[RESOLVED] Crash to Desktop at "Fly" Screen

[Fricfrac]

Hello,

 

I haven't seen this issue posted elsewhere, so wanted to see if others are experiencing the same issue. When I try to load up any F-14 mission, everything appears to load up okay. However, the main screen is black, and I'm unable to move the mouse (everything frozen) to try and click "Fly" at the bottom right of the popup mission window. Within 10 seconds or so, the game closes out/crashes back to desktop with no errors.

 

Any thoughts or ideas? I tried the other modules, including Flaming Cliffs and A-10, with no issues.

 

Thanks for any help or insight!

Edited April 2, 2019 by IronMike

[archer86]

after update, I have only tested with f-18 and yes it happened all the time.

for now, dont click the fly botton,just little wait the black screen, cockpit comes a few seconds later.

they should fix this

[ivo]

Same here

[Bullant]

I've only tried two missions (have to work :() Caucus takeoff mission is fine, but Persian Gulf alert 5 mission crashes to desktop as soon as I hit fly. Tried twice with exact same result.

[Pougatchev]

Same for me, have to wait for this black screen to dispaeared and then fps goes fine, since this update I found all loading times are far longer than the previous version of dcs, and not only with the cat even if this one is the longer of all modules to load

[GriffonBR]

Same problem here. Select Cold Start on Caucasus map, I get a briefing with the picture of a A-4 Skyhawk mod and the when I hit fly the game crash.

 

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[pimp]

Were there any logs generated? I'm that would help the devs.

[MonkeyFlung]

I’ve had the same issue. Either it crashes before it fully loads, crashes when I hit fly, or crashes at the longest I’ve managed to get it to work, 30 seconds.

Just to test, I had no issues with the f18 in free flight in the Persian gulf and flew around for a few minutes with no issue.

 

As an aside, I can’t read any of the labels in the cockpit of the f14. Its like someone went in and smudged up the whole pit.

 

Hopefully the stack of big reports I sent in will help. Here’s hoping for a stability patch in the next couple days.

[Bullant]

Here's my dcs.log for the Persian Gulf Alert 5 mission.

I hadn't even hit fly yet, was just looking around and it CTD.

dcs.zip

[Tigh]

I'm getting the same. The training missions work fine (although the sim sometimes CTDs after the mission) but I have failed to load into any other type of mission for more than a few seconds. Reports have been sent so hopefully the devs can get to the bottom of it.

[Bullant]

More info, any instant action mission in Persian Gulf or Nevada results in instant or near instant CTD.

 

Was able to fly around in Caucus and Normandy for 10 minutes each without a problem.

 

Also as you can see I have heaps of memory, a juicy graphics card etc. Never had a problem with Nevada or Persian Gulf in any other module.

Edited March 14, 2019 by Bullant

[Looney]

Any mods installed?

[Bullant]

Any mods installed?

 

Not a single mod.

[Tigh]

I noticed in the log it was a memory allocation error. I've turn off DEP (which as usual was turned back on during an update (Win10)) and so far so good.

[Bullant]

I noticed in the log it was a memory allocation error. I've turn off DEP (which as usual was turned back on during an update (Win10)) and so far so good.

 

Had to google DEP, but after checking I can see it is enabled for "essential Windows progams and services only" so don't think that's my problem.

 

There are definitely memory errors in my log when it crashes, but I am only using at max 20 of my 32 gig of memory (you can clearly see where the crash happens on the graph attached)

[Emmy]

The “pre load” black screen behind the inop FLY button seems to be the new norm in all modules as of today.

 

For me, Hornet, Hog and Mustang all do it in addition to the Tomcat.

 

Kicking back and letting things grind through until the cockpit appears in the background seems to avoid crashing out.

[Bullant]

OK done a fair bit of testing, hope this helps the devs.

 

I have 32Gb of ram, MSI afterburner shows 10Gb in use with just background crap (outlook, chrome etc).

 

Launching the alert 5 mission this quickly climbs to 22Gb and CTD.

If I cut back some of my graphic settings it starts at 20Gb, I can look around for a bit but it soon climbs to 22Gb and crashes.

 

In the hornet, on the carrier in PG, starts at 16Gb never gets above 18Gb.

 

If I put the DCS settings to the Low preset, Alert 5 PG starts at 16Gb and climbs to around 20 and seems to keep working.

 

If I close outlook and chrome, my base mem usage drops to 6Gb. Alert 5 PG then starts at 16Gb (with my high settings) and climbs to around 20 after a couple of minutes. Seems stable for a while but then crashes.

 

This is definitely a memory issue, and obviously made worse by the higher memory usage of PG & the Tomcat, the question is why is it crashing when memory usage hits 22Gb and I still have 10Gb of free memory?

 

I tried hitting 22Gb in the Hornet and couldn't really come close ...

 

Forgot to say, Tomcat on Caucus at high settings started around 16Gb and climbed to around 20Gb ... not sure about long term stability, need time to actually fly a real mission.

[hancerPL]

Hello

After loading 14, I can not launch any mission, it crashes to the desktop.

I have a charging screen and that's it.

Any suggestions, do you just have to blow DCS and re-install without F-14?

[Nealius]

This is happening to me as well, even in missions without a Tomcat, and even without a player-controlled aircraft at all. I have to wait until I'm sure the program is not unresponsive before clicking anything.

[Pochi]

Hello,

 

I had the same problem with the Viggen few weeks ago, it appeared that the “ sync cockpit buttons with HOTAS” option in DCS would crash the game as soon as I hit the FLY button.

 

No more problem after I unticked this option.

 

Hope it may help,

 

Pierre

[MonkeyFlung]

Sooooo, tried it again tonight with no VR and just used trackir. It worked perfectly. No crashes and I could read the cockpit labeling.

[makotoryougi]

same here. wasnt able to get into the F-14 for once. every time I hit the "Fly" button my game freezes and crashes.:mad:

[Oban]

and just like that.. the hype train crashed..along with F14 module on the "Fly" screen..

 

 

 

Maybe next week people will be able to enjoy.

 

Disappointing that 2 days after release, and a hotfix has meant being unable to actually use the module at all. It took me 2 days to update and download the Cat into the bargain.

 

Oh well, back to the Hornet and A4E for now.

[hancerPL]

It's working for me.

I removed the entire game and folder in the save game.

Clean installation and trial without Tomcat - works

Then installation of the F-14 module and bingo.

If someone has a fast connection, it's not a problem.

PS. You can make yourself copies of pure DCS, without Tomcat

[makotoryougi]

I did delete saved games and whole dcs, too. Redownloaded everything again and started without any mods -> still not working. Then i did set all my graphic settings to low -> now its kinda working but crashes quite often, too. But that cant be it. My hardware should be really good enough to handle this, and I dont want to play DCS in complete low graphic settings.

 

 

i5-7600k @4.2 turbo

16 gb RAM @2400 mhz

GTX 1080

 

 

Guess well have to wait for them to move the F-14 into stable and (hopefully) fix these major hardware issues the F-14 got.