Long Cockpit Load Times since 2.7

[Mustang25]

Cockpits take a long time to load for me since 2.7, usually 5+ minutes. This was not the case for me before the big update. It seems to be a multiplayer problem because all the instant action missions load the cockpit in a reasonable amount of time.

 

Some extra notes:

- I have tried deleting all my shaders and it makes no difference.

- running a repair and disabling all mods has not had any effects either.

- Only the first cockpit to load takes a long time. Loading another cockpit happens quickly BUT if DCS is restarted, the load time is long again.

[Flappie]

Hi @Mustang25. Please reproduce the issue then attach your dcs.log file ( C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS...\Logs\dcs.log ). We'll try to see what's taking so long.

[Mustang25]

1 hour ago, Flappie said:

Hi @Mustang25. Please reproduce the issue then attach your dcs.log file ( C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS...\Logs\dcs.log ). We'll try to see what's taking so long.

 

Hey Flappie,

 

Here's a copy of my log from an attempt to load into a multiplayer server.

 

Thanks!

dcs.log

[Flappie]

Thanks. Here we go:

 

Connecting to the MP server of your choice:

2021-05-05 20:32:32.926 INFO    DCS: Screen: Client
2021-05-05 20:32:33.247 INFO    NET: connected to server

 

Terrain loaded in 7+2 seconds (that's good):

2021-05-05 20:32:42.234 INFO    EDTERRAIN4: terrain time: 7.091489 s

2021-05-05 20:32:44.258 INFO    EDTERRAINGRAPHICS41: ITerrainGraphicsImpl4::openTerrain() END 1.932021 s

 

2021-05-05 20:32:52.057 INFO    NET: ready to start, waiting for sync

 

Reaching slots page:

2021-05-05 20:34:05.620 INFO    GRAPHICSVISTA: Creating Resource "Unicode" of type 1

 

Then you have 13 seconds of HELIOS errors. Always the same message:

 

"...\DCS.openbeta\Scripts\DCS-BIOS\lib\CommonData.lua"]:20: attempt to perform arithmetic on upvalue 'ias' (a nil value)"

 

As far as I know, the time to reach the slot page is "DCS: Screen: Client" time minor "Creating Resource 'Unicode' of type 1" time. Your time is 1 minute and 32 seconds. I don't think it's bad at all: mine is 1 minute and 27 seconds.

[Mustang25]

Hey Flappie,

 

Don't know how I missed your reply but thanks for taking a look!

 

I'm still having the same problem after the latest patch today. I made sure to try it with a clean repair and even deleted my config file. It's still the same problem with single player loading fine and multiplayer taking a good 5-10 minutes to load my cockpit. One thing I've noticed is that my metashaders2 folder never populates with any files. I don't know if that makes a difference or not.

 

On 5/5/2021 at 2:48 PM, Flappie said:

Thanks. Here we go:

 

Connecting to the MP server of your choice:

2021-05-05 20:32:32.926 INFO    DCS: Screen: Client
2021-05-05 20:32:33.247 INFO    NET: connected to server

 

Terrain loaded in 7+2 seconds (that's good):

2021-05-05 20:32:42.234 INFO    EDTERRAIN4: terrain time: 7.091489 s

2021-05-05 20:32:44.258 INFO    EDTERRAINGRAPHICS41: ITerrainGraphicsImpl4::openTerrain() END 1.932021 s

 

2021-05-05 20:32:52.057 INFO    NET: ready to start, waiting for sync

 

Reaching slots page:

2021-05-05 20:34:05.620 INFO    GRAPHICSVISTA: Creating Resource "Unicode" of type 1

 

Then you have 13 seconds of HELIOS errors. Always the same message:

 

"...\DCS.openbeta\Scripts\DCS-BIOS\lib\CommonData.lua"]:20: attempt to perform arithmetic on upvalue 'ias' (a nil value)"

 

As far as I know, the time to reach the slot page is "DCS: Screen: Client" time minor "Creating Resource 'Unicode' of type 1" time. Your time is 1 minute and 32 seconds. I don't think it's bad at all: mine is 1 minute and 27 seconds.

 

[Flappie]

Yes, the metashaders2 folder doesn't seem to populate anymore. Nothing to worry about.

If you haven't already, you should add these folders as exceptions in your antivirus software:

• F:\DCS World OpenBeta\
• C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\

[Wildhare]

Just to clarify Flappie you belive the LONG LONG load times is due to antivirus software taking is sweet time?   Or at least start with that first.  

[Flappie]

Answer B/, "at least start with that first", yes. Because it happened to me with 2.5.6: I went from ~60 seconds to ~20 seconds to start DCS.

I understand there is something new with 2.7, but we need to be sure your antivirus software don't add up to the loading time.

Edited May 24, 2021 by Flappie

[Mustang25]

1 hour ago, Flappie said:

Answer B/, "at least start with that first", yes. Because it happened to me with 2.5.6: I went from ~60 seconds to ~20 seconds to start DCS.

I understand there is something new with 2.7, but we need to be sure your antivirus software don't add up to the loading time.

 

 

Hey Flappie,

 

I think my problem has been fixed. I updated my nvidia drivers today and the couple tests I've tried loading into a MP session have loaded my cockpit in under a minute compared to 5+ minutes before. If it pops up again I'll update this thread but for now the issue seems to be resolved.