This is just another issue ED ignore, They lie if they say they dont, ED will defend it, Deleting folders and files and page file sizes dont work, Because ive tried them, Its a scape goat, To the orignal OP i feel you, I run a monster of a setup, this includes 64GB RAM a 4090 to boot along with an 2 year old processor from intel, I to also get stuck on the pre-load screen and dcs does crash to desktop, My only advice is to wait and touch nothing dont even click the mouse, Mine can take 5mins to load in on multiplayer it will load, With older systems or less spec systems it will struggle. Maybe instead of releasing half maps they will work on the core.