DCS not reaching main menu - black screen (2D & VR)

[Grontar]

Dear ED Team,

 

I open this thread as I found a problem I have never experienced: I tried to play DCS last weekend, and I was not able to even reach the main menu screen (VR or 2D) as when initiating DCS it only leads to a black screen with no end. Not a crash, not a freeze, just a black screen, and after waiting several minutes, I am forced to close the program with Alt+F4 or similar. 

 

Needless to say, I ran the slow repair / integrity check with no result. I tried a complete reinstall of the closed beta with no result. Of course, DCS & Windows are totally updated and Nvidia drivers too.

 

I attach here two logs (VR and 2D) so you can have a better view of the problem, and hopefully, get it solved.

 

Thank you very much for your swift actions and assistance. Please let me know if I can help anyway (even via Discord or similar).

 

Kind regards.

dcs A-2D.log dcs B-VR.zip

[Flappie]

Hi Grontar. Here's your issue:

 

2021-06-28 19:52:11.954 INFO    EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:1
2021-06-28 19:52:12.201 ALERT   Dispatcher: Error starting Game GUI: [string "./MissionEditor/modules/TableUtils.lua"]:3: assertion failed!
2021-06-28 19:52:12.202 INFO    EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:2

 

Try renaming this file: "C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS...\Config\options.lua" so DCS cannot find it. Name it anyway you like.

Then start DCS, which will create a brand new "options.lua" file.

Edited June 28, 2021 by Flappie

[Grontar]

Seems to do the trick! At least in 2D. I will try VR as soon as I am able to and keep you updated. 

 

Thanks a lot Flappie for such a quick and effective answer. 10/10.

 

Best regards,

[Grontar]

Dear Flappie,

 

I just managed to find some time to try VR mode. Unfortunately, the problem persists on VR, with the black screen and me not being able to reach the main menu. This time, the game crashes. Here is the log I managed to get (I guess it is not a graphic/ headset problem, as I ran Onward just to check the VR set and worked fine, as usual).

 

Sorry bothering you and thank you very much again in advance for your assistance.

 

Kindest regards.

dcs.log-20210629-215331.zip

[Flappie]

Hi Grontar, you're having a different issue now. It seems a shader couldn't be generated fom "deferred/blurcompute.fx" (second line, below).

 

2021-06-29 21:53:30.834 INFO    EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:1
2021-06-29 21:53:30.848 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Shader "deferred/blurcompute.fx:DIRECTX11=true;FILTER_KERNEL0= 0.00222, 0.00877, 0.02702, 0.06483, 0.12111, 0.17621, 0.19968,;FILTER_KERNEL1= 0.17621, 0.12111, 0.06483, 0.02702, 0.00877, 0.00222;FILTER_KERNEL2;FILTER_KERNEL3;FILTER_KERNEL4;FILTER_SIZE=13;PIXELS_PER_THREAD_X=1;PIXELS_PER_THREAD_Y=1;SHARED_PIXELS_COUNT=524;SIZE_X=524;SIZE_Y=524;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;" failed to create.
2021-06-29 21:53:30.848 INFO    EDCORE: try to write dump information
2021-06-29 21:53:31.029 INFO    EDCORE: # -------------- 20210629-215331 --------------
2021-06-29 21:53:31.057 INFO    EDCORE: DCS/2.7.2.8165 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19043)
2021-06-29 21:53:31.098 INFO    EDCORE: F:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\GraphicsCore.dll
2021-06-29 21:53:31.136 INFO    EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 8F3E03BC 00:00000000
2021-06-29 21:53:31.181 INFO    EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;F:\DCS World OpenBeta;F:\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 528, UserName: 'puppy'
2021-06-29 21:53:31.213 INFO    EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19043 () 0x100-0x1
2021-06-29 21:53:31.563 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000103BC (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapper::operator= + 0x2D1C
2021-06-29 21:53:31.571 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000000ED40 (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapper::operator= + 0x16A0
2021-06-29 21:53:31.571 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000000F4F1 (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapper::operator= + 0x1E51
2021-06-29 21:53:31.572 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000038436 (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapperWrapper::init + 0x1A6
2021-06-29 21:53:31.572 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000012C67B (Visualizer): RenderParserImpl::isEmpty + 0xF3B
2021-06-29 21:53:31.572 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000FFF18 (Visualizer): DemoScene::draw + 0x3F8
2021-06-29 21:53:31.572 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000171A46 (Visualizer): smSceneManager::CreateSceneManager + 0x9936
2021-06-29 21:53:31.573 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000800123 (DCS): SW + 0x50F623
2021-06-29 21:53:31.573 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000007D0FA4 (DCS): SW + 0x4E04A4
2021-06-29 21:53:31.573 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000007D137D (DCS): SW + 0x4E087D
2021-06-29 21:53:31.573 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000001C50651 (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xE6064D
2021-06-29 21:53:31.574 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000A081EE (DCS): SW + 0x7176EE
2021-06-29 21:53:31.574 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2021-06-29 21:53:31.574 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000052651 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2021-06-29 21:53:31.706 INFO    EDCORE: Minidump created.

 

Please try this:

1. Delete the "F:\DCS World OpenBeta\Bazar\shaders" folder
2. Run a repair

[Grontar]

Just tried it and it worked like a charm again. You are a godsend Flappie. Thank you very much and just in time to enjoy the Marianas release! 11/10 sir.

[Flappie]

Yay!  Enjoy the new map.