DCS World Patch Notes Discussion Thread

[rayrayblues]

@Northstar98 Stand by. I'm making a vid for you. BTW my NCP settings are:

 

 

[rayrayblues]

@Northstar98  I have posted my settings above and now here is my result.

I don't have a very powerful machine, a 4.7 CPU with 32 Gb DDR3 RAM and a 1660Ti GPU. Full specs in my sig.

 

 

[Northstar98]

Thanks @rayrayblues appreciated!

Edited May 22, 2021 by Northstar98

[wilbur81]

18 hours ago, Strong05 said:

Latest patch is causing more hard crashs and crash to desktop then I have ever had before.  Hoping for a hot fix.

I'm getting TONS of crashes. All drivers and W10 are up to date.

[rayrayblues]

Just now, wilbur81 said:

I'm getting TONS of crashes. All drivers and W10 are up to date.

 

Are you overclocked?

[Zanchs]

Hey @rayrayblues, noticed you use "fast" as vertical sync in NVCP, and in my case I see stutters everywhere with that.
Have you tried to use "on" for instance, as baseline for smooth playing? Did you see any stutter, btw?
Yeah, I'm the one "low rig crazy" that sit at the end of day and spend hours playing with the settings..

[rayrayblues]

I get fewer stutters now with these settings. Everybody's rig is different. What are your specs?

[Zanchs]

i5 2500 + 12GB ram + gtx970 senior rig..
Despite that, it still give fair potential and joy, not too fancy with the settings though.. 

[rayrayblues]

38 minutes ago, Zanchs said:

i5 2500 + 12GB ram + gtx970 senior rig..
Despite that, it still give fair potential and joy, not too fancy with the settings though.. 

 

Yeah, you are a bit under min specs. Do you have MSI Afterburner OC software for GPU's?

You can download it here:   Afterburner | MSI Global - The Leading Brand in High-end Gaming & Professional Creation

You can probably squeeze a little more out of your card. How about your virtual memory?

I would bump it up to 32,768 at least.

Is your drive almost full? Are you using an SSD or a HDD?

I know I'm asking a lot of questions but these details matter especially on a lightweight rig.

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by rayrayblues

[Zanchs]

Kinda want to upgrade, but in my country all PC prices went crazy high.. waiting to drop a bit (some more white hair will appear for sure by that).

Not using overclock at all, afraid of this old rig to not enjoy some extra party, furthermore I'm zero capable to do such thing.

Virtual memory is something mystical for me.. some missions gave me some crash to desktop issues, and I adventured in this area increasing virtual memory, which in fact resolved that issue somehow.

But I don't really understand that. In terms of performance/stutters, it didn't really matter if virtual memmory is 4GB or 16GB, the performance is the same.
(yeah, don't know, technically saying, what's going under the hood, just like to mess around with settings).
DCS is stored in D :  driver (print attached).. "JOGOS" = "Games" in portuguese language.

 

Sorry, but didn't undestand "I would bump it up to 32,768 at least.", on what this would help... reserve some memory to system?

 

My driver is HDD, 27% free (500GB in total)... almost all reserved for DCS modules. Thinking carefully which next module would be.

That % of space could result in lower performance? Hum... not thought of that...

 

I did notice huge drop performance when choosing "high/low" terrain textures, even though not visually see that much difference. I spent hours testing that, on different terrains and variables, and Syria indeed is the most demanding so far (I know, early acces and so)... my 12G rig cries when I intend to load that terrain.

 

Don't worry with questions, I like to learn with others experiences, and to share mine.

[rayrayblues]

2 hours ago, Zanchs said:

Sorry, but didn't understand "I would bump it up to 32,768 at least.", on what this would help... reserve some memory to system?

 

My driver is HDD, 27% free (500GB in total)... almost all reserved for DCS modules. Thinking carefully which next module would be.

 

Increase your page file to 32,768. That will give you 32 Gb of virtual memory. As soon as you can, you must

get an SSD. I know they are about $65.00 US Dollars, but it will be the best 65 bucks you ever spent.

SAMSUNG 870 EVO Series 2.5" 500GB SATA III V-NAND SSD - Newegg.com

You won't regret it.  DCS is expanding and must be on an SSD. HDD's are just not fast enough.

It's the single most effective way to speed up your computer.  Keep in touch.

 

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by rayrayblues

[Zanchs]

Thanks! I'll try that.
Yeah, adding a SSD sure is a 'cheap' step to get a better experience.

[Tanuki44]

Even with an SSD, advise you to customize size of page file?

Edited May 23, 2021 by Tanuki44

[speed-of-heat]

Yes! Mine is set to 32-64 on an SSD…

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Thanks for page file tips.

~

Second the SSD endorsement.

 

I went for the cheapest SSD I could find (from well known manufacturer). Idea, right or wrong (I researched a bit): There's no point chasing the fastest possible SSD because 1) they differ so little it isn't worth paying 2-3 times as much 2) any SSD is vastly faster than platter drives.

 

With the "Macrium Reflect" (free) one can transfer the hard disk image to SSD. No need to start from scratch, reinstalling operating system etc ...

 

Steady fps will not / did not improve. Stutter from HD access will improve immensely. It'll next to go away.

Edited May 23, 2021 by -0303-

[Glow]

On 5/22/2021 at 2:11 PM, daemon1808 said:

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Once restarted, Steam DOES NOT FIND DCS AS ALREADY INSTALLED and I had to install DCS again 2 times!!!!!

This is a nightmare, more than 100GB to be installed twice because the fatal CTD 

 

I had this about 2 years ago. It's steam issue, google it you will find a lot. There is no need to redownload all files, you can copy those you have and steam should redownload only those missing. Then do validation and steam will fix all that was broken.

 

Installed games are appearing as uninstalled
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8379-RYIP-2998

 

I remember that I solve this by delating Steam files from it's main folder and then allowing steam to re-download he's files without reinstalling. But if you doing all reinstalling, I would suggest to start from Steam client.

Edited May 23, 2021 by Glow

[Milkyblue]

Guys, guys, is this suppose to be an easter egg or sth?

[Justificus]

4 minutes ago, Milkyblue said:

Guys, guys, is this suppose to be an easter egg or sth?

There you are little piggy!!! I've been looking for you every where!!!! Thanks bro. ;)

[Sr.]

I've done a couple repair installs recently, still can't choose/change livery from the re-arm/refuel menu.

 

All aircraft.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

[speed-of-heat]

Do the liveries have any nationality restrictions?

[wilbur81]

On 5/22/2021 at 3:02 PM, rayrayblues said:

 

Are you overclocked?

no

[Sr.]

23 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

Do the liveries have any nationality restrictions?

Not that I'm aware of. I don't have any custom liveries saved or loaded.

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To get country X liveries the plane must be country X.

[speed-of-heat]

7 hours ago, Sr. said:

I've done a couple repair installs recently, still can't choose/change livery from the re-arm/refuel menu.

 

All aircraft.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

OIC the option for livery is missing... looks like a mod conflict at a guess

[Sr.]

3 hours ago, speed-of-heat said:

OIC the option for livery is missing... looks like a mod conflict at a guess

Think it is random crash related. 

 

I retraced my steps and realized I had specified a livery for the FA-18 loadout on my standalone server. Since that is where I was flying when it crashed, perhaps it affected that part of the game across the board.

 

I managed to get that feature back by going to the mission editor and setting the FA-18 livery back to default.

What doesn't make sense is, why it affected each aircraft and any mission.