Possible DCS Updater corruption issue causing performance drop (need testers)

[Ocelottr]

Hey, as some of you've noted the recent updates to DCS have caused massive framerate/stuttering/input lag issues for many, and after testing different updates from this list:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2249076&postcount=2

 

 

So, after trying just about everything to fix the issues I'm having with the aforementioned problems I decided to try reinstalling everything.

 

I installed the baseline 1.5 clean and had no performance issues at all, after which I used the DCS_updater.exe to update to hotfix 4 which seems to cause issues (see many threads on the same topic on performance with the latest updates) and the problems came back!

 

Now, after using the DCS_updater.exe with command prompt 'update (version)' and trying out every patch since 1.5.0.45166 the problems do not go away. (Also when reverting back to 1.5 baseline)

 

I need some testers to verify the same issue with this, so if you're having performance issues too with the latest patches then :helpsmilie: and post results. Thanks.

In a nutshell here's what I mean to test: People who experience performance issues with the latest patches revert back to 1.5 baseline (1.5.0.45166) using the updater.exe and report back if you still have these issues. Then we might find out if these problems are more related to the updater.exe than the patches themselves, or maybe steer the devs to a better direction for fixing the issues we're having.

 

 

 

(To use the updater for this purpose easily, go to your \bin folder where the DCS.exe exists and shift+right mouse button on empty space to 'open command window here'

then type in 'DCS_updater.exe update >insert version number<'

ex. DCS_updater.exe update 1.5.0.45166)

Edited November 12, 2015 by Ocelottr
Clarification

[Ocelottr]

Oh and also, using DCS_updater.exe with repair command doesn't seem to help at all.

[soupyc]

So to be clear, you experienced the performance issues after the recent patch, completely uninstalled DCS 1.5 and reinstalled at a base level. You then experienced no performance issues until you patched using the updater, correct? Most recent patch introduces performance issues, but this time instead of reinstalling you use the updater to 'downgrade' the installation?

 

So for your testing you want people on the latest hotfix to attempt to revert to a previous version using the updater?

 

I doubt the performance problem is in the updater itself...is this your first Eagle Dynamics beta? :)

[Ocelottr]

No. I want people who experience these issues to try to revert back to 1.5 baseline version to see if they continue to have these issues, since they did not exist until the latest patches.

 

I've been always using open beta.