Comms menu keeps poppoing up independently

[tom1502]

Hi all,

I'm having issues with the comms menu popping up independently of any key presses. It's normally the Comm1 menu. I have the keybinding assigned to my HOTAS but it is not being pressed, and requires a multiple key press for it to happen (LSHFT+K). Pressing the default Comm menu button does not clear it. only F12. I am unable to bring up the Comm menu myself.

 

This is all in the Open Beta. I am using Voice Attack with Vaicom 2.5 running the latest versions of both. I've tested both with and without Voice Attack running and it doesn't appear to make any difference; the same thing still happens. It's stopping me from using the Comm 2 menu when I need to and it is preventing some key presses from working when I need them to.

 

I've checked all of the key bindings in the game and I can not find a conflict.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

Thanks,

 

Tom

[mr_mojo97]

Presumably its the same issue is mine. The menu comes on for 5 seconds then off 5 seconds repeatedly. Delete your export file in Scripts. DCS will build a new one when you reboot the game. Fixes it every time for me. Dunno why it is, but the export file seems to get corrupted or something with every other update or so. It's an easy to do workaround.

[tom1502]

Brilliant, I’ll try that and see how I get on.

[tom1502]

Hi,

Unfortunately that didn't work. Can you just confirm the right Export file path? I'm sure I've deleted the right one, but now it really is flashing on and off every five seconds.

Thanks a lot,

 

Tom

[mr_mojo97]

Hi, It should be just DCS(version)/Scriots/Export.lua Mine is in the saved games folder.

 

If it still doesn’t work, you’ll probably have to try Hollywood on the Vaicom 2.5 Pro thread, he’ll sort you out

[tom1502]

Thanks. I’ll make sure I deleted the right file, and if still not working I’ll do that. It is surprisingly irritating!

[tom1502]

It would seem I deleted another one...whoops! Done the right one now and it would appear to have stopped the comms menu popping up! Thanks a lot,

 

Tom

[Baldrick33]

Just had this happen, first time I have seen it after an update. Deleted the export.lua file and it fixed it, so thanks for this thread!

[tom1502]

I’ve found that it seems to be linked to using Viacom with Voice Attack as it has happened to me again since. I’ve disabled the plugins and it’s stopped now.

[EchoEcho1]

Hello group....

 

I just want to say that this issue has occurred several times but could not figure out why or how to fix it. After deleting my export.lua per your instruction, it fixed the problem. So, thank you for the tip. However, it's now 2021 and the issue still occurs.  (....shruggs)

[Harker]

The popping comms menu occurs when you update or repair DCS with VAICOM running. Make sure to shut down VA+VAICOM, repair/update and then launch VA again.

[Ready]

For me this is not a solution. So after yesterdays DCS update I did something wrong probably and now I am having the same issue, which I can not resolve, even after trying all the tips I could find online.

In my PTT tab DCS's module is not appearing and inside DCS the comms menu keeps blinking every 5 or so seconds.

The following things I tried but did not solve the issue; 
1. DCS repair while VP and VA were closed.
2. Removed the export.lua from the scripts dir.
3. Adjusted the custom path in config tab, punched the set button and fixed the reg.
4. Pressed export on the Config tab and manually copied the files in the saved games folder.

When I remove the export.lua and restart VA, it right away creates a new export.lua file in the scripts folder. (edited)
I see that VP creates two different folders inside my saved games. /dcs.openbeta (with a bunch of files and folders) and /dcs with a mods and scripts folder as well. is this how it is supposed to be?
Have no clue how to solve this

[Ready]

Solved it. Was pointing the custom path in the config tab towards my saved games folder. I pointed it towards the install folder and now it works. Dum dum dum....

[Shadowdog]

I applied all of the above still doing it at my end......

 

[Flappie]

10 hours ago, Shadowdog said:

I applied all of the above still doing it at my end......

Which aircraft are you in when that happens? AV-8B or others?

[Shadowdog]

Gday Flappie, have to mod my statement, if when I log onto a multi player server and I get the comms menu blinking on and off. I exit DCS delete the export.lua from the scripts dir and I'm all good. to answer your question tho, P-51 and Helos is where  I noticed it.

 

Cheers