Syd Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 After DCS 2.5.6.59398 update I am unable to start DCS. After I click DCS.exe the first window pops up (update check I think), fills up the bar, disappeares and a window with "Procedure entry point could not be located" shows up. The bottom description of this window is a path to DCS.exe file. Everything is fine when I revert to previous versions. Did a fresh install, cleaning and repair options. Nothing works.
Flappie Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 Hi Syd. Please try again, then attach your dcs.log file ( C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Lofs\dcs.log ). It might contain some clue. ---
Syd Posted December 21, 2020 Author Posted December 21, 2020 Here you go. That was generated few minutes ago during the launch of the previous version. Then I updated to the latest one and the error popped up as usual. Finally I copied it here. I think nothing changes in it after the unsuccessful start up. I even tried removing it before the error but no newer file was generated instead. dcs.log
Flappie Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) Thank you, but I need the log from the latest version to read the full error message (it's often more detailed in the log). You might find it as "dcs.log.old" in the same folder. Edited December 21, 2020 by Flappie ---
Syd Posted December 21, 2020 Author Posted December 21, 2020 Here it is. But I don't think this error generates any logs since after I try to launch none of the files in the folder change their date of modification. dcs.log.old
Flappie Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 You're right: this log is not from the latest OB. Try to manually launch DCS.exe: go to "C:\DCS\DCS World OpenBeta\bin" and double-click DCS.exe. Do you get the same error message? ---
Flappie Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 I don't think so. It looks like a system error. Please add exceptions for the following folders in your antivirus: C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\ C:\DCS\DCS World OpenBeta\ ---
Syd Posted December 21, 2020 Author Posted December 21, 2020 You were right - antivirus was the problem. I couldn't find how to add exceptions so decided to uninstall it all together and DCS works fine. Thanks for your help.
Flappie Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 You're welcome! Thanks for your feedback. ---
Christophe D Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Same problem. Did the "exceptions" solution (on Avast) The game still doesn't start (everything was ok before the latest update)
Syd Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 I'm using ZoneAlarm and tried turning off both antivirus and firewall in control window but it didn't help. Only full uninstall fixed the problem. Afterwards I reinstalled ZA and DCS still works fine.
Christophe D Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 I uninstalled everything and did a new clean install with Avast being shut down. It worked. So, it's the antivirus which did the mess.
Capt. Winters Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Hi All, I have the same issue as described above (however I'm running the stable game not open beta), after updating to latest game version last night, after I click DCS.exe the first window pops up (update), fills up the bar, then disappears and a window with "Procedure entry point could not be located" the pops up. I have checked the ( C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS\Logs\dcs.log ) folder, log attached. I have tried running DCS from the desktop shortcut and also double clicking the actual exe file, and get the same result. I run AVG professional I have disabled that and tried to run the game with the same error displaying. any help greatly appreciated. regards Rob. dcs.log Edited January 3, 2021 by Capt. Winters
Flappie Posted January 5, 2021 Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) Hi, I don't see any error in your log file. It seems the game reaches main menu, then exits properly. Try this: Edit "C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS\Config\options.lua". Change ["fullScreen"] value to false. Save and close file. Launch DCS. Edited January 5, 2021 by Flappie ---
Syd Posted January 16, 2021 Author Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) @Capt. Winters Hi, I don't know if you solved your problem but solely disabling antivir/firewall in ZoneAlarm didn't work for me. Adding DCS in the excepsions didn't work either. In the end I had to uninstall Zone Alarm alltogether and DCS started working. Edited January 18, 2021 by Syd 1
Capt. Winters Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 7:30 PM, Flappie said: Hi, I don't see any error in your log file. It seems the game reaches main menu, then exits properly. Try this: Edit "C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS\Config\options.lua". Change ["fullScreen"] value to false. Save and close file. Launch DCS. Hi Flappie, thank you for your advice. however the saved games folder is empty? regards Rob. On 1/16/2021 at 10:00 PM, Syd said: @Capt. Winters Hi, I don't know if you solved your problem but solely disabling antivir/firewall in ZoneAlarm didn't work for me. Adding DCS in the excepsions didn't work either. In the end I had to uninstall Zone Alarm alltogether and DCS started working. Hi Syd, No I havent fixed it yet. I'm going to uninstall AVG and reinstall DCS and see what happens. thanks, regards Rob.
Flappie Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Capt. Winters said: thank you for your advice. however the saved games folder is empty? Are you sure? Your log says otherwise: 2021-01-02 13:46:43.157 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache C:\Users\off_w\Saved Games\DCS\fxo ---
Capt. Winters Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Flappie said: Are you sure? Your log says otherwise: 2021-01-02 13:46:43.157 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache C:\Users\off_w\Saved Games\DCS\fxo Hi Flappie, Found the file and made the edit. the game starts but I can not see any of my purchased content beyond the one map (Chanel map) which I purchased on the day this problem started all other purchased content does not show. I have logged in and out of DCS account but that did not help. I have checked my store profile and all my modules are listed as owned and activated. thank you for your help. regards Rob. Edited January 22, 2021 by Capt. Winters change of information around folder location
Capt. Winters Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Hi All, I have the game up and running again with all store content now available. I had to completely uninstall DCS, then turn off AVG, then download game and install. then when the game started it found all my purchases and asked if I wanted to install, I clicked yes and it again downloaded the full 81GB of game files (not sure why it did that I thought it searched for already downloaded content). I ran the game and content was there. I then restarted AVG and ran the game again and it was still working. So 170GB of downloads over 2 days at 1.1mb per second... but at least its running. thank you to those who offered advise. regards Rob. Edited January 24, 2021 by Capt. Winters 1
Flappie Posted January 24, 2021 Posted January 24, 2021 Thank you very much for your detailed feedback, Rob. Enjoy the game. 1 ---
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