unipus Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Not exactly a crash, but my game will now load a mission entirely to the point of "Mission Load Done" and then hangs there forever (while still being "responsive," according to Windows). Seen a couple other people mention something similar but no solution. I'm sure this is a result of me trying to optimize some VR performance issues. I did the Kegetys shader replacement - which rebuilt all shaders but then would eventually hangup (and become actually non-responsive). I also replaced the openvr_api.dll as recommended a couple places. Trying to get back to just a running game, I have rolled back both of those changes. Cannot get past Mission Load Done. I deleted the entire Bazar folder, ran a repair, and re-downloaded all of it. Same result. Interestingly, the metashaders folder has not re-generated any content at any point. Not sure where to go from here. I've recently had other issues which were resolved, so I can confirm that DCS is excluded from anti-virus, which was an issue previously. I also had to reinstall the C++ runtimes. My machine did recently do a Windows Update, which could be a factor (maybe even totally unrelated to all the VR stuff).
Flappie Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Do your freezes essentially happen when using the F-14 or with any aircraft? Please reproduce the issue then attach the resulting dcs.log file ( C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS...\Logs\dcs.log - may appear as "dcs" ). ---
unipus Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) Not the F-14. Mi-24 is the one I've tried so far, but I can try another. I'll do the Su-25T as a safety. dcs.log Edited July 19, 2021 by unipus log attached
unipus Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 Confirmed, same thing happens with Su-25T dcs.log
Flappie Posted July 20, 2021 Posted July 20, 2021 Thanks. Please try this: Ensure DCS is not running. Go to "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\NV_Cache". Delete all its content. Windows will probably rant about some files being opened: it's OK, just hit "Ignore". Empty "C:\Users\Flav\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta" folder. Empty "C:\Users\Fenrir\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\metashaders2" folder (it's often empty - nowadays, it seems to fill up only when playing). Empty "C:\Users\Fenrir\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\fxo" folder. If it doesn't help, please attach your dxdiag log (how to get one). ---
unipus Posted July 20, 2021 Author Posted July 20, 2021 NV_Cache folder didn't exist. I re-confirmed drivers are up to date and went through the other steps again. No change, unfortunately. DxDiag.txt
Flappie Posted July 20, 2021 Posted July 20, 2021 NV_Cache folder does exist for everyone with a Nvidia GPU. Just copy "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\NV_Cache", hit LWin + R, paste, then hit Enter. I see in your DxDiag log that you have 3 nearly full drives: C:\ has 22 GB left D:\ has 17 GB left G:\ has 26 GB left Please run the following command -which will tell us where your pagefile is stored- in a "cmd" window and paste the result here : wmic pagefile list /format:list ---
unipus Posted July 20, 2021 Author Posted July 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Flappie said: NV_Cache folder does exist for everyone with a Nvidia GPU. Just copy "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\NV_Cache", hit LWin + R, paste, then hit Enter. I see in your DxDiag log that you have 3 nearly full drives: C:\ has 22 GB left D:\ has 17 GB left G:\ has 26 GB left Please run the following command -which will tell us where your pagefile is stored- in a "cmd" window and paste the result here : wmic pagefile list /format:list Doesn't exist for me; see screenshot. Pagefile is on C. There should be more space available on now, a few swap files were in use but since closed. However, I do need to free up some space there regardless. AllocatedBaseSize=28910 CurrentUsage=1058 Description=C:\pagefile.sys InstallDate=20210616131507.287142-420 Name=C:\pagefile.sys PeakUsage=3321 Status= TempPageFile=FALSE
Flappie Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 8 hours ago, unipus said: Doesn't exist for me; see screenshot. Indeed. Well, this may be the source of your issue. Please try this: Uninstall your NVIDIA driver using DDU Reinstall your NVIDIA driver ---
unipus Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 I'll give it a try when able. Unfortunately right now I'm in the middle of a work project which relies on my GPU quite a bit -- so it'll have to wait a bit until that's wrapped up.
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