solved DCS does not start, black screen

[pabletesoy]

Hello,

after the small startup screen where the DCS worls logo is displayed, the screen goes black in full screen.

I attached is the  dcs.log archive.

Any idea?

Thanks

 

dcs.log

[pabletesoy]

Helloooo?…

 

[silverdevil]

Just now, pabletesoy said:

Helloooo?…

 

hello. the dcs log does not end normally so the log is incomplete. there is one error i see that i doubt means anything to the crashing but...

Quote

2022-12-27 23:19:34.109 ERROR   INPUT (Main): Joystick vJoy Device {FB07AA60-08F7-11eb-8002-444553540000} set spring autocenter failed! 

are you ending the task because the game is taking a long time to start?

[pabletesoy]

Yes, I use to close DCS because nothing it,s happening…

 

[silverdevil]

2 minutes ago, pabletesoy said:

Yes, I use to close DCS because nothing it,s happening…

 

understood. please create a log as described in this link

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Obtaining-a-DXDIAG-log-for-diagnostics-and-troubleshooting-issues-with-graphic-cards.html

post log here.

[pabletesoy]

Here is the log.

DxDiag.txt

[silverdevil]

1 hour ago, pabletesoy said:

Here is the log.

DxDiag.txt 116.31 kB · 1 download

thanks for the log. please try this. go to Saved Games, find the DCS folder (DCS or DCS.openbeta). then find the CONFIG folder. RENAME to CONFIG.BAK. then try game again. this will not have your input control settings. if this works we can get those back.

[pabletesoy]

Ok. Now I can open the game, but I can't login and I have the message that my modules doesn't work...

Edited December 28, 2022 by pabletesoy

[silverdevil]

1 minute ago, pabletesoy said:

Ok. Now I can open the game, but I can't login and I have the message that my modules doesn't work...

 

sort of good news. the CONFIG folder got rebuilt so essentially empty. you will need to login again. try this. go to the CONFIG folder and open OPTIONS.LUA with notepad. find the line below

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        ["autologin"] = true,

change true to false and retry. next thing we will try is getting back INPUT folder.

[pabletesoy]

nullMmmm, autologin = true doesn,t works...I continued without being able to loggin.

[silverdevil]

4 minutes ago, pabletesoy said:

nullMmmm, autologin = true doesn,t works...I continued without being able to loggin.

oops sorry. change TRUE to FALSE

[pabletesoy]

Does not work with true or false...

When I renamed the Saved Games folder I changed the password because I couldn't remember it...did that create a mess?
Anyway I can log in to my ED account.

[silverdevil]

31 minutes ago, pabletesoy said:

Does not work with true or false...

When I renamed the Saved Games folder I changed the password because I couldn't remember it...did that create a mess?
Anyway I can log in to my ED account.

not a mess. just a desafío.  at any point are you prompted for username and password? 

can you post a screenshot of the message that appears?

EDIT. since you can login to website, do you see modules in your account?

Edited December 28, 2022 by silverdevil

[pabletesoy]

Before the game starts...

null

[silverdevil]

ok since you changed your password, enter it in the password box. this should correct the issue.

[pabletesoy]

 I have tried many times but I always get the same message...Invalid username or password.

[silverdevil]

Just now, pabletesoy said:

 I have tried many times but I always get the same message...Invalid username or password.

ugh. so close. weird. only thing i can think of is to open notepad and put in username and password and then copy paste. did you save it in browser? if so check the password in settings.  you may need to change it again to make sure. 

[pabletesoy]

Nothing, I changed the password. The data is correct and it's still the same...

[pete_auau]

try this  might work  have to  tried to  run  it as admin since  the  folder  which  dcs  is  in is  not  allowing  your  password  to be  changed   sounds like  a folder  protection issue

 

Ok  so you  changed  the  password  in the  saved   section   but  you  didn't  change  your password  in   the  website to reflect  the  same  password ? are you sure your  entering  the  correct password  etc  since  this  has  caught   many users  out

Edited December 29, 2022 by pete_auau

[pabletesoy]

 I have run it as Admin and it still does not recognize the password. I am absolutely sure that the user data is correct, I have repeated this operation too many times to be wrong,
I have reinstalled DCS and the problem persists. In fact now it is worse because there is no trace of any moduleand it has also created a new folder inside saved games, so now I have a duplicity problem...I think I have installed the stable version, so I will repeat the installation.

Edited December 29, 2022 by pabletesoy

[pete_auau]

strange  one  when   reinstalling dcs   did you remove  all of  its  folders   etc,  beta  and  stable  wont  make  any  difference  to  your  issues, hope  you get it  sorted.  what anti  virus  protection your  using  since  some  of  them  plays  havoc  on  installing  software

Just to add  what did you install prior  to  your  issue or  what  changes  you made  before  the issue  came  about?

[pabletesoy]

I have no antivirus.... I have reinstalled the Beta version and the black screen continues.

I don't remember installing anything....It is also very strange, because if I delete and rename the saved games folder it runs DCS, but without being able to log in and without modules.

Edited December 29, 2022 by pabletesoy

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, pabletesoy said:

I have no antivirus....

 

if you dont have a third party AV, then Windows activated its own (MS Defender)

 

1 hour ago, pabletesoy said:

.. if I delete and rename the saved games folder it runs DCS, but without being able to log in and without modules.

If you don’t know your password, you will need to open a Support Ticket and  ask them to reset the password for you.

[pete_auau]

11 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

If you don’t know your password, you will need to open a Support Ticket and  ask them to reset the password for you.

he   can  get  on  the  dcs  web  site  but  for  some  reason  not  able to log into the  dcs  games,  question i thought  it  was  the  same  password   and  log  in  details  as  the  web  site?

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, pete_auau said:

question i thought  it  was  the  same  password   and  log  in  details  as  the  web  site?

 

Many users confuse access to the ED Forums with access  to the ED Store ... they are separate accounts. Maybe the user believes he has access because he can enter the Forum. If the game says invalid password, then its invalid password, there is no other cause (unless his PC has a wrong date/time of day, as a wrong one can impact the authentication).