Regular crashing when loading mission/training due to DX11?

[nickleijenhorst]

Hey guys! I decided to give 2.7 open beta a try, but I'm currently able to load one mission before the next one decides to crash. I'll attach my crash log here, but I always get roughly the same error, which looks like:

 

2021-05-05 21:32:20.814 ERROR   EDCORE: Can't open file 'bazar/shaders/enlight/cloudssampling.hlsl.' from fs
2021-05-05 21:32:20.814 WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader enlight/clouds.fx:DIRECTX11=true;RAYMARCH_BY_DOWNSAMPLED_NEARFAR_1_4;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1; is outdated as file bazar/shaders/enlight/cloudssampling.hlsl is modified.

 

I'm using a fresh Windows 10 install with the latest update (20H2) and Nvidia drivers 466.27 (Release date: 29/04/2021)

 

I already tried removing the folder in the Saved Games directory, but no luck so far. Really hope this gets fixed soon of course because these clouds are just stunning.

 

PC details:

 

Ryzen 3900X

GTX 1080ti

16GB DDR4 RAM @ 3200MHz

dcs.log

[Flappie]

Hi and welcome to the open beta. You're having the second mission loading kind of crash:

Graphics::Renderer::FreeUnusedResources + 0x20

It seems there's no definitive solution to get rid of these crashes. Not everybody is having those and users posted different workarounds... that often don't work for long.

 

If you're using the NVIDIA FPS limiter, try disabling it.

Clear any "DCS" folder located in %TEMP%.

Still crashing? Update Windows completely (version 20H2), and also install the optional updates.

 

Please let us know how it goes after all this.

[nickleijenhorst]

Just now, Flappie said:

Hi and welcome to the open beta. You're having the second mission loading kind of crash:

Graphics::Renderer::FreeUnusedResources + 0x20

It seems there's no definitive solution to get rid of these crashes. Not everybody is having those and users posted different workarounds... that often don't work for long.

 

If you're using the NVIDIA FPS limiter, try disabling it.

Clear any "DCS" folder located in %TEMP%.

Still crashing? Update Windows completely (version 20H2), and also install the optional updates.

 

Please let us know how it goes after all this.

I'd like to say that I'm an idiot, because I updated my Nvidia drivers today, and after restarting it seems to work. Loaded like 10 missions/trainings in a row without issues.

Nvidia installer didn't tell me to reboot, and I've been mentally exhausted from today, so I thought I did actually restart.

 

TL;DR Updating to the latest Nvidia drivers solved my issue.

[Flappie]

Good.

Sometimes, this issue comes back a few days later. Come back here if you keep having these crashes.