Can't launch DCS World

[AmateurPilot]

I recently had to reinstall back from Win 10 to Win 7. Maxed my memory to 8gb but still have a Nvidia GT 425m 1gb video card. I had stepped away from DCS for a while. The last version I was running was DCS Version 1.2.15.37241 (64-bit). Now in 1.5, the application crashes on the initial splash screen and throws:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: DCS.exe

Application Version: 1.5.3.50487

Application Timestamp: 56c7096a

Fault Module Name: d3d11.dll

Fault Module Version: 6.2.9200.16570

Fault Module Timestamp: 5153b56b

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 00000000000d14d1

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: c11f

Additional Information 2: c11fc7b24510008b367a55bf1c4d3010

Additional Information 3: 4c03

Additional Information 4: 4c03223b9bedd08510586007d5ac242b

 

I've corresponded with tech support but after all I've tried (and failed) I'm thinking my video card just won't run v1.5 as all the sys requirements state a 2gb min video memory. So I'm wondering... can't I go back to the 1.2.15 version? I tried using dcs_update but every version I tried just got rejected as not being available.

 

Any ideas? Help?

Thanks in advance.

[SkateZilla]

Your system specs are below minimum requirements for DC1.5+

[AmateurPilot]

Are there any pre-1.5 versions still available?

 

It's frustrating that I was able to run the sim before and purchased more modules. Now Eagle Dynamics has raised the system requirements above my system; invalidating my purchases and making it so I can't run it any more.

[SkateZilla]

These Changes were Announced Before 1.5 Went into Open Beta and Eventually Release.

 

1.2.16.43180 is the Last Legacy Version.

 

With 1.5 and 2.0 Comes DX11 and alot of significant changes.

 

Staying with 1.2.16 / DX9 will limit what you can use,

 

For example,. you will not be able to use ANY of the new modules,

This Includes: NTTR_TERRAIN, NTTR Campaigns, A-10C Enemy Within Campaign, KA-50 Republic Campaign, L-39C/ZA, M-2000C,

 

To Revert to 1.2.16 you can try this command:

DCS_updater.exe update 1.2.16@release

Edited March 9, 2016 by SkateZilla

[sslechta]

I agree with Skate that your video card is a little old to run the sim. Here's a couple of tweaks you can try to convince your card to handle it:

 

If they don't work, you'll probably need to upgrade your system.

 

1) The animated clouds on the start screen cause some slower machines a fit. Tweak the settings file for the skin name. If the file does not exist, create it in Notepad or other editor and make sure it's named settings.lua and put the code below in it

 

Location: C:\Users\[WINUSER ACCOUNT]\Saved Games\DCS\MissionEditor\settings.lua

 

 
local settings = {
   ["controlsTab"] = {
   },
   ["fileDialog"] = {
   },
   ["hiddenMapLayers"] = {
   },
   ["lastCampaign"] = {
   },
   ["lastTraining"] = {
   },
   ["mainMenu"] = {
       ["skinName"] = "Su-25T by Eagle Dynamics1",
   },
   ["openFileDialogParams"] = {
   },
   ["quickStart"] = {
   },
   ["recordAviParams"] = {
   },
}
return settings

2) The following thread has a registry fix to allow the graphics more time to render.

 

Registry Tweak

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2555162&postcount=21

 

 

 

Good luck! Let us know if this works.

[AmateurPilot]

Thanks to both of you. For now, I've downgraded to 1.2.16.43180 and the sim is at least running again. I'll hopefully have time soon to try the tweaks that sslechta suggested.

 

On the runway again!