DCS 2.5.4.30386 to 2.5.5.32533 New bugs? Fresh Install Recommended?

[Twwhitey]

So I went through the process of updating from 2.5.4.30386 to 2.5.5.32533 last night - the first stable version update I’ve made since buying DCS earlier in June. I fired up the computer, opened the DCS updater and let it run for 20-25 mins or so. Update appeared to process fine and once finished I launched DCS (i confirmed 2.5.5.32533 installed) and proceeded to play 2 pretty basic F/A-18 missions to see if I could notice any immediate improvements (VR perf, new features, etc.)

 

Well unfortunately despite the update seemingly completing error free I noticed ALL SORTS of new...weird bugs in like 30 mins of play.

- Static/parked planes hovering ~2ft above the deck at Nellis,

- white lines/artifacts in the distance on the ground and wonky flashing shadows on the NTTR map,

- clouds in the distance appearing disappearing based on where my head was pointing (I play in VR)

- TCN nav acting wierd (distance to TCN freezing on hud and nav tick on heading tape disappearing/re-appearing)

Moving over to a simple carrier take-off landing mission I created for myself weeks ago, taxied to take off and got all sorts of conflicting ATC comms

- after takeoff the flight path indicator was locked at the horizon line on the hud and wouldn’t budge

And these are just the ones I remember (and the ones I tried to get screenshots of)

 

My experience in the 3+ weeks I’ve had DCS has been pretty awesome - I LOVE it - and apart from eagerly wanting more features in the F-18 (like everyone else) I’ve been impressed with the stability and bug free experience ED has put together so this update introducing a myriad of super obvious and jarring issues is honestly a bit shocking...

 

First of all... am i the only one seeing this stuff? I was honestly surprised to see zero new threads on the forum this AM noting post update bugs like those I mentioned above considering I never saw any of this or even the volume of obvious issues in the previous version...

 

So that got me thinking did I do something wrong? Should I have done a delete and complete reinstall instead of just “updating” from version to version?

 

In the meantime I’ve actually reverted back to 2.5.4.30386 for now and all those issues have gone away.

 

Any thoughts out there? as this is my first stable version update I’m open to any advice from the collective wisdom of the forum

[BIGNEWY]

Hi

 

Did you have any unofficial mods installed before updating?

 

I would recommend a cleanup and repair first it may help. ( guide in my sig below )

 

If you still have problems after that please post your dcs.log we may see something in them.

 

thanks

[Twwhitey]

Hi

 

Did you have any unofficial mods installed before updating?

 

I would recommend a cleanup and repair first it may help. ( guide in my sig below )

 

If you still have problems after that please post your dcs.log we may see something in them.

 

thanks

 

Right on thanks - nope, no unofficial mods... I made a conscious decision to never to use those for reasons just like this...only user files I've downloaded and used are missions (and explicitly missions that don't require mods). (For the record I only have F/A-18, A-10C, PG & NTTR modules at this point).

 

I'll give the cleanup and repair a try - I didn't try that last night as everything from an update perspective seemed to proceed flawlessly.

 

Let me ask, after the issues I experienced I renamed the 2.5.5.32533 version \DCS World folder then restored the entire 2.5.4.30386 version from a recent backup - is it as simple as just renaming the install folders to switch between the 2 versions? or will that generally introduce issues with the /<user>/Saved Games/DCS content?

 

Anyhow DCS.log from my 2.5.5.32533 session attached.. that's the first time I've looked through it so I'd be curious if anything jumps out.

 

Thanks again

dcs_log.txt

[schurem]

Have you cleaned ./saved games/DCS/FXO and ../Metashaders2/ ? If not, you should.

[Twwhitey]

Have you cleaned ./saved games/DCS/FXO and ../Metashaders2/ ? If not, you should.

 

So I haven't tried this ^^ yet but I did do a Clean and Repair as mentioned above. So far, as a follow up to the exact issues I mentioned in the 1st post

- I'm still seeing some of the terrain artifacts on NTTR (these appear as white lines in the distance seemingly where texture tiles join together... I can't claim 100% for certain they weren't there in 2.5.4.30386 on NTTR so I'm going to play around with my anti-aliasing/graphic settings to see if I can get them to go away (they aren't a real deal breaker) and see if I notice them on PG or the other theaters

- I have NOT yet noticed the hovering (parked) aircraft at Nellis like before

- I have NOT noticed the weird Tacan Nav issue but honestly haven't had more than a 5 min flight since last night so haven't tried to reproduce.

- I have NOT noticed the weird flight path indicator getting locked to the horizon again after cat shot on my practice carrier t/o landing mission (this was a real mission ruiner)

- The conflicting comms on the carrier are still there tho. Basically I start the mission hot on the ramp with 3 other aircraft (2 F/A-18s in my flight and an S-3 Tanker also planning to take off) and where (in v2.5.4) I'd "request taxi to takeoff", that elicts zero response now (yes after confirming the proper radio channel/comm select). When I "request takeoff" instead I get prompted (eventually) to "taxi to runway XXX" but when I start to actually taxi the ATC is constantly stating "Hold Position" then "Continue Taxi" followed by "Hold Position" over and over and over until I hook up to the shuttle... (and this was after the deck was empty) that behavior is 100% new (and somewhat annoying). :dunno:

 

Anyhow thanks for the insights I'll continue to play around with but hopefully there aren't any other major things that pop up... I"m thinking the Clean/Repair helped...