Bizarre, unexplained failures and behaviors

[fargo007]

In a Caucasus mission (most recent updates to date), all the Mi-8's were experiencing random issues as soon as the client spawned in.

 

Right Engine Vibration

 

Right Engine Fire...

 

After flying a while, Hueys started losing inverters.

 

I landed in a Huey, switched to the copilot seat and activated the flex sight. I looked to the right, and the pilot was suddenly dead!

 

My wing man did the same thing. Switched to the copilot seat, and his pilot sadly passed away.

 

I went to a different airbase, got in a cold Mi-8, started it, and the left engine vaulted to 110%, vibrating wildly.

 

I took off to try and keep it all together, and started the right engine in the air. It eventually shook apart.

 

I restarted the mission, after verifying that I had NO random failures configured, and have that box checked on the left and empty on the right in mission options (meaning 'I don't want this').

 

The only one on the server, it seemed there was no issue.

 

Then another squad mate joined, and IMMEDIATELY I had a "Right engine vibration" followed very quickly by engine and transmission fires.

 

.... Something's up.

 

ETA: Restarting DCS on the server made this go away. Will continue to monitor.

 

ETA: Has not returned after server running all night. It occurs that repeatedly loading missions from esc-select_role->change_mission may have contributed?

Edited October 1, 2018 by fargo007
ETA notes in post

[fargo007]

New behavior noticed:

 

Start mission, fly two hueys for an hour.

 

Sit idle on the runway, go away for 20 min. Upon return, the pilot is dead!

 

Further attempts to get into a Huey reveal a xmsn chip immediately, and attempts to enter an Mi-8 result in immediate engine fire.

 

 

Log messages:

 

2018-10-01 16:26:35.065 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 16:30:36.394 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 16:34:10.856 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 16:37:50.256 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 17:56:51.145 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 18:08:10.195 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 18:08:53.062 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'

2018-10-01 18:09:07.637 ERROR COCKPITBASE: devices_keeper::link_all: unable to find link source 'networkSynchronizer' for device 'HYDRO_SYS_INTERFACE'