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Hello: I just installed DCS downloaded from your web page. it autoupdated on first run.

I can enter the menu system and select options, so menu screens work. When I try to do free flight, I get a solid black screen with music playing. The system is locked up. I cannot alt tab, or ctrl alt delete I am forced to reboot the computer. I have run the directx setup and the redistribution as well.

I have win7 64 bit, 16 gig ram. piledriver FX 8350 8 core cpu, sapphire 7950 3 gig video card.

catalyst version 14.4

I am running 1920x1024 which is what my desktop resolution is as well.

I installed to a separate harddrive, not the default location.

I do not get any crash logs.

I run prepar3d, portal2, stealth sniper3 etc without problems. I have run cinebench and OCCT many times without failure as well, so I do not have any hardware issues.

I have attached my dxdiag.txt file, and my ME.log is below

any advice would be appreciated.

-Stampee

 

 

=== Log opened UTC 2014-08-25 23:56:47

00000.000 INFO EDCORE: createSerialQueue IOQueue

00000.085 INFO VFS: Using 'Saved Games': "C:\Users\stampee\Saved Games"

00000.580 UNKNOWN main: locale: en US

00000.906 UNKNOWN main: me_db_api creation started

00001.395 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/F-86/entry.lua

00001.397 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/F-86/F-86.lua

00001.397 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/F-86/Views.lua

00001.407 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-15bis/entry.lua

00001.416 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-15bis/MiG-15bis.lua

00001.416 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-15bis/Views.lua

00001.424 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-21/entry.lua

00001.427 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-21/Entry/2

00001.429 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-21/Entry/3

00001.429 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-21/Entry/03_Views.lua

00001.430 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-21/Entry/b

00001.441 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/aircraft/MQ-9 Reaper/entry.lua

00001.446 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/WWII Units/entry.lua

00001.458 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/WWII Units/FW-190D9.lua

00001.459 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./CoreMods/WWII Units/Views.lua

00001.470 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/Su-25T/entry.lua

00001.492 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/TF-51D/entry.lua

00001.497 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/TF-51D/TF-51D.lua

00001.499 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./mods/aircrafts/TF-51D/Views.lua

00001.506 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/tech/CombinedArms/entry.lua

00001.521 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/A-10A/entry.lua

00001.523 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/A-10C/entry.lua

00001.525 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/F-15C/entry.lua

00001.528 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/F-86/entry.lua

00001.529 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Flaming Cliffs/entry.lua

00001.531 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/FW-190D9/entry.lua

00001.534 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Ka-50/entry.lua

00001.536 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Mi-8MTV2/entry.lua

00001.537 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/P-51D/entry.lua

00001.539 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Su-25A/entry.lua

00001.541 UNKNOWN main: MOD loading: ./DemoMods/aircrafts/Uh-1H/entry.lua

00001.541 UNKNOWN main: PLUGINS START-------------------------------------------------

00001.541 UNKNOWN main: plugin: F-86F Sabre AI by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.542 UNKNOWN main: plugin: MiG-15bis AI by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.543 UNKNOWN main: plugin: MiG-21Bis by Leatherneck Simulations applied

00001.554 UNKNOWN main: plugin: World War II AI Units by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.566 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Su-25T by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.566 UNKNOWN main: plugin: TF-51D Mustang by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Combined Arms by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Flaming Cliffs by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: A-10A by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: A-10C Warthog by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: F-15C applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: F-86F Sabre by Belsimtek applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: FW-190D9 Dora by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Ka-50 Black Shark by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Mi-8MTV2 Hip by Belsimtek applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: P-51D Mustang by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: Su-25A by Eagle Dynamics applied

00001.567 UNKNOWN main: plugin: UH-1H Huey by Belsimtek applied

00001.568 UNKNOWN main: PLUGINS DONE--------------------------------------------------

00001.642 UNKNOWN main: ./MissionEditor/data/scripts/unitsclasses.lua loaded

00001.654 UNKNOWN main: ./MissionEditor/data/NewMap/classifier.lua loaded

00001.660 UNKNOWN main: me_db_api creation complete

00001.803 ERROR VFS: add_location {"My Missions", "C:\Users\stampee\Saved Games\DCS\Missions\"}: path already added as "My Missions"

00006.471 ERROR DXGUI_EDGE_RENDER: Cannot load texture ''

00007.001 INFO SOUND: loaded 782 sdefs from ".\sounds\sdef"

00007.017 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: Using device ID:'{0.0.0.00000000}.{2500a386-b7d0-4641-a002-7ac86dcae6e8}' Name:'Realtek Digital Output(Optical) (Realtek High Definition Audio)', channels: 2

00007.017 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: channel layout: Headphones/Stereo

00007.450 INFO SOUND: Using SSE FTZ/DAZ mode.

00009.458 UNKNOWN main: Cannot load skin[windowHeaderSkin] from file [nil]

00012.650 UNKNOWN main: removing C:\Users\stampee\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz

00038.048 UNKNOWN main: Mission ./mods/aircrafts/Su-25T/Missions/en/quickStart/Su-25T Free Flight.miz loaded

00038.058 UNKNOWN main: save_mission

00041.824 UNKNOWN main: Mission C:\Users\stampee\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz loaded

00042.592 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_infrared.lua

00042.633 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_land.lua

00042.642 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_landheight.lua

00042.653 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_lights.lua

00042.662 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_map.lua

00042.679 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_mfd.lua

00042.688 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/land3.1.lua

00042.703 INFO EDTERRAINGRAPHICS3: lma: .///Bazar/Graphics/lma/edge_shelf.lua

00043.210 UNKNOWN main: C:\Users\stampee\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz saved

----------------------

DxDiag.txt

Posted

I have it working now. I think it somehow did not know I was an administrator. I shut off my anti virus Comodo, then it would crash to desktop when starting. It then showed launcher.exe error 05 in the log file.

I tried running launcher.exe as administrator and got an error message I did not have permissions.

I then tried uninstalling and got the same error.

Something apparently got corrupted in windows. I then rebooted and now I had administrator rights once again. I havent the foggiest what happened. I had previously rebooted about 6 times after the black screens.

ANYHOW all is good and I am flying!

-Stampee

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