solved DCS MT crash at startup

[Proteuswave]

DCS MT crashes at startup.

When clicking the shortcut for DCS MT the DCS World splash screen appears then the user logging in window shows after that the game goes to full black screen for a few second then crashes without any error message etc. Normal DCS works fine and I have peformed a repair.

No mods installed.

dcs.log DxDiag.txt

Edited March 10, 2023 by Proteuswave

[Proteuswave]

Update and Bump.

Confirmed HT is enabled in Bios

Disabled HT in Bios to test

MSCONFIG Processor limit unchecked

Slow repair done

Pagefile tested Auto and set manual to 32gbs

 

All were tested seperatly but no success. All drivers are up to date.

[Flappie]

Hi @Proteuswave. It seems that your PC has no issue with your CPU, but for some reason it closes right before displaying Main Menu.

See my log (don't mind mods):

2023-03-11 11:46:52.237 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:1
2023-03-11 11:47:01.254 INFO    UIBASERENDERER (Main): Cannot load font [E:\DCS World\dxgui\skins\fonts\]!
2023-03-11 11:47:01.254 INFO    UIBASERENDERER (Main): Cannot create font [E:\DCS World\dxgui\skins\fonts\] size 0!
2023-03-11 11:47:03.513 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded E:\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\common.lua
2023-03-11 11:47:03.515 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded E:\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\multislot.lua
2023-03-11 11:47:03.516 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded E:\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\voicechat.lua
2023-03-11 11:47:03.519 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded E:\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\webGUI.lua
2023-03-11 11:47:10.155 INFO    LuaNET (Main): Loading - DCS-SRS GameGUI - Ciribob: 2.0.8.3
2023-03-11 11:47:10.157 INFO    LuaNET (Main): Loaded - DCS-SRS GameGUI - Ciribob: 2.0.8.3
2023-03-11 11:47:10.158 INFO    LuaNET (Main): Loading - DCS-SRS Overlay GameGUI - Ciribob: 2.0.8.3 
2023-03-11 11:47:10.158 INFO    LuaNET (Main): Loaded - DCS-SRS Overlay GameGUI - Ciribob: 2.0.8.3 
2023-03-11 11:47:10.159 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded C:\Users\Flav\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\Hooks\DCS-SRS-hook.lua
2023-03-11 11:47:10.159 INFO    LuaNET (Main): LOTTAF loaded
2023-03-11 11:47:10.159 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded C:\Users\Flav\Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\Hooks\lottafGameGUI.lua
2023-03-11 11:47:10.308 INFO    Dispatcher (Main): //=== END OF INIT ======================================//
2023-03-11 11:47:10.309 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:2
2023-03-11 11:47:10.340 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:3
2023-03-11 11:47:10.340 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua CPU usage: metric: average game loading: 67.3089 %
2023-03-11 11:47:10.356 INFO    APP (Main): Screen: MainMenu

And yours (don't mind shader compiling):

2023-03-10 19:48:29.303 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:1
2023-03-10 19:48:30.071 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/ffxcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=32;THREAD_Y=16;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:30.675 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/gpuexplosion.fx:DIRECTX11=true;PARTICLES_IN_CLUSTER=1;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:30.826 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/hedgehogexplosioncomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=25;THREAD_Y=40;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:31.614 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/hedgehogexplosioncomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=25;THREAD_Y=20;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:32.220 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/groundpuff.fx:DIRECTX11=true;PARTICLES_IN_CLUSTER=2;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:32.453 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/cloud.fx:DIRECTX11=true;PARTICLES_IN_CLUSTER=1;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:32.606 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/cloudcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=30;THREAD_Y=5;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:33.071 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/cloudcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=25;THREAD_Y=3;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:33.513 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/ffxcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=32;THREAD_Y=8;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:34.087 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/steamcatapult.fx:DIRECTX11=true;PARTICLES_IN_CLUSTER=1;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:34.281 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/steamcatapultcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=30;THREAD_Y=5;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:34.642 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/steamcatapultcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=25;THREAD_Y=3;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:34.944 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/overwingvapor.fx:DIRECTX11=true;PARTICLES_IN_CLUSTER=1;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:35.168 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/overwingvaporcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=30;THREAD_Y=10;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:36.057 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/overwingvaporcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=30;THREAD_Y=5;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:36.797 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/ffx.fx:ADDITIVE_GLOW;DIRECTX11=true;FFX_SOFT_PARTICLES;PARTICLES_IN_CLUSTER=1;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;
2023-03-10 19:48:36.991 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/ffxcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=32;THREAD_Y=8;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;USE_TRANSFORM_MATRIX;
2023-03-10 19:48:37.472 INFO    DX11BACKEND (9492): Compile shader: particlesystem2/ffxcomp.fx:DIRECTX11=true;THREAD_X=32;THREAD_Y=4;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;USE_TRANSFORM_MATRIX;
2023-03-10 19:48:37.876 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND (11384): texture 'LiquidAnimationNormals' not found. Asked from ''
2023-03-10 19:48:37.877 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND (12072): texture 'LiquidAnimationAlphas' not found. Asked from ''
2023-03-10 19:48:45.518 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\common.lua
2023-03-10 19:48:45.525 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\multislot.lua
2023-03-10 19:48:45.532 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\voicechat.lua
2023-03-10 19:48:45.540 INFO    APP (Main): Loaded G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Scripts\Hooks\webGUI.lua
2023-03-10 19:48:51.787 INFO    Dispatcher (Main): //=== END OF INIT ======================================//
2023-03-10 19:48:51.787 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:2
2023-03-10 19:48:51.922 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:3
2023-03-10 19:48:51.922 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua CPU usage: metric: average game loading: 62.7489 %
2023-03-10 19:48:51.943 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (dDispatcher)enterToState_:5
2023-03-10 19:48:51.957 INFO    APP (Main): application shutdown

 

Try renaming your "Saved Games/DCS..." folder (do NOT delete it).

[Proteuswave]

Hi Flappie. Ok so renamed my save game folder to "DCS.old" unfortunently the same result occurs .

Any other info I can provide you and the team to troubleshoot? I know this is all experimental so I'm expecting this kind of stuff.

[Proteuswave]

As per Bignewy's latest post.

I've done what he requested and attached the new log.

 

dcs.log

Edited March 14, 2023 by Proteuswave

[Flappie]

Thanks. You're having an issue that appeared long before MT. See this thread:

But you don't have VR, do you?

[Proteuswave]

No VR, just flat screen.

[Flappie]

Ive just found something werid in your standard dcs.log:

2023-03-10 19:46:24.726 INFO    APP (Main): Command line: "G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin-mt\DCS.exe" Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin-mt\DCS.exe

It should look like this:

2023-03-10 19:46:24.726 INFO    APP (Main): Command line: "G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin-mt\DCS.exe"

Maybe it's an issue with your shortcut?

What happens if you launch MT DCS by clicking on the DCS.exe icon?

1. Browse to "G:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin-mt\".
2. Double-click DCS.exe.

[Proteuswave]

Thanks Flappie that was it!

[Flappie]

Yay! Thanks for your feedback.