Read This if you have studdering/crash problems

[HeavyGun1450]

So I spent several days banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why DCS ran like crap on my system in Multiplayer regardless of lowering in game settings. First I tried all the common fixes online. None of those worked. I did my own deep digging into the log files and see I am getting a out of memory error or something like that. First off I knew DCS was RAM demanding in multiplayer, as I only have 8gb of ram and a GTX 1070. The fix ended up being two things: 1. Windows had my page file (Virtual RAM essentially) on my hard drive and not my SSD drive. 2nd, Windows was automatically managing my page file size to only a few gigabytes. I ended up setting it manually to 50gb, initially I tried 32gb but it still crashed after a hour or so of playing. If you have more RAM you should need less page file space. I did those two things and it made a massive improvement. No more studdering every 5 seconds making it unplayable, and no more crashing. Such a small stupid thing caused this and I am glad I found it! I hope this helps someone out there!

Edited February 25, 2021 by HeavyGun1450

[Skyracer]

Is it possible to get a detailed instruction for a true noob?

[Lange_666]

To increase Page File size via System Properties in Windows 10, follow these steps:

- In the Taskbar Search, type “Advanced System“. You will see View Advanced System Settings. Click on it.

- In System Properties, click Advanced tab

- In Performance section click Settings button

- Performance Options will open. Click Advanced tab

- Here, under Virtual memory, select Change

- Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives !!!

- Select your fastest drive

- Select Custom size

- Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value and set "both" to your actual RAM value.

- Click Set

- Finally, Click Apply/OK all the way.