Can't update or start DCS

[Dirty Rotten Flieger]

Tried to update to 2.7 this morning and can't start the updater.  Also can't start DCS either.

 

downloaded a new version of the updater and tried that. Same thing:

 

 

00000.190 --- Log file: C:\Users\JC\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\autoupdate_templog.txt
00000.000 === Log opened UTC 2021-04-15 23:07:48
00000.022 INFO : DCS_Updater/2.11.1.83 (Windows NT 10.0.19041; Win64; en-US)
00000.022 INFO : src-id: 24d5f8ee266f56820c3a2b4568594f68e8dd773e, lib-id: bf64e300edca29ae7ef5ba1d4db27e53a1213fa2
00000.023 INFO : cmdline: "D:\DCS World\bin\DCS_updater.exe" update 
00000.145 STATUS: Initializing...
00000.147 INFO : basedir: D:\DCS World\
00000.190 ERROR: Can't parse config: JSON error: lexical error: invalid char in json text.
                                        ÙÕù ¡c×                     (right here) ------^
00000.210 INFO : Config contents: --- BEGIN ---
ÙÕù ¡c×
00000.210 INFO : Config contents: ---  END  ---
00000.211 STATUS: JSON error: lexical error: invalid char in json text.
                                        ÙÕù ¡c×                     (right here) ------^

 

 

I notice that the address in documents is C:\Users\JC\Saved Games\DCS.openalpha  instead of openbeta but this has been mislabelled like that for a long time.  I also noticed that the variant doc file in the installation folder had openalpha  as variant so I changed that to open beta.

 

I suspect all of this is beside the point anyway... I don't know where json text is ?

 

Also last week I was having trouble with certain maps so tried running full slow repair and it would hang my PC about two third of way through. So I deleted the maps and redownloaded and it worked fine till 2.7.

 

 

Anyone know where json file is?

 

[Dirty Rotten Flieger]

I think found the problem. It seems the SSD DCS is installed on is broken and it's just a coincidence that 2.7 came out. dam. This is a 240 gig download ! and the down loader won't even let us throttle it or pause it ... SMH

 

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Dirty Rotten Flieger

[SliderCDN]

Are you 100% sure? I have the same issue on 2 separate drives, but only with the Updater. Starting the base game with DCS.exe works.

[Dirty Rotten Flieger]

I'm not sure of anything at this point.   The same SSD has Escape from Tarkov on it, and it won't start either but  I am able to repair EFT.

 

I can't repair DCS maybe because it is over 240 gig.   ireaslly don't want to delete it and reinstall as that will take days at the speed it downloads.

 

Is there a way to repair DCS in smaller chunks? 

[SliderCDN]

It's a big update and looks like more things broke than got fixed, as usual. Give it a few days.

[Dirty Rotten Flieger]

Just letting you know slider. My problem is definitely a broken SSD...

 

Good luck problem solving yours.