Game crashes when trying to load mission. DCS 1.5

[Video]

I have been trying to solve this issue for over a day now, have tried may suggestions I have read on the forums without any successes. I will try to include all the steps I have taken and other relevant information.

 

The game will load to the main start screen, but once I try to load a mission(training, quick, or campaign w/different aircraft) the new load screen appears and the progress bar stops at about 80%. As soon as I click the mouse or a key the game crashes(Generic windows crash "DCS is not responding" w/out any others messages. Picture attached below). If I do nothing and wait for about 5 minutes the mission will load (I know from past experience that it usually takes less then a minute to load). The problem does not end here, once in the mission the game will hang about every 30 seconds or so for as little as 5 seconds to as long as a minute.(again have ran the game smoothy in the past with out this issue) It may be worth noting that I last played DCS about 4 months ago and it ran great at that time.

 

Trouble shooting steps taken.

 

1. Ran repair/update

2. Tested on lowest graphics settings possible

3. Updated Video card

4. Checked direct X was up to date

5. Deleted user directory

6. Uninstalled and reinstalled clean version of DCS 1.5

 

I have experienced the same issue in the past and solved it with a full OS reinstall.(This is not the best solution and I do not wish to do this again) Here is the related post from last time. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=153689 (Recycled a lot from that post for this one)

 

For any more information of clarification please ask.

 

OS - Windows 10

CPU - AMD FX-8370 / 8 X 4.1GHz

Mem - 16GB

DX - 12

GPU - AMD 295X

DxDiag.txt

debrief.zip

Edited July 20, 2016 by Video
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[BitMaster]

mHDD or SSD underneath ?

 

A busy HDD can be the culprit for the ingame pauses and even with SSD it takes some time to load a mission, SP or MP. I dont even wanna know how long it could possibly take on a single HHD that serves DCS and the OS plus all other apps.....

 

Once you reinstall and the OS is sleek and clean it may run better but over time the slow down may/will come if on HDD and gathering apps and services....

[AtaliaA1]

This was a past iterations of the Sim.

 

I experienced the same and found reloading the Distributed files solved it for me.

 

It was as if a crash truncated the Microsoft Distributed file and it would not load correctly.

 

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2977003

[yellow_jacket]

I had same issue several months ago. If you try to search for my posts, I'm pretty sure I have logged a comment, on what I did to fix it. I can't remember for the life of me what I did. Possibly remove over clock from chip.

[Video]

1)Bitmaster, it is a ssd, it was on a seperate ssd from the OS but when I did the reinstall I put it on the same drive as the OS.(I doubt that disk taxation is the problem, see pic below) Not mush else running, clean boot up and I keep my system clean of bloatware and the like. The hangs while playing are not similar to the hangs experienced from an over-tasked system associated with fps drop and stutter. The graphics freeze for up to a minute, but worth noting if doing a training mission the audio track file from the instructor plays during the graphics hang.

 

2) Atalia, did you just reinstall the top section with visual libraries 2005-2015, or the whole section including the service packs.

I will definitely give this a try.

 

3) No overclock, but while installing all these run time libraries

I will check your previous post Yellow and look for more information.

 

Thank you very much guys for the replies. Once I have installed the run time libraries I will post an update.

 

Attached is a pic of the game running in 1080 with some performance monitors. Note that during this little test the progress bar hangs around 40% which is new and different.

Edited July 18, 2016 by Video

[Video]

Installed/repaired visual c++ 2005-2015 x64 and x86, and the issue remains unresolved the freeze/hangs and possible crash still persist.

 

Thanks for the info, it was worth a try.

Any other info or ideas welcome.

[Video]

Installed a separate DCS install of version 2.0. Ran the Nevada map and it loaded in about 20 seconds and ran perfectly. (Also my first time running Nevada map and it looks great) No hangs or crashes. I loaded the Caucasus map/terrain files into the 2.0 install for test purposes and it behaved the same as the 1.5 install.(Hangs during load or CTD, or wait about 5 minutes and the game stalls and hangs about every 30 seconds and does not respond for about 30-60 seconds.)

 

So this leads me to believe that the problem is related to the Caucasus map/terrain. I decide that I would try rolling back to previous versions of the 1.5 install. I tried all previous stable releases from 1.5.4 back to 1.5.2 and than the betas as far back to 1.5.0. None of them seemed to solve or help issue at all.

 

Really at a loss now, do not know what to try next.

[Video]

Disabled Kaspersky AV and the mission loaded in about 10 seconds and all the hangs and stutters stopped. Re-enabled it and the problem returned. Culprit Kaspersky. Tweaked around in with Kaspersky's settings and I can now leave AV on and run the game. I does seem odd now knowing what the problem was that it did not affect the Nevada map. However I really do not care to know why because I am now happy that I am able to play DCS.

 

I should have know better as a long time PC gamer to check my AV sooner. I guess after trouble shooting hundreds of games and never had an issuer with the AV before, it fell by the way side of things to check.

Edited July 20, 2016 by Video

[Mustang]

Download this driver for your AMD 295X if the loading freezes persist

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=171321