Game Crashes Before Loading Into Main Menu

[justind210]

When I try to start DCS open beta in VR, the game crashes before ever reaching the main menu. This was originally happening whether I was launching in 2D or VR. I looked around here for solutions and found a common recommendation is to rename the options.lua file in the config folder to force the game to create a new one on start up. That allowed me to launch in 2D, but the game will now crash if I try to launch in VR.  Any subsequent launches after that, even in 2D result in the same crash and I have to rename the options.lua file again.

I've tried running the updater and repair tool with no luck. The crash message and failure log has been uploaded for reference. Has anyone else experienced this?  I'm using the HP Reverb G2 and my system is all up to date.

Any help would be appreciated!

dcs.log-20220902-020253.zip

[speed-of-heat]

Any mods in place? Remove them and run a repair?

[Flappie]

This happens right after the options.lua file is read, which means it happens while the game loads dx11backend.dll:

2022-09-01 21:21:24.135 INFO    GRAPHICSVISTA (Main): renderer: 'dx11backend.dll'

Instead of this (), you get that:

2022-09-02 02:02:53.098 INFO    EDCORE: try to write dump information
2022-09-02 02:02:53.099 INFO    EDCORE: # -------------- 20220902-020253 --------------
2022-09-02 02:02:53.099 INFO    EDCORE: DCS/2.7.17.29140 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19044)
2022-09-02 02:02:53.100 INFO    EDCORE: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
2022-09-02 02:02:53.100 INFO    EDCORE: # E06D7363  at 6BEE4FD9 00:00000000
2022-09-02 02:02:53.101 INFO    EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 528, UserName: 'Justin'
2022-09-02 02:02:53.101 INFO    EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19044 () 0x300-0x1
2022-09-02 02:02:53.379 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000034FD9 (KERNELBASE): RaiseException + 0x69
2022-09-02 02:02:53.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000006480 (VCRUNTIME140): _CxxThrowException + 0x90
2022-09-02 02:02:53.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000037782 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x327E2
2022-09-02 02:02:53.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000002E694 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x296F4
2022-09-02 02:02:53.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000085B8 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x3618
2022-09-02 02:02:53.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000007821 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x2881
2022-09-02 02:02:53.380 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000032C3 (vrclient_x64): VRClientCoreFactory + 0x33
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000015DA (openvr_api): VRVirtualDisplay + 0x20A
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000001B4C (openvr_api): VR_IsHmdPresent + 0x3C
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000015D48E (Visualizer): HMD::setPlatformCompensation + 0xD14E
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000014CD2C (Visualizer): TerrainRenderer::updateSharedParams + 0x277C
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000014F860 (Visualizer): HMD::initialize + 0x350
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000848AF0 (DCS): SW + 0x522C80
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000847446 (DCS): SW + 0x5215D6
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000001D478AC (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xED38A8
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000A72AAE (DCS): SW + 0x74CC3E
2022-09-02 02:02:53.381 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2022-09-02 02:02:53.382 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000526A1 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21
2022-09-02 02:02:53.505 INFO    EDCORE: Minidump created.

 

The "KERNELBASE.dll" seems to indicate a problem inherent to Windows, not DCS.

Please open your Windows Event Viewer and look into the Apps log. You should find the crash. Copy-paste any useful information, please.

Edited September 2, 2022 by Flappie

[justind210]

Thanks for the reply Flappie!  I am seeing application errors nullin the event viewer after trying to start DCS.  I updated to the most DCS open beta version this morning, and am having the same issue. I think your right, it may be an issue with Windows.  Screenshot for reference. 

[justind210]

Follow up...DCS open beta does launch if i have steam VR running first, but will not launch in WMR portal without steam VR.  This wasnt an issue before.  I wonder if it has anything to do with any recent updates to DCS?

dcs.log-20220902-202753.zip

[Flappie]

I wish the Event viewer was more expansive about this error.

Since I'm not a VR user, I can't help you much more at this point. Please create a support ticket: log in to the DCS website, click Support, then click Create a new ticket.