues there. Has anybody got any ideas??:helpsmilie:

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure that I can change my nickname without changing my login but it certainly doesn't worry me who knows my email. Anyway the issue with the number of the cores is the thing. If I had more money I would have more cores but I don't. The real issue is that sometimes I definitely get 4 cores working when I have the headset on and the result is excellent . BUT most of the time as soon as I put the headset on 2 of the core max out and 2 slide down to 20 or 30%. I want to be able to get it to run on all 4 all of the time. Owen

Just an addition to my last post. If it keeps using 4 cores when I first put the headset on it will keep using 4 until I shut down the program. If it starts using 2 once I put the headset on it will keep using 2 until I take the headset off. As soon as I take the headset off it will go back to using 4 cores. Put it back on and back to 2 cores again. That is mainly 2 @ 90% and the other 2 @ 30% or so.

Can anyone tell me what is going on with my computer. I have an i5 4670 cpu and 2070 gpu 16gb ram. I have only just got an odyssey+ and am playing with the settings and using task manager to watch the cores. Always when I have the headset off my head DCS uses all 4 cores evenly at about 90%. As soon as I put the headset on it drops back to 2 cores at 100% and 2 at about 30%. When this happens the result is very juddery. Sometimes all 4 cores keep working at about 90% and the result is excellent. I have tried the setting earlier in the thread but it doesn't seem to help. I am flying the same plane su33 in the same setting and circuit each time so that should not be an issue. When it is running on all 4 cores I can run at high settings. I have tried the reprojection enable setting but that is not helping. Any ideas how to get it running on all cores all of the time.

Hi Rudel, Thanks very much for the quick response. I should easily be able to get that. Owen

Hi, I've looked everywhere and I can't find out how many Gb the Normandy 1944 map download is. I have a limited download per month and I don't want to start to download the map and then run out. Many thanks Owen