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Ok so this is normal then? Also is my way of shutting down the engines correct? Or should i be doing something different?

I have a problem with shutting down my engines. Everytime i do, i get a red "main gearbox" warning light and also the red master warning signal starts sounding off. Here's what i do after i've safely landed: i set collective to zero, set throttle to idle, then i close the red fuel shut off valves near the collective which stops the engines, and finally i engage the rotor brake. For some reason this seems to damage my gear box. What exactly am i doing wrong?

Ok, this game is extremely intimidating to me, and i don't have the brass balls needed to memorize 1 million keyboard combinations (i find it's a lot easier to remember the general location and function of the switches in the cockpit) so i need some help. I've been able to master the startup sequence and general flight manouveures in realistic flight mode, and i have got the hang of the trim and auto pilot, as well as auto hover, so i can basically come to a steady hover and fly around. I can't do any advanced moves yet, but i know the basics. I've also figured out some of the avionics (by "some" i mean the only thing i know how to do is program the flare dispenser :music_whistling:). But i can't for the life of me remember all the different keyboard combinations. So i need to know if there is a way to completely utilize all the weapon systems and schkval/laser rangefinder/espresso maker by only using the buttons in the cockpit. I have no idea how to even turn the weapons on, or how to switch between them. I've tried fiddling around with the master arm switch and the other buttons under the schkval screen, but all i've accomplished so far is jettisoning my precious armaments :joystick:. So i need to know if there is a way to turn on weapons/aim/fire/laze/stare angrily at the enemy by only using the cockpit buttons, since my head hurts from remembering all the keyboard shortcuts. So far i've had to resort to using the noob avionics (in combination with realistic flight) since the realistic avionics make me a sad panda :(

I finally figured it out. I have a USB playstation 2 controller that has a setting called "compatible mode" in its configuration software, and by turning that setting on i got the game working. So i've been playing it for all day now and finally memorized the cold startup sequence in simulation mode, and tried flying around doing stuff. But a few minutes ago the game crashed, and now it refuses to run. It gives me another runtime error. It doesn't matter if i unplug my USB controller or not, it won't run. But this time it made a *.crash file in my temp dir. Here it is. DCS-20081220-202619.rar

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By the way, these are the files in my temp folder. There is no *.crash file, but these other files might still be useful so i'm uploading them. Temp.rar

Overclocking wouldn't cause a visual c++ runtime error. Overclocking causes BSOD, random reboots and complete system freezes, but not runtime errors. Runtime errors are caused by bugs in the c++ code, which leads me to believe the only thing that will make this game run is a patch. But i don't feel like waiting for that, so if anyone has any ideas that would be great.

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I tried uninstalling them, but it didn't work. By the way, it might be hardware related, so here are my specs: Graphics: Ati 4870x2 CPU: Intel q9450 quad core overclocked to 3ghz RAM: 4Gb of PC8500 1066Mhz Soundcard: Creative x-fi Fatal1ty

No, there isn't. The game never even gets to the main menu. It just starts in a window, and then background music starts playing, and then immediately it crashes. I ecen tried re-installing the latest visual c++ redistributable, since the runtime error was c++ related, but that didn't work.

I have the latest catalyst drivers (version 8.12) and i installed the direct x that came with the game.

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When i start the game from the start menu shortcut, i get the game window and music starts playing in the background, and then an error message pops up, saying : "Runtime Error! c:\games\black shark\bin\stable\launcher.exe abnormal program termination" Someone please tell me how to fix it. Thank you.