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ah in which case.. can i say i dont get any app launches with DCS regardless of it being a custom (with a green light) or a regular app

 

Did you enable external app launches in the App Settings?

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(yes :) but i did have to check!) so i get three cmd windows fire up (one for each), but no actual app launch...

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is the Newtonsoft.json.dll needed to be in the same directory for the utility to work now? I keep this utility on my desktop and its an eyesore to keep an active .dll on the desktop there too...

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is the Newtonsoft.json.dll needed to be in the same directory for the utility to work now? I keep this utility on my desktop and its an eyesore to keep an active .dll on the desktop there too...

 

Put the utility etc. in a folder and just have a shortcut on your desktop.

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good idea, no idea why I didnt think of that.

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I love this utility and consider it a must have. I've noticed since the last update that the app seems to be taking 3 or 4 minutes to load. Is anyone else experiencing this?

 

 

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Hi all

 

Just started using this app and so far seem great, just what we need.

 

I have a question about the DCS Update server status window. On the UI, of the 17 servers listed only 3 of them appear to be on-line. Is this normal or are there some issues with either the servers or the app?

 

I started an update and it's crawling at Kbps when i usually get Mbps and looks like it's going to take several days to do the update.

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I love this utility and consider it a must have. I've noticed since the last update that the app seems to be taking 3 or 4 minutes to load. Is anyone else experiencing this?

 

 

Alan

 

 

Yup, same here and also my game launch buttons VR/Non VR are greyed out until I hit update then I can use them even though I'm up to date.

 

 

This seems to be related to the fact that the utility is saying DCS is running with 2 processes showing yet it is not running (which I have confirmed in task manager and services manager.

 

 

I removed the utility, redownloaded it and ran it but it seems to have picked up my settings still and has the same problem.

 

 

Where else are files stored so I can completely remove it and start again?

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Yup, same here and also my game launch buttons VR/Non VR are greyed out until I hit update then I can use them even though I'm up to date.

 

 

This seems to be related to the fact that the utility is saying DCS is running with 2 processes showing yet it is not running (which I have confirmed in task manager and services manager.

 

 

I removed the utility, redownloaded it and ran it but it seems to have picked up my settings still and has the same problem.

 

 

Where else are files stored so I can completely remove it and start again?

 

in Task Manager, make sure you enable Viewing Tasks for All Users.

 

It scan's the processes running in windows, so the app is simply telling you what windows is telling the app, the refresh button above the process list will tell the app to re-scan processes.

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Hi All

Thanks to Ian-C, for mentioning the Update Server Status, I also have noticed this, same status only 3 servers showing as online, any news on this from Skate, as I personally am concerned as to whether its related to the latest Beta issues, which I hoping will get sorted next update??????

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Hi All

Thanks to Ian-C, for mentioning the Update Server Status, I also have noticed this, same status only 3 servers showing as online, any news on this from Skate, as I personally am concerned as to whether its related to the latest Beta issues, which I hoping will get sorted next update??????

 

Server's Configurations Have Changed. I Need to update app.

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If I may, under app settings oculus rift config, is there a way we can get this to support other HMDs?

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If I may, under app settings oculus rift config, is there a way we can get this to support other HMDs?

 

VR Rendering Options are limited to SteamVR and OculusVR Currently.

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After the new OpenBeta update (2.5.6.50726) it appears we are not correctly showing installed modules.

 

DRM Manifests changed, fixed in next build of app.

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06.10.2020.1 / 1.1.0.1032:

-Added Custom User Path for User Profile/Saved Games.

(Point to the Profile Folder, not Saved Games, the Folder that would Contain Saved Games)

 

-Updates to module scanning:

Condensed 575 Lines and from 164 File Scan Requests to 82 Directory Scan Requests, works with new Manifests/DRM

 

-Updated Module Developer Names

-Adjusted Log Functions

-Adjusted Start Up Procedure

-Adjusted Ext. App Settings For TRACKIR, TeamSpeak, SRS and Tacview.

(Browse to EXE instead of Folder, Re-wrote launch commands).

(Users will have to re-select the file if not using default paths)

 

-Fixed Error in SRS Selected Ext. App Settings Save/Load

 

Coming In the Next Build(s):

-Updated DCS Server(s) Check


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Noticed also longer loading time, approx. 3 minutes....

 

Could the Update Servers status check be skipped and left to the user to initiate? Because that's what seems to be holding up.

The logging doesn't show because that is created/updated after the screen pops up, not at start.

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Yes, prepping New build with server check disabled until rewritten.

each server has a 10 second timeout so only 3 of 17 old servers are still online,

so10 seconds x 14 = 2 m 20 s.

 

Im travelling for work today so not at my pc to work on it til tomorrow night.


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v06.12.2020.1 / 1.1.0.1033:

-Disabled Updater Server Check (Re-coding for new servers).

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Maybe it was already reported but "Latest version available" seems wrong for beta, it says 50973 instead of 50793.

 

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I concur with the above, but doesnt really matter, does it? Says latest release 2.5.6.49798, Latest Beta 2.5.6.50973, latest Alpha 2.2.0.12843, latest updater 2.9.17.19.

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