[RESOLVED]DCS World won't start after latest update

[Sandman1330]

G'day,

 

I went away for about a month, and when I came back, I found that DCS no longer starts. I get the updater checking for updates, then nothing. No error messages, lockups or anything, it just simply stays on the desktop.

 

I have made no changes, less the update that ran when I first got back, and DCS worked great before I left.

 

I've tried a clean reinstall (though admittedly I'm not sure all the old files were cleared off), and I've tried what was suggested in the thread below.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=171294

 

Still nothing. I did update to Windows 10 recently, but DCS did work after I initially updated. It seems the only thing that changed was the DCS update when I got back from my month away.

 

Log file is attached:

 

=== Log opened UTC 2016-08-02 22:57:13

00000.000 INFO VFS: Using 'Saved Games': "C:\Users\Kelly\Saved Games"

00000.130 INFO DCS: DCS/1.5.4.55169 (x86_64; Windows/10.0.10586)

00000.130 INFO DCS: CPU cores: 6, System RAM: 14335 MB

00000.137 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:0

00000.145 INFO Dispatcher: 2016/8/2 16:57 V1508170900

00000.679 INFO INPUT: Device [Keyboard] created deviceId = 1

00000.681 INFO INPUT: Device [saitek Pro Flight Combat Rudder Pedals {B5CBAC50-A3BC-11e3-8001-444553540000}] created deviceId = 2

00000.681 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[saitek Pro Flight Combat Rudder Pedals {B5CBAC50-A3BC-11e3-8001-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

00000.739 INFO INPUT: Device [saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Throttle {85CF8BB0-C022-11e4-8005-444553540000}] created deviceId = 3

00000.739 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Throttle {85CF8BB0-C022-11e4-8005-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

00000.749 INFO INPUT: Device [saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Stick {7475DD60-C022-11e4-8003-444553540000}] created deviceId = 4

00000.749 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Stick {7475DD60-C022-11e4-8003-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

00000.749 INFO INPUT: Device [Mouse] created deviceId = 5

00000.753 INFO DCS: try to write dump information

00000.755 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20160802-225714 --------------

00000.755 INFO EDCORE:

00000.755 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at D15618B0 00:00000000

00000.757 INFO EDCORE: 00000000 00000000 0000:00000000

00000.797 INFO EDCORE: D15618B0 006FF2D0 0000:00000000

00000.797 INFO EDCORE: BC34B283 006FF310 0000:00000000 ?applyUpdates@ForceFeedback@@AEAAXXZ()+703

00000.798 INFO EDCORE: BC34AF14 006FF340 0000:00000000 ?applyUpdates@ForceFeedback@@AEAAXXZ()+394

00000.798 INFO EDCORE: BC352526 006FF3E0 0000:00000000 ?isHeadTrackerDeviceAttached@Input@@QEBA_NXZ()+3EB6

00000.799 INFO EDCORE: BC352282 006FF4C0 0000:00000000 ?isHeadTrackerDeviceAttached@Input@@QEBA_NXZ()+3C12

00000.800 INFO EDCORE: BC34E04D 006FF520 0000:00000000 ?initialize@Input@@SAXPEAX@Z()+14D

00000.800 INFO EDCORE: 1FFB5F4B 006FF600 0000:00000000

00000.801 INFO EDCORE: 1FC8D3F6 006FFCB0 0000:00000000

00000.803 INFO EDCORE: 200B4549 006FFCF0 0000:00000000

00000.803 INFO EDCORE: DC0E8102 006FFD20 0000:00000000 BaseThreadInitThunk()+22

00000.804 INFO EDCORE: DC6DC5B4 006FFD70 0000:00000000 RtlUserThreadStart()+34

00000.882 INFO EDCORE: Minidump created.

00000.882 INFO DCS: try to write track file

 

 

Any suggestions?

Edited August 3, 2016 by BIGNEWY
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[Sandman1330]

As an update to my situation: I reverted DCS back to 1.5.3, and it started up just fine.

 

I am now re-updating to see what happens...

[boedha68]

Run a repair please and happy flying afterwards. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030

[BIGNEWY]

remove your headtracking dlls and run a repair

[Sandman1330]

So as stated above, reverting to 1.5.3 allowed me to run it again.

 

Updating back to the latest stable version has again broken it. I've run several repairs already, and even done a full reinstall. I'll try investigating the headtracking DLLs.

[Sandman1330]

And that did it - it was the headtracker DLLs. Thx for the help!

[BIGNEWY]

no problem, enjoy

[Mecrutio]

Bump.

 

I can verify today that this has worked for the 2.5 OB. For reference, I use TrackNOIR.

 

I deleted 3 files with headtracker in them. .dll, .log, and .pref. Probably overkill but it did work.

 

Thank you for the info! :thumbup:

[Alpine1]

I have had the same problem for some time now,where do I find the headtracker dll files?Thanks.

[Alpine1]

will not launch

 

DCS will not launch,open beta is fine.

DCS logs.zip

[BIGNEWY]

Hi Alpine1

 

are you sure those are the correct logs, last log was from 2017, correct?

 

If you are unable to start DCS at all go for a complete wipe and start fresh is the best advice.

 

your last log shows dcs is starting ok

 

and is on 1.5.7.11762

[Alpine1]

I just did an fresh install,checked for Windows updates,problem persists.Could this be a computer problem?

Edited April 13, 2018 by Alpine1
delete

[BIGNEWY]

can you attach a dxdiag we can check and look for more clues

 

1. click on "START"

2. click "run"

3. type in "dxdiag" and click "OK"

4. check through the tabs and perform all tests

5. click "Save all Information..." and save the text file to a location of your choice

6. attach this text file to your next post

 

thanks

 

or you may wish to contact support directly

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/710/

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/

[Alpine1]

I attached the file to ticket#73669,thanks.