Game Crashes During Startup

[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. I also posted this in the VR Bug Section, but I think its appropriate here also.

Any help would be appreciated!

dcs.log-20220902-020000.zip

[Flappie]

Hi, the game says the VR gear is shutting off, which prompts the crash:

2022-09-02 02:00:00.107 INFO    EDCORE: try to write dump information
2022-09-02 02:00:00.108 INFO    EDCORE: # -------------- 20220902-020000 --------------
2022-09-02 02:00:00.108 INFO    EDCORE: DCS/2.7.17.29140 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.19044)
2022-09-02 02:00:00.109 INFO    EDCORE: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
2022-09-02 02:00:00.110 INFO    EDCORE: # E06D7363  at 6BEE4FD9 00:00000000
2022-09-02 02:00:00.112 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 02:00:00.112 INFO    EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.19044 () 0x300-0x1
2022-09-02 02:00:00.432 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000034FD9 (KERNELBASE): RaiseException + 0x69
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000006480 (VCRUNTIME140): _CxxThrowException + 0x90
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000037782 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x327E2
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000002E694 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x296F4
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000085B8 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x3618
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000007821 (vrclient_x64): VR_Shutdown + 0x2881
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000032C3 (vrclient_x64): VRClientCoreFactory + 0x33
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000015DA (openvr_api): VRVirtualDisplay + 0x20A
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000001B4C (openvr_api): VR_IsHmdPresent + 0x3C
2022-09-02 02:00:00.433 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000015D48E (Visualizer): HMD::setPlatformCompensation + 0xD14E
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000014CD2C (Visualizer): TerrainRenderer::updateSharedParams + 0x277C
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x000000000014F860 (Visualizer): HMD::initialize + 0x350
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000848AF0 (DCS): SW + 0x522C80
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000847446 (DCS): SW + 0x5215D6
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000001D478AC (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xED38A8
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000A72AAE (DCS): SW + 0x74CC3E
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x0000000000017034 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14
2022-09-02 02:00:00.434 INFO    EDCORE: 0x00000000000526A1

 

Check your Windows Event viewer at the time of the crash for clues. Look into the Apps log.