DCS Not Starting After Update to 2.5.4.2809

[Laobi]

Hi guys,

 

 

As it says on the title DCS is failing to start after the latest update. Initially it was briefly showing up in the task manager before promptly disappearing without a trace. After running the repair several times I am now getting a failed to launch message. Here is the log:

 

 

=== Log opened UTC 2019-03-02 00:08:29

2019-03-02 00:08:29.282 ALERT SECURITYCONTROL: Failed to parse root_manifest!

2019-03-02 00:08:29.286 INFO DCS: Command line: "K:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe"

2019-03-02 00:08:29.286 INFO DCS: DCS/2.5.4.28090 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.17763)

2019-03-02 00:08:29.307 INFO DCS: Hwid: xYiHa9VefO_pxTpjZBnW0_8OaXFcwRc-YV5BFg

2019-03-02 00:08:29.307 INFO DCS: DCS revision: 148075

2019-03-02 00:08:29.307 INFO DCS: Renderer revision: 18800

2019-03-02 00:08:29.307 INFO DCS: Terrain revision: 18848

2019-03-02 00:08:29.307 INFO DCS: CPU cores: 4, threads: 4, System RAM: 16259 MB, Pagefile: 32643 MB

=== Log closed.

 

 

 

 

Any help would be very much appreciated.

 

 

Many thanks,

 

Laobi

[FourSpeed]

Mine is also failing to start as well (different msg though). I also ran a repair twice with No Joy...

 

2019-03-02 00:26:27.727 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.5.4.28090 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.17134)

2019-03-02 00:26:27.729 INFO EDCORE:

2019-03-02 00:26:27.730 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0F6918B0 00:00000000

2019-03-02 00:26:27.734 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\GAMES\DCS World OpenBeta;C:\GAMES\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: '############'

2019-03-02 00:26:27.736 INFO EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.17134 () 0x100-0x1

2019-03-02 00:26:28.397 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFC0F6918B0 ((module-name not available)): (function-name not available) + 0x0

 

 

Hoping this gets sorted out soon.

 

 

------------ UPDATE --------------

 

I rolled back the patch with a revert back to 2.5.4.27430. That was successful, and the game was working once again (flew an SP mission to verify that)

I then let it update once again to 2.5.4.28090, and this time, the update installed successfully and I was able to run the game with the current patch.

 

I'm not sure why a "repair" didn't fix whatever the original issue was, but the revert and fresh update worked for me, so atm, my situation seems resolved...

 

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Regards,

4

 

 

PS> I did change the UserName in this posting (for privacy purposes). The crash is real though

Edited March 2, 2019 by FourSpeed

[Laobi]

Delighted you got it working. I have also found a solution for those encountering this particular issue.

 

 

Download Skate Zilla's (peace and blessings be upon his name) Launcher GUI from here:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=160053

 

 

Set your DCS and Save Games paths, run 'Update to Latest Release'. Then try DCS to see if it loads up. Then run 'Update to Latest Beta' and see if it works on your system.

 

 

 

Worked great for me, hopefully anyone else encountering this issue will get some benefit from our experiences.

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

Laobi

[klem]

Will not start. Done all the above including all options in Skatezillas GUI. Log below, seems to be something to do with the Hawk. I even deleted the Hawk folder and repaired.

 

 

 

 

=== Log opened UTC 2019-03-04 13:49:31

2019-03-04 13:49:30.294 INFO DCS: Command line: "E:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS.exe"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.294 INFO DCS: DCS/2.5.4.28090 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.17134)

2019-03-04 13:49:30.303 INFO DCS: Hwid: G__VGxr6hQ_hzqKkhnYBHkevSj-gO-NMzynGRQ

2019-03-04 13:49:30.303 INFO DCS: DCS revision: 148075

2019-03-04 13:49:30.303 INFO DCS: Renderer revision: 18800

2019-03-04 13:49:30.303 INFO DCS: Terrain revision: 18848

2019-03-04 13:49:30.303 INFO DCS: CPU cores: 6, threads: 12, System RAM: 32684 MB, Pagefile: 37548 MB

2019-03-04 13:49:30.314 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:0

2019-03-04 13:49:30.317 INFO Dispatcher: 2019/3/4 13:49 V1803061700

2019-03-04 13:49:30.329 INFO INPUT: Device [Keyboard] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.335 INFO INPUT: Device [JUYAO Dual Arcade {C44E0460-FBC0-11e8-8001-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.335 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[JUYAO Dual Arcade {C44E0460-FBC0-11e8-8001-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

2019-03-04 13:49:30.336 INFO INPUT: Device [JUYAO Dual Arcade {C44E0460-FBC0-11e8-8002-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.336 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[JUYAO Dual Arcade {C44E0460-FBC0-11e8-8002-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

2019-03-04 13:49:30.336 INFO INPUT: Device [MFG Crosswind V1 {51F1AD70-0108-11e9-8001-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.336 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[MFG Crosswind V1 {51F1AD70-0108-11e9-8001-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

2019-03-04 13:49:30.351 INFO INPUT: Device [X52 Professional H.O.T.A.S. {3CF58370-FBB7-11e8-8007-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.351 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[X52 Professional H.O.T.A.S. {3CF58370-FBB7-11e8-8007-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

2019-03-04 13:49:30.358 INFO INPUT: Device [saitek X45 Flight Controller {2F6A2030-0062-11e9-8001-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.358 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[saitek X45 Flight Controller {2F6A2030-0062-11e9-8001-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no

2019-03-04 13:49:30.359 INFO INPUT: Device [Mouse] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.377 INFO INPUT: Device [TrackIR] created deviceId = -1

2019-03-04 13:49:30.389 INFO SOUND: Using driver: xaudio29

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: Found 7 available audio device(s):

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 0: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{66b12778-847d-4bfb-8350-9edcb76a6b84}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "e2752Vq (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 1: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{9fb067c7-5fb7-4d7a-8ad1-fdaa10ae7908}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "e2752Vq (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 2: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{a6775061-407e-412c-8649-743a2b9f0f56}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 3: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{783d9a07-5367-42e6-98a4-24808f697bab}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 4: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{78e05ccd-867f-4682-9328-7867a2655b5b}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "T27B551 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 5: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{ce258e8c-ad98-4348-9193-545115a0deb1}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "e2752Vq (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.407 INFO SOUND: 6: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{67188a32-4d24-48d7-a0c9-64522a4e15f9}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Speakers (Razer Surround Audio Controller)"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.481 INFO SOUND: loaded 1318 sdefs from "sounds\sdef"

2019-03-04 13:49:30.481 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from Sounds\Sounders

2019-03-04 13:49:30.694 INFO NET: Login success.

2019-03-04 13:49:31.405 INFO NET: Got auth data.

2019-03-04 13:49:31.496 INFO DCS: Successfully got authorization data.

2019-03-04 13:49:31.499 INFO Dispatcher: Loading installed modules...

2019-03-04 13:49:31.729 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) mods/tech/wwii units/dcs_module.dll.crypt

2019-03-04 13:49:31.821 ALERT SECURITYCONTROL: Manifest 'mods/aircraft/hawk/dcs_manifest.x86_64' is from a different build.

2019-03-04 13:49:32.761 INFO Scripting: OBSOLETE mount_vfs_sound_path() used in ./CoreMods/aircraft/AJS37/entry.lua

2019-03-04 13:49:35.124 INFO Scripting: plugin

2019-03-04 13:49:35.140 ALERT Dispatcher: Error running Scripts/Database/db_scan.lua: [string "./Scripts/Database/db_mods.lua"]:367: attempt to index local 't' (a nil value)

2019-03-04 13:49:35.140 INFO DCS: application shutdown

2019-03-04 13:49:35.142 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path "sounds\sdef"

2019-03-04 13:49:35.304 WARNING EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManager::Create() doesn't exist.

=== Log closed.

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Solved. Uninstalled everything, deleted remnants, re-installed everything.

Edited March 5, 2019 by klem