[RESOLVED]Game crashes on non-ED missions/campaigns

[lascaris]

I've recently developed a strange problem. The game will crash whenever I try to load a user generated mission or campaign. It doesn't matter if I've made the mission or I've downloaded it from the user file section. These are all missions I've successfully run in the past without any issues. If I select instant action, or a campaign from ED (like the F-18 campaign that comes with the plane) things run fine.

 

I've tried both standalone and steam versions of DCS and F-18 and F-16 modules all with identical results. I've deleted all mods (I only had the flight deck crew mod anyway) and most user generated missions. I've also run a repair on the standalone version. Nothing has helped. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

One of the (many) crash logs should be attached.

dcs.log-20200211-155421.zip

[BIGNEWY]

Hi

 

thanks for the log, it is an unusual one and I will link the crash below here.

 

Please check out my crash advice below run a cleanup and repair ( or verify for steam users )

 

Also rename your dcs folder in your saved games location ( keep it as a backup ) and restart dcs, login redo desired settings and test again.

 

Please attach a mission that crashes your machine and I will try it on mine.

 

thanks

[lascaris]

Hi BIGNEWY,

 

Thanks for the quick response. I did a repair, checked that I was running the latest version, renamed my DCS save folder and relaunched the game. I did not copy over or change any setup info but tried to launch a mission using whatever default conditions were there. I also updated the driver on my Oculus (this was prompted by the headset itself letting me know an update was available), I should have mentioned I play in VR using a Rift S. I still experienced the same crash symptoms. I then unplugged the VR headset and tried again but also experienced the same crash. Note I did not reboot after unplugging the VR headset but I'll try that after I send this off and see if that changes anything.

 

Attached are the crash files. I could not upload the mission I was trying on the most recent crashes as the size is too large. It can be found at https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307246/

 

Because I could not upload the mission I also retried a mission of my own that is much smaller. It also crashed during load so I'm attached that mission file.

 

As I stated earlier I've flown both missions 4 or 5 times previously without issue.

 

Thank you again for any help. I will try rebooting the system and trying again (so VR drivers don't load) and I'll also try various other missions/campaigns to see if I can find any common factor with my files.

dcs.log-20200211-175549.zip

TOM PG3 Strike with SEAD.miz

[lascaris]

Okay it's something in the Persian Gulf map. I realized that most of my user provided or self written missions use the PG map while all the ED missions/campaigns I've been running use either the Causasus or NTTR. I tried a ED training mission in the PG and it crashed and then I tried a user mission in the Causasus map and it ran fine. Hopefully I can delete and reinstall the PG map without losing anything :thumbup:

[toutenglisse]

You have 16Gb ram + 11Gb virtual memory. Try to increase to 16Gb virtual memory as advised in Bignewy's sig : https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=230471

 

It might help (maybe crash only Persian Gulf is related to low virtual memory issue).

[lascaris]

So after deleting the standalone PG directory, unlinking steam DCS from standalone, uninstalling steam DCS, reinstalling steam DCS, relinking to standalone and running repair to reinstall the PG files everything works. Changing the virtual memory did not help so my best guess is a corrupted file that was not detectable by the repair function.

 

Thanks to all for suggestions and ideas that helped get this resolved!

[BIGNEWY]

Good to hear you have it sorted.

 

thanks