screen flicker

[lxsapper]

I don't know if this is actually only happening with the F-15 or with DCS, but in my testing appears so. So I'm putting it here to try and pin point if anyone else noticed this.

When flying the F-15E I've been noticing an occasional screen flicker, it happens fast maybe only a single frame. I seen to have noticed it happening when loading an F-15 mission as well.

At first I thought I was starting to have a problem with my GPU but it doesn't appear to happen in any other games. And as far as I can tell it only happens with the F-15. I was doing some AI dogfighting with the Tomcat last night for quite a bit of time and I didn't notice it once. Seems to happens several times every few minutes or so with the F-15E.

Like I said I can't definitely say it's the F-15E or DCS, maybe it is my GPU, I'm just tryna to figure out if anyone else is noticing it, which would probably rule out the GPU.

[hughesj2]

Yeah I've had this a few times mostly over Sinai and running MT. Almost like half of the screen goes black for a frame, like a really bad screen tearing.

 

This maybe?

Flickering in MT? https://forum.dcs.world/topic/328230-flickering-in-mt/

Cheers

James

Edited July 5, 2023 by hughesj2
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[Lykurgus]

On 7/3/2023 at 11:11 AM, lxsapper said:

I don't know if this is actually only happening with the F-15 or with DCS, but in my testing appears so. So I'm putting it here to try and pin point if anyone else noticed this.

When flying the F-15E I've been noticing an occasional screen flicker, it happens fast maybe only a single frame. I seen to have noticed it happening when loading an F-15 mission as well.

At first I thought I was starting to have a problem with my GPU but it doesn't appear to happen in any other games. And as far as I can tell it only happens with the F-15. I was doing some AI dogfighting with the Tomcat last night for quite a bit of time and I didn't notice it once. Seems to happens several times every few minutes or so with the F-15E.

Like I said I can't definitely say it's the F-15E or DCS, maybe it is my GPU, I'm just tryna to figure out if anyone else is noticing it, which would probably rule out the GPU.

Yeah I get this too. It’s like a stutter just a bit longer with a flash of black screen. It usually signals a crash for me and the. I get CTD and or BSOD

[inexus]

I got a similar issue in the F-15E. I it can be either the right or the left half of the screen that occasionally has a black flash every 10 sec or so sometimes when in the cockpit view. I have never experienced this in any other module. 

Edited July 8, 2023 by inexus

[Appleonastick]

What I've seen on my last flight on a night strike, was something that looked like lightning. Only occasionally, and 10/20min apart from each other, super weird since weather is set to clear.
Not sure if this is the same as what you're seeing

[Warez27]

I have flickering on Sinai and South Atlantic map. If I fly on the plane with mirrors enabled and towards sun. Appears after 10-20 secs.

[pii]

On 7/3/2023 at 11:11 AM, lxsapper said:

I don't know if this is actually only happening with the F-15 or with DCS, but in my testing appears so. So I'm putting it here to try and pin point if anyone else noticed this.

When flying the F-15E I've been noticing an occasional screen flicker, it happens fast maybe only a single frame. I seen to have noticed it happening when loading an F-15 mission as well.

At first I thought I was starting to have a problem with my GPU but it doesn't appear to happen in any other games. And as far as I can tell it only happens with the F-15. I was doing some AI dogfighting with the Tomcat last night for quite a bit of time and I didn't notice it once. Seems to happens several times every few minutes or so with the F-15E.

Like I said I can't definitely say it's the F-15E or DCS, maybe it is my GPU, I'm just tryna to figure out if anyone else is noticing it, which would probably rule out the GPU.

I noticed it

[Grytvanten]

Same goes for me, I have a rather hi spec PC and first my thoughts went to the GPU as well, but It only appear for a split second, some time half the screen, sometime the whole, some are worse som are more like slight screentearing.

To be fair, the F-15E is in development.

 

Best of regards

[Jel]

Am 8.7.2023 um 13:04 schrieb Appleonastick:

What I've seen on my last flight on a night strike, was something that looked like lightning. Only occasionally, and 10/20min apart from each other, super weird since weather is set to clear.
Not sure if this is the same as what you're seeing

Boy and i was already thinking my GPU died on me. Had the very same and first thought "lightning ? I have set clear weather..."

[Moxica]

Me to. Just reconfigured my hardware, but it is still there. 
Caucasus; Flickering MFD with TPOD, and what seem to be lighting flashes.
Flashes are not in cockpit.

[MAXsenna]

Try to turn off the mirrors guys. It helped with this bug before if it is the same. And then it's not the module but the lighting of the map.

[Slippa]

I wish all I had was flickering.

On a MP server, for the past month or so I’ve been seeing my screen darken for 10-20 seconds, as if someone turned all the lights off or dimmed them. It isn’t pitch black, more like it goes from daylight to a stormy gloomy and a super cloudy day. It flicks back to looking as it should but it can happen any time it seems. Hasn’t happened when I’ve been in the air, just on the airfield. If I look away with trackir then look front and centre again it sometimes flicks back to normal.

I’d been trying to get graphics settings looking better so thought initially maybe it was something I’d set but it isn’t. I’ve only seen it on the Normandy map so far. I’ve done a slow repair since it started as well as renamed my saved games, even reinstalled DCS. No idea what’s causing it.

[Moxica]

13 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Try to turn off the mirrors guys. It helped with this bug before if it is the same. And then it's not the module but the lighting of the map.

My mirrors are off by default, and I rarely use them. Still flickering MFD (TPOD) and those weird thunderless lighting flashes.   

[MAXsenna]

I wish all I had was flickering.
On a MP server, for the past month or so I’ve been seeing my screen darken for 10-20 seconds, as if someone turned all the lights off or dimmed them. It isn’t pitch black, more like it goes from daylight to a stormy gloomy and a super cloudy day. It flicks back to looking as it should but it can happen any time it seems. Hasn’t happened when I’ve been in the air, just on the airfield. If I look away with trackir then look front and centre again it sometimes flicks back to normal.
I’d been trying to get graphics settings looking better so thought initially maybe it was something I’d set but it isn’t. I’ve only seen it on the Normandy map so far. I’ve done a slow repair since it started as well as renamed my saved games, even reinstalled DCS. No idea what’s causing it.

Another user have reported something similar. Did you see that?

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My mirrors are off by default, and I rarely use them. Still flickering MFD (TPOD) and those weird thunderless lighting flashes.   

Right! It seems maybe several things are in play for different users.

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[Slippa]

11 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Another user have reported something similar. Did you see that?

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Right! It seems maybe several things are in play for different users.

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I haven’t seen another thread about it yet, no, just this.

[Moxica]

I have some Currenthill mods in that mission. Not sure if relevant, but I see flashes only in that one.
TPOD flicker looks like small hickups esp. when moving cursor.

[Jel]

vor 3 Stunden schrieb MAXsenna:

Try to turn off the mirrors guys. It helped with this bug before if it is the same. And then it's not the module but the lighting of the map.

I have no such issues with any other DCS module. Just the F15E.

So i may say: No sir, it must have to do with the module

[MAXsenna]

I have no such issues with any other DCS module. Just the F15E.
So i may say: No sir, it must have to do with the module

Allright, allright, I yield!
Razbam and OnReTech devs better call ED and ask how this bug was solved last time then.

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I haven’t seen another thread about it yet, no, just this.

Is this similar to what you experience?

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/332226-randomly-becoming-blind-while-flying-at-night-cant-see-instruments/

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[Slippa]

24 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Is this similar to what you experience?

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/332226-randomly-becoming-blind-while-flying-at-night-cant-see-instruments/

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Well, not really no. It doesn't go so dark for me as it looks for the fella in the other thread.

I read through it though and someone mentioned the shaders folder. When this happened to me before while I was on a MP server I tapped out in the chat that it was happening. "Who turned down the lights" sort of thing. Somebody tapped back that it may be something to do with shaders. Not really understanding all that I took in on board and meant to check later. My memory cells are like toffee these days and it slipped my mind. What did? What am I on about and who put me in front of this computer? I'm meant to be on a paradise beach.

I followed a bit on the other thread and tried deleting everything in the metashaders folder and the fxo? folder. They're in the bin and I haven't emptied it so will fire up DCS and see if it happens again. It's happened several times while I've been on the 4Ya Training server. Will see if it carries on.

Cheers.

[Slippa]

It carries on.

if the brightness had a switch, not a dial, and the settings were from 1-low to 11-high, it goes from a normal 10 down to about a 6 for a few seconds, the change being instant. It switches back up after that but can dim again say, halfway down the runway. Very off putting but manageable.

DCS created new stuff in the folders I mentioned on loading, before even choosing it an aircraft. I don’t think it’s to do with what’s in those folders.

Edited September 21, 2023 by Slippa
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