No option on main screen on open

[jpl458]

I previously installed DCS and waas given a screen that let me set graphics options. When I reopened the program the screen was very narrow and there was no tab for Options. Since I could not find any help I uninstalled the sim, and reloaded it, but this time I never got the option screen and there was no option button. Looked at several videos but nothing helped. So I uninstalled and re loaded again with the same result, first making sure there were no residual folders in the location where I loaded it. Same result. Download the manual but in this case it was useless since there was no Option tab on the main menu. Any help would be really appreciated.

 

Thanks

[Flappie]

Hi. If you can see the main menu but can't see the options icon, the game may not be running in fullscreen mode. Try pressing LAlt + Enter to go into fullscreen mode.

 

If this doesn't work, edit your C:\Users\Flav\Saved Games\DCS(or DCS.openbeta)\Config\options.lua and change these two values in the "graphics" section according to your screen pixel definition:

 

• ["height"]
  
• ["width"]
  

Also ensure "fullScreen" is set to "true".

 

Example:

["graphics"] = {

["DOF"] = 0,

["LensEffects"] = 3,

["MSAA"] = 2,

["SSAA"] = 0,

["SSAO"] = 0,

["SSLR"] = 0,

["anisotropy"] = 2,

["aspect"] = 1.6,

["chimneySmokeDensity"] = 0,

["civTraffic"] = "high",

["clouds"] = 1,

["clutterMaxDistance"] = 1500,

["cockpitGI"] = 1,

["effects"] = 3,

["flatTerrainShadows"] = 0,

["forestDistanceFactor"] = 1,

["fullScreen"] = true,

["heatBlr"] = 2,

["height"] = 1200,

["lights"] = 2,

["messagesFontScale"] = 1,

["motionBlur"] = 0,

["multiMonitorSetup"] = "1camera",

["outputGamma"] = 2.2,

["preloadRadius"] = 150000,

["rainDroplets"] = 1,

["scaleGui"] = 1,

["shadowTree"] = false,

["shadows"] = 4,

["sync"] = false,

["terrainTextures"] = "max",

["textures"] = 2,

["treesVisibility"] = 1500,

["useDeferredShading"] = 1,

["visibRange"] = "Extreme",

["water"] = 2,

["width"] = 1920,

},