Bonz

The Manual I'm talking about is the user manual for DCS World. It explains how all the functions of the basic program work including Options, Mission Editor, etc. I'm sure that functionally not much has changed, however, the manual was written to a much earlier version of DCS World and a significant number of format changes have occurred so pictures used in descriptions no longer match what they are trying to explain... The same document is used for both DCS World 1.5 and DCS World 2.0. So... Can I figure it out? Yes. Is it a pain in the ass? Yes. Is it a priority? No, not if it means a delay in game content or DCS World 2.5. My point in bringing it up was to find out if an updated version is in-work or already out. I can usually find what I need by muddling through the existing manual or by watching a YouTube video on the subject. I would describe myself as an experienced flyer but relatively new to DCS World... Not quite a year. So when you say not much has changed... New-bee's are the programs lifeblood. We should be making it easy for folks to learn. I think that is happening... YouTube and individual aircraft manuals etc. Plus this forum is also helpful. I'm just suggesting an improvement. Love the program. Bonz... P.S. I have all the aircraft manuals with the possible exception of the AV-8B. The ones I've used so far are good, very helpful.

In that circumstance... how would l fly with my son in law in a two place aircraft or against him in two separate aircraft? Without buying aircraft for the server computer? One of us would have to use that computer to fly. Sounds like I would need a third computer to act as Server? Bonz...

I'd like to play DCS World over my home LAN... I log into both computers using my account. I sign into DCS using my account on both computers. Both computers are on the same Home Network. Both are connected to the internet through the same router. 1. Is it possible to: Play multiplayer over the internet from both computers at the same time on the same server? Obviously I would log into the server using two different call signs. 2. Is it possible to: Play multiplayer on my Home Network with both computers at the same time in the same game. Two different call signs here as well. If either or both are not possible, What makes them so? What do I need to do to make it possible? Bonz...

Not sure when the current DCS World manual was released, but I'm sure it was several significant program updates ago. Manuals are important and should be updated on a regular basis. I understand that keeping pace with software is not possible but regular updates (once per year or so) are necessary and would go a long way in helping new players gain knowledge. Training videos are great, but are generally of mixed quality and not always accurate... not being from the developer. The DCS World manual is an important document and should at least attempt to keep pace with major software releases. Bonz...

The T-2 is not my number 1 wish... but I have 1200 hours in that aircraft including several landings on the Lady Lex. It would be real nice to fly it a again.

Thanks Bitmaster... I'll give it a try. Bonz

Thanks all for your help so far. The good news is that I'm flying the game and the stutters are not all that noticeable :(. I'm continuing to update drivers and firmware whenever I can and will update this post with any progress. My computer seems extremely fast otherwise so this issue is just flat frustrating. I will use NINITE and Process Lasso in future attempts. Thanks again. Bonz...

I reloaded Window 10 Fresh. Then downloaded DCS World 2.0 and installed it fresh. Then I downloaded my Modules. I also updated all my drivers and contacted Microsoft One-Support and had them verify my drivers. I ran the game and DCS World loaded normally... which it was doing before the Windows 10 reload. The basic program was not the issue. I then clicked on Mission Editor and waited for Nevada to load... it was a long wait. No change from prior to the reload. Once the terrain loaded, I started a mission I had created earlier. The mission loaded immediately... same as always. I played the game. It was not smooth... it was jittery and stuttered about every 4-5 seconds. Also my TrackIR was less than smooth as well. I then loaded DCS 1.5 in a different directory. I then downloaded my modules, and selected Mission Editor. The terrain loaded instantly... or at least close to it. I Created a new mission and hit play. Play was the same as in the Nevada map... jittery with stutters every few seconds. My hardware seems good for everything else I do... which includes a game I added to operationally test performance. The added game plays fine. I believe the issue is with DCS World and my hardware. I don't know if its my motherboard, my chip, or something else. I'm asking if anyone else has a RIG similar to mine? If so, how is it working with DCS World... Any terrain module will do, but if you use Nevada, I'd be interested to know how long it takes from the time Mission Editor is selected until the terrain loads. Here is my equipment: ZUES X299 Motherboard with 0802 BIOs. EVO GeForce 1080 Super-clocked 8GB Video Card i7-7820 chipset 32gb of RAM in two modules My C drive is a 1TB M.2 SSD drive mounted on the motherboard If you're running a similar machine, please tell me what's different about your machine and how fast your RIG loads terrain modules after starting Mission Editor. Also, how smooth does your RIG play the game... how smooth are the graphics? One last thing... How do I set my BIOS to boost the overclock to MAX? Thanks in advance for any help provided...

I'm doing a fresh install tomorrow with MS support... They tried loading the new 1709 feature update and it wouldn't take... nor would a reload of windows over my current copy... so we've decided to do the fresh install and start over. Stay tuned.

OK... My clock Core speed is now up around 4000 MHz with a multiplier around 42. My Memory NB Frequency is 2300MHz. I set my power option to High Performance. However, my problems with DCS World are only slightly better , still not as fast as they were on my old computer. What other settings should I try? I'm continuing to update drivers via the Device Manager. If there is a better way, I'd like to hear it. I'm surprised that selecting High Performance didn't produce the "fix" I was hoping for. It sounded like selecting HP would fix the issue, but it didn't. What else could be causing my load and performance issues with DCS World? Any other ideas? Bonz...

Not sure I understand all that has been said... But I'm looking at CPU-Z and this is what I'm seeing under the CPU Tab: Processor: Name: Intel Core i7 7820x, Code Name: Skylake-X, Max TDP: 140.0W, Package: Socket 2066 LGA, Technology 14nm Core VID: .73 V (Varies a bit), Specification Intel Core i7-7820x CPU @ 3.60 GHz, Family 6, Model 5, Stepping 4, Ext Family 6, Ext Model 55, Revision H0 Instructions: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, TSX Clock (Core #0): Core Speed: 1197.0 MHz, Multiplier x 12 (12-43), Bus Speed 99.78 MHz Cache: L1 Data 8 x 32 KBytes 8-way, L1 Inst. 8 x 32 KBytes 8-way, Level 2 8x1 MBytes 16-way, Level 3 11 MBytes 11-way. Selection Socket #1, Cores 8, Threads 16 It sounds like I have my motherboard set for something other than Max Performance. I had my mother board BIOS updated recently... maybe three weeks ago to the BIOS version that came out in mid-September. Looking at the Memory Tab on CPU-Z: Type DDR4, Channel # Dual, Size 32 KBytes, NB Frequency 798.0 MHz Timings: Dram Frequency 1197 MHz, FSB:DRAM 1:18, CAS# Latency (CL) 17.0 clocks, RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 17 clocks, RAS# Precharge (tRP) 17 clocks, Cycle Time (tRAS) 39 clocks, Row Refresh Cycle Time (tREC) 421 clocks, Command Rate (CR) 1T As for my NVMe driver... I did check to see if I had the latest driver... Yes. I did not assemble the machine myself, but I did select the parts ... attempting to get as far down the "latest and Greatest" path as I could... which is to say as far as my money would allow. Same approach I've used with good success for years. I will check my Windows 10 version... I'm sure I'm set to Auto update. I routinely check driver updates... using device manager. Is there a better way? My motherboard reports temps ... they all seem reasonable. The rig runs silent fast... other than for DCS World. Thanks for the help. Bonz.

OK folks this is getting complicated... I think my rig is fine and maybe DCS World and a setting I've made is the problem. I'm looking for someone who has a similar machine to mine and has DCS World working and loading properly. I think it must be some setting that isn't correct, rather than a hardware/driver issue. I believe all my drivers are up to date. My Rig has the following equipment: Motherboard: ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe Bios version: American Megatrends Inc. Version 0802 Sep 6 2017 Chipset: Intel Skylake-X CPU: i7-7820X CPU @ 3.6GHz Clocks Core Speed: 1197 MHz (8 cores / 16 Threads) Multiplier: x 12 Bus Speed: 99.78 Memory: DDR4 Dual 32 GBytes Dram Frequency: 1197 MHz Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 by EVGA Corp. Clocks Core;1708 MHz Memory - 8192 MBytes What's happening on my computer with DCS World: The basic DCS World program starts normally most of the time, occasionally I get a "not responsive" notice in the upper left but the program still loads. I'm able to load all the modules I've purchased, including terrain, Aircraft, and Campaigns. I have them all. I have missions that I created on my old rig (my old rig worked fine and still does). I had a problem with my old motherboard (all my USB 3 ports quit working) so I decided to take the opportunity to upgrade. I transferred the folder, from my old computer, which contained my saved missions to the same folder on my new computer. What's actually happening: From the Main DCS World Menu, I select Mission Editor. When it loads all I see for the first 30 seconds are symbols... for Airports, Navaids and such. Then it slowly starts to load the Nevada Terrain Module. If left to itself it would take over 10 minutes, sometimes longer, to load all the layers of terrain. By comparison, my old computer loads everything in about 3 seconds. If during the load process I click on the top bar of the window containing DCS World and move it abruptly the terrain loads faster... Go Figure?? Next I select a saved mission to load and it immediately loads all the stuff I added to the map to make the mission unique... and then the terrain begins to load again with the same slow process... only slightly faster. By comparison, my old computer does all this within 1 or 2 seconds. When I try to play to mission, the saved mission... It works, but is jittery. Every 3-4 seconds there is a regular very brief pause or stutter. I've run stress test programs to see how my computer does. I get over 100 fps. I downloaded a First Person Shooter game (Titanfall 2) to see how that works. It worked smooth with no loading or play issues. Does anyone have a similar system that works better than this? I'm hoping someone can tell me what's wrong or at least give me hope. Thanks in advance. Bonz...

Man I really don't want to go that route. Everything else seems to be working fine. It seems that the terrain is not loading properly... Something is preventing the terrain modules for loading correctly. I see navaids and airports but no terrain for several minutes. I get the blue background and no terrain... I can still start a previously constructed mission... which I copied to this installation from my old computer.

I updated the BIOS... actually I had Fry's do it. I now have the current BIOS in my motherboard. I reloaded DCS World and the problem persists. Help!

OK... looked at the motherboard and all I could fine on the board itself was Prime X299 series. The good news is that the Prime X299-A and the Prime X299 Deluxe motherboards both use the same BIOS 0802 as the current version. I downloaded CPU-Z and verified my board is the Deluxe version of the X299 series. It appears I will have to update the BIOS. I was planning to talk with ASUS support prior to the leap. But I have questions that maybe you folks can answer. 1. wrl11 - Since you have the same board and since you seem happy with the outcome of your BIOS update... does that mean you had problems running DCS World prior to the update and did the update fix your problem? 2. When I update... should I disconnect other equipment not needed for the operation such as Flight Controllers, Printers, extra monitors, TrackIR, Camera's, etc.? 3. Any last words of wisdom? Bonz...

I'd like to update my BIOS... Haven't done this before. I have researched it and it seems straight forward on this new board. However, my dxdiag file indicates my current BIOS is 0218 (Prime X299 Deluxe from ASUS). The ASUS support website only lists three BIOS versions since the motherboard was released in June of 2017... 0402, 0503, and the current version 0802. My version isn't listed. So naturally I have questions. I know my motherboard is the Prime X299 Deluxe... I kept the box just so I would know. Am I reading my dxdiag file correctly? Halfway down the System page. Could this be a third party BIOS with a different name? even though this computer was built for me new by FRYs. I picked out the parts and they did the labor. Help...

Anybody have a chance to look over my uploaded files... I'm still not able to play the game. Does anyone else have a similar rig that runs well?

Here are some of my latest .crash files DCS.openalpha-20170818-002742.zip

Here are some .crash files ... the most recent of many.

Files LOG file and my DxDiag file. DxDiag.txt dcs.zip

I'm not ready to mess with my BIOS just yet. I've contacted ED through there support site and given them my LOG, .crash and other files. If necessary I will update my BIOS... actually I haven't even checked to see if it's out of date. My next step! I will post my LOG file here as well. Thanks for all the help.

The last time I updated BIOS was on my old IBM 248 or was it my Atari 800? I hope it's not as difficult these days. The rest I can do.

Spec's: i7-7820 on ZUES X299 Motherboard, GeForce 1080 Super-clocked 8GB Video Card, 32GB of RAM, Windows 10 operating system on C-Drive which is a 1TB M.2 SSD drive mounted directly on the Motherboard. DCS worked well on old rig but motherboard presumably got hit during storm (Harvey) and I lost all my USB ports... among other things... So decided to upgrade... however, now DCS is taking longer to load (Go figure?) and quits for no apparent reason... very soon afterwards. Any suggestions? Bonz

Any chance that either of these two fine aircraft will be modeled? Bonz

Nellis