solved Game does not start after latest update

[Airmage]

Hi.

Game does not start after the latest update. 

Tried removing mods, option file, input, track, payload files, fxo, metashaders, even removed entire saved games dcs folder.

I have to roll back to previous OB version to play.

Pls help, log file attached.

dcs.log

[Flappie]

Hi. Follow these steps:

1. Rename your Saved Games/DCS... folder to DCS.bak.
2. Starts DCS and wait for main menu. Does it work? If so, I'll explain how to retrieve your control bindings.

[Airmage]

doesn't work either. game stuck on main window.

 

[Havremonster]

It took longer than ever to load the game this time. Maybe give it 5 minutes if you have not done it already.

[Nealius]

1 hour ago, Havremonster said:

It took longer than ever to load the game this time. Maybe give it 5 minutes if you have not done it already.

This did it for me. Glad I checked the forums instead of doing repairs and reinstalls. I didn't time it, but I set it aside while I did something else and by the time I was back, DCS was up and running.

Edited August 26, 2022 by Nealius

[MAXsenna]

3 minutes ago, Nealius said:

This did it for me. Glad I checked the forums instead of doing repairs and reinstalls. I didn't time it, but I set it aside while I did something else and by the time I was back, DCS was up and running.

 

I use a live log viewer to monitor the DCS log. Sometimes when it seems frozen, the log churns away and shows me that it's definitely not hung. 

It took a long time for me compiling the shaders. But the log showed me. 

Cheers! 

[fagulha]

8 minutes ago, Nealius said:

This did it for me. Glad I checked the forums instead of doing repairs and reinstalls. I didn't time it, but I set it aside while I did something else and by the time I was back, DCS was up and running.

 

No need to reinstall if in the future the problem happens again. A Repair or a Cleanup takes seconds.

[Nealius]

It seems it needs to compile the shaders when changing graphics settings. Mine had to compile after the update with high settings, then when I switched to lower VR settings it had to compile shaders again.

[Airmage]

So, it seems it only loaded much slower. I've let it load longer and it finally worked.

[Flappie]

Ok, thanks for your feedback.