solved Can't load DCS after todays update

[MadKreator]

DCS won't even open after I updated today. I reverted helios patches, turned off everything in OVGME, ran full file integrity check through steam (nothing corrupt or missing), restarted multiple times. Not sure what to do now. I see an error with sa342 in the log, but I don't even own the sa342.

dcs.log-20221216-182749.zip

Edited December 16, 2022 by MadKreator

[Flappie]

Your crash seems to happens during shader compiling. Try emptying your "fxo" and "metashaders2" folders.

2022-12-16 18:27:48.627 INFO    DX11BACKEND (Main): DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache done. Loaded 24/24.
2022-12-16 18:27:48.674 INFO    VISUALIZER (Main): SceneManager initialization
2022-12-16 18:27:48.695 ERROR   DX11BACKEND (Main): Shader "deferred/blurcompute.fx:DIRECTX11=true;FILTER_KERNEL0= 0.00333, 0.02382, 0.09719, 0.22598, 0.29937, 0.22598, 0.09719,;FILTER_KERNEL1= 0.02382, 0.00333;FILTER_KERNEL2= ;FILTER_KERNEL3= ;FILTER_KERNEL4= ;FILTER_SIZE=9;PIXELS_PER_THREAD_X=1;PIXELS_PER_THREAD_Y=1;SHARED_PIXELS_COUNT=640;SIZE_X=640;SIZE_Y=180;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;" failed to create.
2022-12-16 18:27:48.696 INFO    EDCORE (Main): try to write dump information
2022-12-16 18:27:48.697 INFO    EDCORE (Main): # -------------- 20221216-182749 --------------
2022-12-16 18:27:48.698 INFO    EDCORE (Main): DCS/2.8.1.34437 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.22621)
2022-12-16 18:27:48.699 INFO    EDCORE (Main): D:\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin\GraphicsCore.dll
2022-12-16 18:27:48.700 INFO    EDCORE (Main): # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 23730C13 00:00000000
2022-12-16 18:27:48.705 INFO    EDCORE (Main): SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;D:\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld;D:\Steam\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 528, UserName: 'Elite'
2022-12-16 18:27:48.706 INFO    EDCORE (Main): OS-Version: 10.0.22621 () 0x300-0x1
2022-12-16 18:27:49.358 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x0000000000010C13 (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapper::operator= + 0x2EE3
2022-12-16 18:27:49.359 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000000F4E0 (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapper::operator= + 0x17B0
2022-12-16 18:27:49.359 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000000FC3D (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapper::operator= + 0x1F0D
2022-12-16 18:27:49.359 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000005237B (GraphicsCore): deferredShading::ToneMapperWrapper::init + 0x1CB
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000ECA90 (Visualizer): smSceneManager::DestroySceneManager + 0xDFB0
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000E807D (Visualizer): smSceneManager::DestroySceneManager + 0x959D
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000DC188 (Visualizer): ViewportCalcCamera + 0x4768
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x00000000000DE9C1 (Visualizer): smSceneManager::CreateSceneManager + 0xE1
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000081AA9B (DCS): SW + 0x3DAE7B
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x0000000000819188 (DCS): SW + 0x3D9568
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000227030B (DCS): AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance + 0xF43307
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x0000000000BDF652 (DCS): SW + 0x79FA32
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000001247D (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x1D
2022-12-16 18:27:49.360 INFO    EDCORE (Main): 0x000000000005DFB8 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x28
2022-12-16 18:27:49.646 INFO    EDCORE (Main): Minidump created.

 

If this does not work, try a DCS repair.

[MadKreator]

Weird that worked lol I actually emptied them right after I did the update just to start fresh. Must have hiccuped on the first boot. Thanks Flappie!

[Flappie]

You're welcome.