SVT_03_COBRA Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Hello, quick question. On startup most of the time, not every time, DCS will start loading, then go back to my desktop and I need to CTRL-ALT-Delete then cancel to get to the game. Any ideas why this happens? I'm stumped and can't figure out what triggers this or doesn't trigger this. Thanks in advance for any help or ideas offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob10 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 No idea the cause or cure, but this has started happening to me recently too. It only seems to happen on 1st launch of DCS in a session (i.e. if I close and re-open it seems to work fine). My only guess was that it's maybe related to SRS simply based on SRS used to pull me out of DCS to desktop until I changed the setting for it to not do that. That's a WAG though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, SVT_03_COBRA said: Hello, quick question. On startup most of the time, not every time, DCS will start loading, then go back to my desktop and I need to CTRL-ALT-Delete then cancel to get to the game. Any ideas why this happens? I'm stumped and can't figure out what triggers this or doesn't trigger this. Thanks in advance for any help or ideas offered. Next time it happens to you, please come back here and attach your dcs.log ("Saved Games/DCS.../Logs/dcs.log"). Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT_03_COBRA Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Flappie said: Next time it happens to you, please come back here and attach your dcs.log ("Saved Games/DCS.../Logs/dcs.log"). Will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT_03_COBRA Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Ok, here is the log as requested. dcs.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Thanks. I see a sound device error here, which seems quite unusual, but it does not seem to be the source of the crash: 2022-08-12 17:35:14.695 INFO SOUND: Opening audio device "{0.0.0.00000000}.{e30f372e-bbe4-49be-9f4a-5e5a550cc494}" 2022-08-12 17:35:14.695 ERROR SOUND: Failed to open device "{0.0.0.00000000}.{e30f372e-bbe4-49be-9f4a-5e5a550cc494}": 0x80070490 (?) Then there is an issue with the display, which seems to be the direct cause of the issue: 2022-08-12 17:35:24.811 INFO LuaNET: LOTTAF loaded 2022-08-12 17:35:24.912 INFO Dispatcher: //=== END OF INIT ======================================// 2022-08-12 17:35:24.913 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:2 2022-08-12 17:35:24.929 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:3 2022-08-12 17:35:24.929 INFO LUA: Lua CPU usage: metric: average game loading: 62.5658 % 2022-08-12 17:35:24.952 INFO APP: Screen: MainMenu 2022-08-12 17:35:29.080 INFO DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER: ChangeDisplaySettings failed! Result is -1 2022-08-12 17:35:52.848 INFO SOUND: Using SSSE3 for peak calc. 2022-08-12 17:35:52.860 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:5 2022-08-12 17:35:52.876 INFO APP: application shutdown Try renaming your options.lua file. It's stored here in: "Saved Games/DCS.../Config". Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT_03_COBRA Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Flappie said: Thanks. I see a sound device error here, which seems quite unusual, but it does not seem to be the source of the crash: 2022-08-12 17:35:14.695 INFO SOUND: Opening audio device "{0.0.0.00000000}.{e30f372e-bbe4-49be-9f4a-5e5a550cc494}" 2022-08-12 17:35:14.695 ERROR SOUND: Failed to open device "{0.0.0.00000000}.{e30f372e-bbe4-49be-9f4a-5e5a550cc494}": 0x80070490 (?) Then there is an issue with the display, which seems to be the direct cause of the issue: 2022-08-12 17:35:24.811 INFO LuaNET: LOTTAF loaded 2022-08-12 17:35:24.912 INFO Dispatcher: //=== END OF INIT ======================================// 2022-08-12 17:35:24.913 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:2 2022-08-12 17:35:24.929 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:3 2022-08-12 17:35:24.929 INFO LUA: Lua CPU usage: metric: average game loading: 62.5658 % 2022-08-12 17:35:24.952 INFO APP: Screen: MainMenu 2022-08-12 17:35:29.080 INFO DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER: ChangeDisplaySettings failed! Result is -1 2022-08-12 17:35:52.848 INFO SOUND: Using SSSE3 for peak calc. 2022-08-12 17:35:52.860 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:5 2022-08-12 17:35:52.876 INFO APP: application shutdown Try renaming your options.lua file. It's stored here in: "Saved Games/DCS.../Config". Much appreciated. I renamed the file and all good 2 of 2 times today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Good. If it happens again, report back here. Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glide Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 This has been happening to me for awhile now. I renamed options.lua, and started up fine. But, after clicking the High, turning on vsync and fullscreen, the next boot started minimized. Log attached. I think I might need to clear sharders. dcs.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Strange. Try disabling Vsync in DCS, and see if it fixes your issue. If it does, enable Vsync through NVIDIA control panel (you'll get better performance). 1 Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyeddie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) This is happening to me every time I start the game from opening my PC up. I have to go back to the desktop Task Manager and get it started from there. Once I get it running the problem goes away if I do another restart. I have tried the suggestions above - nothing works so far - it's bloody annoying. This issue started immediately after the last game update. Edited August 17, 2022 by crazyeddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 This reminds me of an old bug. Try disabling Fullscreen option and report back. Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyeddie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Flappie said: This reminds me of an old bug. Try disabling Fullscreen option and report back. Stopped Fullscreen option, closed game, closed down PC. Started PC, started game, went to the options menu correctly first time - whatever it is you remember Flappie that would appear to be the issue. I wish I could remember things like that, I cant even remember what I had for breakfast, and I always have porridge !! Is there anything we can do to fix this ourselves ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 No idea, I thought this issue was solved because I had not heard about it for a year or so. Here's an old example: Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyeddie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Okay, interesting problem, full screen is now unticked but the game is still loading in full screen ... which is my preferred option, the main thing is its loading correctly now. Many Thanks Flappie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Same result on my end. You're welcome. Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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