609_Relentov Posted December 23, 2017 Posted December 23, 2017 Not sure if anyone else has seen this with the latest open beta update release today (DCS 1.5.8.12823 Update 1), but when dropping Mk-82's I noticed there were no explosions. I saw the bomb crater appear, and if it was on/next to a unit, that unit was destroyed, on fire, etc. But I never saw any explosions on the ground. The explosions from missile hits against aircraft seem to still be there. I had previously done a repair, so my DCS files should have been intact.
609_Relentov Posted December 23, 2017 Author Posted December 23, 2017 So, no one else has seen this anomaly? I’ll have to try another repair and check it out again.
609_Relentov Posted December 24, 2017 Author Posted December 24, 2017 Hmm, well apparently I'm having the same issue with the 1.5.8 release version as well. So it must be something with my installs (my squad mate was able to see bomb explosions just fine). I've done a repair, so I'm not sure what else I can do - kind of anti immersive to see bombs hit the ground and just show a crater :(...
mvsgas Posted December 24, 2017 Posted December 24, 2017 Are you using the AV8B? If so, are you setting the weapons? Arming them? To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
609_Relentov Posted December 24, 2017 Author Posted December 24, 2017 Are you using the AV8B? If so, are you setting the weapons? Arming them? I've tried the AV8B, F5E and M2000C with Mk-82s (and high drag Mk-82s), and I'm definitely arming them. As mentioned, I can see the bomb crater (and when using F6 I can hear the explosion), but I see no explosion effects. When the bomb hits on/near vehicles they are getting destroyed, so I can tell they are going off. Crazy thing is, I'm seeing this on all three separate installations now (DCS release, open beta and open alpha). Sort of scratching my head on this one - I was able to see them fine just a few days ago. The only thing I've changed is in the Saved Games area, changing mappings for some aircraft, etc.
609_Relentov Posted December 24, 2017 Author Posted December 24, 2017 One thing I realized that could have an impact is that I upgraded my GTX 970 video drivers a few days ago, I think after the last time I had seen the explosion effects as per normal. I had to do this as I had just gotten the NTTR map and my DCS open alpha 2.x would not load/run a mission. I was getting an exception and DCS would stop. Once I upgraded my nVidia drivers to 388.71 I was able to load and run a mission OK in Nevada. That's the only thing I can think of, as the issue is being seen across all three DCS installation versions. However, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get them (bomb/rocket/missile hitting the ground explosion effects) back. I've tried repairing DCS, but that hasn't solved the problem. I've also uninstalled the latest nVidia drivers and went with a slightly older version (388.31, in case the latest drivers were too new for DCS). Short of uninstalling and reinstalling all three modules (which I hate do to given I'd need to re-download 30GB+ of data plus 30GB+ for the NTTR map, etc.), I have no idea why the explosion effects have gone away. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
609_Relentov Posted December 28, 2017 Author Posted December 28, 2017 OK, so I finally figured out what the problem was, after submitting a support ticket (thanks Andrey :) ). I renamed my DCS folder under "<drive>:\Users\XXXXXXX\Saved Games", then started DCS and let it recreate a new DCS folder. I then manually (i.e. through the UI) re-set up my global options such as graphics/game play/audio/special/misc, and flew a mission. Low and behold, my explosions were back :). After that I copied the "Config\Input" folder from my old/renamed DCS folder structure, as well as the "Kneeboard", and "MissionEditor\UnitPayloads" folders to get the keyboard/joystick/throttle and other data back. So now I'm good. I was copying these folders above between the release, open beta and open alpha versions, but I think I copied too many files (including the options.lua file under Config), which I think messed things up. If you copy the following folder structures under the "Saved Games" area, you should be OK: <DCS, DCS.openbeta, DCS.openalpha>\Config\Input\*.* <DCS, DCS.openbeta, DCS.openalpha>\Kneeboard\*.* <DCS, DCS.openbeta, DCS.openalpha>\MissionEditor\UnitPayloads\*.*
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