BluePhantom Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 Ever since upgrading to 2.7.5, my installation of DCS is completely messed up. Bottom line: when I have a "successful" version now, this requires two install folders \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World Openbeta\ and a separate folder DCS.openbeta at the same level as \Eagle Dynamics\. All of the main files are in the \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World Openbeta\ folder. If I delete the DCS.openbeta folder, the game creates a new one every time. The game will not run under a single DCS.openbeta folder (e.g., I move all files to that folder). What is up with this second DCS.openbeta folder? Is that standard now? It appears to contain all authentication information but very little else. And now with this "new" architecture, the game does not see my Saved Games folder with mods. I have done a fresh install of the Openbeta (which took me two days to download), and still the same thing. It is the DCS World openbeta download installer that creates the \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World Openbeta structure. Why doesn't it also create the second DCS.Openbeta folder? It's the install's own DCS.exe that creates the DCS.Openbeta folder. I'm about ready to give up on DCS.
Rudel_chw Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, BluePhantom said: when I have a "successful" version now, this requires two install folders \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World Openbeta\ and a separate folder DCS.openbeta at the same level as \Eagle Dynamics\. All of the main files are in the \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World Openbeta\ folder. If I delete the DCS.openbeta folder, the game creates a new one every time. Looks like you have somehow set your \Saved Games\ folder to the path \Eagle Dynamics\ ... can you attach your dcs.log file to understand better your issue? DCS has always used a two folder structure: One folder is used to hold the program's files (terrains, Modules, etc) and another is used for the User's data (configuration, logbook, missions, user's Mods, etc). The first folder usually goes on C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\ while the second goes on C:\Users\your-user\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta (if you use the Openbeta version of DCS). 1 hour ago, BluePhantom said: I'm about ready to give up on DCS. After just two months? .. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
BluePhantom Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 Thank you, sir. That is exactly what happened. DCS somehow decided that it wanted to put the "Saved Games" folder in the same drive as the install. My install is on drive D while the Saved Games is on drive C under the user, as usual. I understand about the two folder structure, but I was confused by the game's creation of a DCS.openbeta folder on the D drive parallel to the Eagle Dynamics folder. Previous to 2.7.5, Saved Games sat happily on drive C while the main game folder sat happily on D. I do not know how this happened. The install process never asks where you want to put the Saved Games and I can find no setting in the game for changing it. Is there a file I can edit to get it to point to the C drive location? Or do I just need to move everything to the D drive location? As for two months, I have been enjoying DCS for a year and a half now. I love it and respect it, however, I end up spending half my time either resetting all my controller mappings or solving weird configuration problems like this one. Admittedly it is sometimes after a mod install but it also happens on occasion with updates. Anyway, thanks for your help.
Rudel_chw Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 9 hours ago, BluePhantom said: DCS somehow decided that it wanted to put the "Saved Games" folder in the same drive as the install. That's not possible, since \Saved Games\ is a special folder created by Windows at the time your Windows user account was created, DCS can't create nor move it. 9 hours ago, BluePhantom said: I do not know how this happened. The install process never asks where you want to put the Saved Games and I can find no setting in the game for changing it. The install never asks because \Saved Games\ is at a known location set by Windows. Why don't you attach your dcs.log file?, it's kind of hard to help without info 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
BluePhantom Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 "That's not possible, since \Saved Games\ is a special folder created by Windows at the time your Windows user account was created, DCS can't create nor move it. " I am not saying that DCS made a \Saved Games\ folder in the D drive. \Saved Games\ exists as normal on the C drive, but DCS does not see the folder \DCS.openbeta\ under C:\Saved Games\. It creates a \DCS.openbeta\ folder on the same drive as the main install (D) and ignores all of the files under the \Saved Games\ folder on the C drive. DCS is working now but this is not a proper structure and probably not super stable. Attached is a log file for you to review. dcs.log
Rudel_chw Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, BluePhantom said: DCS is working now but this is not a proper structure and probably not super stabl it doesn’t seem to be working, according to the log it does not even reach the main DCS menu For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
BluePhantom Posted August 29, 2021 Author Posted August 29, 2021 Yes, it is all very odd. Well, it is working now and seeing the DCS.openbeta folder, so I guess I will just continue with this setup until . . . it doesn't work again. Thank you for your help, in any case.
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