fixed DCS freezing in certain area of Persian Gulf on Hoggit PGAW multiplayer server

[boerdi]

Greetings,

It may be oddly specific but this problem is bugging me for some time now.

Where does it happen: on Hoggit PGAW (Persian Gulf at War) multiplayer server in a certain corner of the map.
And I don't know if it's my system, DCS itself or a quirk of the MP server.

In the past it sometimes happened when I landed on the Stennis or Washington located in the south-east corner of the map.
Recently it happened again during a Case III recovery on PGAW (freeze happening at end of video). Sadly, I didn't save the log file for this one

I was able to replicate the freeze like this (crash logs also attached to this post):

Video Example 1 - Crash Log

Video Example 2 - Crash Log

Prior to the freeze I am able to fly a sortie and blow some stuff up. After landing on one of the carriers, I check the surrounding ships and AI planes with the external cam. In this case the freeze happens when I view other planes and turn the camera.

No mods installed
Between examples 1 and 2 I tried a repair (Steam verification of file integrity), to no avail.

I do similar stuff on other maps on other servers (e.g. Hoggit GAW [Caucasus] or Flashpoint Levant [Syria]) and no freezes happen.

My PC specs:
i9-9900k / 2080 Ti / 64 GB RAM (DDR4-3200) / Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero
[RAM has been tested with MemTest86 and passed with zero errors]
Windows on 1TB M.2 NVMe (pagefile with default settings and managed by OS)
DCS (Steam) on separate 2TB M.2 NVMe
OS and all drivers up to date

Best regards

DCS Freeze - PGAW Carrier Corner - Example 1.log DCS Freeze - PGAW Carrier Corner - Example 2.log

Edited July 12, 2022 by boerdi
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[Flappie]

Hi. I don't see any obvious error in your log. You can start by disabling Tacview recordings (in the Special options of the sim). See if it helps.

[boerdi]

I disabled Tacview. Game ran a bit smoother (as expected).
Game froze again though (crash log attached)

Just for context, what I did up to the freeze:
Tried to force the freeze as soon as I spawned on the carrier without starting up aircraft.
Nothing happened, so far so good.
Took off from Washington heading north to suppress/destroy SAM.
Dodged Iranian Phoenixes and shot down a MiG-29.
No joy with TALDs and HARMs, the land and naval SAM sites were too numerous and I returned to the Washington.

On the way home I "browsed" through all the carriers with the external cam.
As soon as I viewed the Kuznetsov and turned the camera, the game froze.

It's like an asset in that cursed corner that makes the game go nuts...

2022-07-12 - PGAW carrier corner - example 3.log

Edited July 12, 2022 by boerdi

[boerdi]

Another session, another freeze
Game ran a bit longer this time though. BVR in the north and landed in Khasab but the game froze when I externally viewed the Tomcats over Carrier Corner...

Before this session I enabled additional debug info and started process explorer to get a mini dump (following these instructions)

Attached is additional debug info

And here is the mini dump of the DCS process after freeze: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pGTniJrp_o9GuptUi3-zZdPBpGOo-Wc7?usp=sharing

2022-07-12 - PGAW carrier corner - example 4 additional debug.log

Edited July 12, 2022 by boerdi

[rmk80]

It is caused by the Tomcats. Others are experiencing the exact same issue. 
 

Heatblur is looking into it and hopefully they find a solution. 

[boerdi]

Oh thank you! Seems plausible with what I experienced. I can reclaim bits of my sanity again
But also a bummer... entering the "when will it freeze?" lottery when flying near (or viewing) those planes.

If I remember correctly, I also had a freeze on the Flashpoint Levant server (Syria map) with friendly AI Tomcats patrolling along the coast.
But that was some time ago and one of the first ones, so I dismissed it as a really random game crash.

And I am 99% sure I never had a freeze on Georgia at War (Caucasus). No friendly AI fighter aircraft involved there.

 

[edit]

Found your thread on the same issue

Cheers!

 

Edited July 13, 2022 by boerdi