Can't start DCS on fresh install on refurb computer

[Jigsaw0331]

Hello Everyone,

 

I am gifting an older computer to my brother so he can play DCS, but it is currently failing to start past logging into DCS. Any suggestions how to resolve this?

 

I have include the crash log file (.zip).

 

Hardware is as follows (CPU-Z report attached as .txt)

 

Gigabyte 5700XT (pulled from another build that I upgraded to a 2080S, this build had a 970 previously)

Intel i5-4590 @ 3.3Ghz Quad Core

Asus Z97-A

DDR3 4x 4GB Dual Channel (G.Skill F3-12800CL9-4GBXL)

Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD

 

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

Edit: To add the the CPU-Z report.

 

Edit2: Thank you to Flappie, your first suggestion resolved the issue. I tried just forcing full screen first and that failed. Then I also adjusted the resolution and that worked.

dcs.log-20200814-201128.zip

DESKTOP-3DN3T9B.txt

Edited August 16, 2020 by Jigsaw0331

[silverdevil]

2020-08-14 20:11:24.768 INFO GRAPHICSVISTA: renderer: 'dx11backend.dll'

2020-08-14 20:11:25.309 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11Renderer initialization (w:1280 h:768 fullscrn:0 vsync:0 adapter:0 monitor:0 shaderErrors:1)

2020-08-14 20:11:25.336 INFO DX11BACKEND: Driver Concurrent Creates - 1

2020-08-14 20:11:25.336 INFO DX11BACKEND: Driver Command Lists - 0

2020-08-14 20:11:25.338 INFO DX11BACKEND: NvAPI_Initialize Error:

2020-08-14 20:11:25.348 INFO DX11BACKEND: ATI Adapter AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

2020-08-14 20:11:25.348 INFO DX11BACKEND: ATI Driver Version 19.50.29.27-200515a-355311C-RadeonSoftwareAdrenalin2020

2020-08-14 20:11:25.348 INFO DX11BACKEND: AGS Version 3.2.0

2020-08-14 20:11:25.348 INFO DX11BACKEND: GPU count:1

2020-08-14 20:11:25.413 INFO DX11BACKEND: commonPool: 68-128, cbPool: 4-14, samplerPool: 5-16

2020-08-14 20:11:25.426 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache Bazar/shaders/fxo/fxo.zip

2020-08-14 20:11:26.692 ERROR EDCORE: Can't open file 'bazar/shaders/posteffects/slot.fx.' from fs

2020-08-14 20:11:26.692 WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader posteffects/slot.fx:DIRECTX11=true;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1; is outdated as file bazar/shaders/posteffects/slot.fx is modified.

2020-08-14 20:11:28.497 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache done. Loaded 1105/1106.

2020-08-14 20:11:28.503 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache C:\Users\Brennan\Saved Games\DCS\fxo

2020-08-14 20:11:28.599 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache done. Loaded 24/24.

2020-08-14 20:11:28.672 INFO VISUALIZER: SceneManager initialization

2020-08-14 20:11:28.801 ERROR DX11BACKEND: Shader "deferred/blurcompute.fx:DIRECTX11=true;FILTER_KERNEL0= 0.00333, 0.02382, 0.09719, 0.22598, 0.29937, 0.22598, 0.09719,;FILTER_KERNEL1= 0.02382, 0.00333;FILTER_KERNEL2;FILTER_KERNEL3;FILTER_KERNEL4;FILTER_SIZE=9;PIXELS_PER_THREAD_X=1;PIXELS_PER_THREAD_Y=1;SHARED_PIXELS_COUNT=10;SIZE_X=10;SIZE_Y=6;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;" failed to create.

2020-08-14 20:11:28.802 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information

2020-08-14 20:11:28.804 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20200814-201128 --------------

2020-08-14 20:11:28.804 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.5.6.52437 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.18362)

2020-08-14 20:11:28.806 INFO EDCORE: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\GraphicsCore.dll

2020-08-14 20:11:28.806 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 851AFB2C 00:00000000

 

not sure exactly but i suggest deleting the metashaders2 and fxo folders in saved games "C:\Users\USERNAME\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta" or whatever in your case.

[Flappie]

Hi Jigsaw. Please try this solution:

 

1/ Set Full Screen to TRUE and set the correct resolution in C:\Users\your_name\Saved Games\DCS[...]\Config\options.lua

 

2/ Open DCS via AMD software

Edited August 16, 2020 by Flappie
not an "AMD bug"