DCS crash when loading replays

[ohbassoon]

I was in a squadron mission yesterday and wanted to get screenshots but every single time I run this mission, I immediately get a crash and a log that says 'module-name-not-available.' I've tried deleting my mods, apart from the ones necessary to run the track itself being the herc, blackhawk, samsite, and 476th range targets. I've also tried running on single thread and multithread, with and without admin, and deleting the way from export.lua in scripts. I have no idea what the issue is and it's been happening with a lot of replays recently since the last major update in december. (the username from saved games has been replaced with oboe because i dont want to dox myself).

Attached are 2 logs, one of which is with all my normal mods and the other is just with the necessary ones.

dcscrashwithalotofmods.log dcscrashwithnecessarymods.log

[CrowDude]

Your not alone.. There are few other threads talking about this.

Big newly was suspecting it's because we are missing the scripts that our multiplayer mission had on. But n past all the replays I would load from my milsim group would load but it would just give me a warning message freaking out about missing scripts. I would just close the warning but the replay would still work regardless and I could film. 

I suspect something changed on ED.s side.  

[silverdevil]

19 hours ago, ohbassoon said:

I was in a squadron mission yesterday and wanted to get screenshots but every single time I run this mission, I immediately get a crash and a log that says 'module-name-not-available.' I've tried deleting my mods, apart from the ones necessary to run the track itself being the herc, blackhawk, samsite, and 476th range targets. I've also tried running on single thread and multithread, with and without admin, and deleting the way from export.lua in scripts. I have no idea what the issue is and it's been happening with a lot of replays recently since the last major update in december. (the username from saved games has been replaced with oboe because i dont want to dox myself).

Attached are 2 logs, one of which is with all my normal mods and the other is just with the necessary ones.

 

10 hours ago, CrowDude said:

Your not alone.. There are few other threads talking about this.

Big newly was suspecting it's because we are missing the scripts that our multiplayer mission had on. But n past all the replays I would load from my milsim group would load but it would just give me a warning message freaking out about missing scripts. I would just close the warning but the replay would still work regardless and I could film. 

I suspect something changed on ED.s side.  

hello. ED is constantly attempting improvements which will sometimes break things for some users. they are especially trying to improve track system, which has been a big subject of contention for many years.

i would suggest posting both of your DCS.LOGs and the TRK causing the issue. there are literally thousands of players that do not have problems with DCS that can try the TRK. this can be the baseline for troubleshooting.

[ohbassoon]

10 hours ago, silverdevil said:

 

hello. ED is constantly attempting improvements which will sometimes break things for some users. they are especially trying to improve track system, which has been a big subject of contention for many years.

i would suggest posting both of your DCS.LOGs and the TRK causing the issue. there are literally thousands of players that do not have problems with DCS that can try the TRK. this can be the baseline for troubleshooting.

my first message has two logs from the same mission but I will attach the track here for the mission, has to be through dropbox due to the size.

[silverdevil]

@ohbassoon i tried to load your track and i too crashed.

2024-02-11 19:07:47.014 ALERT   APP (Main): Unhandled exception: Unexpected end of track fiber track/net

this is a new error to me. the track is massive. not sure if this has anything to do with the issue.

your log (necessary mods) has the same error.

2024-02-07 18:49:26.969 ALERT   APP (Main): Unhandled exception: Unexpected end of track fiber track/net

@Flappie - in case you have not seen this error. as you know i have a healthy install. i still got this strange error.

[ohbassoon]

5 hours ago, silverdevil said:

@ohbassoon i tried to load your track and i too crashed.

2024-02-11 19:07:47.014 ALERT   APP (Main): Unhandled exception: Unexpected end of track fiber track/net

this is a new error to me. the track is massive. not sure if this has anything to do with the issue.

your log (necessary mods) has the same error.

2024-02-07 18:49:26.969 ALERT   APP (Main): Unhandled exception: Unexpected end of track fiber track/net

@Flappie - in case you have not seen this error. as you know i have a healthy install. i still got this strange error.

Yes, the track is VERY large, I forgot to mention this so I'm quite sorry if this crucial information but that is actually a track from a friend for that squadron mission. My own version of the track CTD's my game and I don't get a 'proper' log so I asked for his. I'll put my version of the track here (still massive, actually 2mb bigger) and attached are 2 log files, again with a lot of mods and then just the necessary ones. Again, sorry for not remembering this earlier!

my_track_log_necessary_mods.log my_track_log_with_a_lot_of_mods.log

[CrowDude]

I can be pretty sure that this .trk crash issue has nothing to do with your ability to be able load .trk file in general but has to do with you not being to generate a healthy working .trk file on your own machine. I know this because a friend of mine who is not experiencing this issue, gave me his working .trk and I was able to load it on my end and use it like normal.  

I had a hunch this is some how linked to the new micro stuttering issue with Multi threaded right now. See: https://youtu.be/y7jkkGNKVV8?si=G5rHKmfqmccWORDz & https://forum.dcs.world/topic/335866-disabling-core-parking-in-windows-fixed-my-stuttering-in-menu-and-game/

So I did a multiplayer flight today on single threaded and I was able to successfully generate a working .trk file. This is from the same server that was giving me a broken .trk before when I was flying on MT.

Even so when I loaded the .replay I am not able to orbit around an aircraft in the F2 view. I pressed Alt C to see if it was toggled to cock pit mouse mode some how too. I cant use the mouse to control the camera at all. Not sure if this is different issue or what's going on there. 

Edited February 12, 2024 by CrowDude

[ohbassoon]

18 hours ago, CrowDude said:

I can be pretty sure that this .trk crash issue has nothing to do with your ability to be able load .trk file in general but has to do with you not being to generate a healthy working .trk file on your own machine. I know this because a friend of mine who is not experiencing this issue, gave me his working .trk and I was able to load it on my end and use it like normal.  

I had a hunch this is some how linked to the new micro stuttering issue with Multi threaded right now. See: https://youtu.be/y7jkkGNKVV8?si=G5rHKmfqmccWORDz & https://forum.dcs.world/topic/335866-disabling-core-parking-in-windows-fixed-my-stuttering-in-menu-and-game/

So I did a multiplayer flight today on single threaded and I was able to successfully generate a working .trk file. This is from the same server that was giving me a broken .trk before when I was flying on MT.

Even so when I loaded the .replay I am not able to orbit around an aircraft in the F2 view. I pressed Alt C to see if it was toggled to cock pit mouse mode some how too. I cant use the mouse to control the camera at all. Not sure if this is different issue or what's going on there. 

 

The odd thing is, is that sometimes it just works! I'm able to generate a 'working' track file on contention syria but not one on any grayflag server. I deleted my track files about a 2-3 weeks ago cause I thought that would fix the issue so I lost those track files. I have no idea why but there are probably more servers where it works.

Edited February 12, 2024 by ohbassoon

[oOxmOo]

No problem in loading Singleplayer replays but I'll guess it's a known problem by now with DCS 2.9, that 99% of all multiplayer replays no matter what server, are broken and result in a CTD...

[CrowDude]

Okay I choose the nuclear option.

I Did a fresh install of windows 11 and nuked everything related to DCS. I did a fresh install of everything. And and went full sicko mode and even manually rebound my joy stick inputs. 

After doing all of this and not even configuring my game under nVidia control panel or messing cpu parking I can now play on MT with out stutter or hitching and my multiplayer replays "work"

The only thing is even if I load the "working" multiplayer replay I cant use the mouse to orbit around an object in F2 view so ED still needs to address this. The mouse is rendered non functioning for me on multiplayer replays.

The question I have for you is are you willing do that, reinstall everything? 

A "working" DCS is waiting for you on the other side friends.

Join me in Valhalla...

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X GPU: RTX 3090 RAM: 32 GIGS & 2 TB NVME SDD

Edited February 16, 2024 by CrowDude

[CrowDude]

Okay a multiplayer replay .trk just crashed me. Its officially and ED problem. Nothing we can do on our end but at least my MT stutter is gone. 

[BIGNEWY]

On 2/7/2024 at 6:57 PM, ohbassoon said:

I was in a squadron mission yesterday and wanted to get screenshots but every single time I run this mission, I immediately get a crash and a log that says 'module-name-not-available.' I've tried deleting my mods, apart from the ones necessary to run the track itself being the herc, blackhawk, samsite, and 476th range targets. I've also tried running on single thread and multithread, with and without admin, and deleting the way from export.lua in scripts. I have no idea what the issue is and it's been happening with a lot of replays recently since the last major update in december. (the username from saved games has been replaced with oboe because i dont want to dox myself).

Attached are 2 logs, one of which is with all my normal mods and the other is just with the necessary ones.

dcscrashwithalotofmods.log 144.09 kB · 10 downloads dcscrashwithnecessarymods.log 126.43 kB · 11 downloads

sorry for over looking this thread. 

your log without a lot of mods has many mods 

Custom Mods
Hercules ver 6.8.2,Civil Aircraft Mod,Thermal power plant R,CH US Infantry 1.5.0,SMAO 2.0,Civilian Assets Pack - Vehicles v1.0,Civilian Assets Pack - Navy v2.1,SH60B,A-4E-C,F-22A,UH-60L,DCS-SRS,SAM Site Assets,ECHO19_CORE_ULTIMATE,Ze_Dim'_New_Static_Packv0.4,Airfield Assets

 

We can not test with these unofficial mods, they are likely creating the crashes you are seeing. 

please remove all unofficial mods and create a track without them and upload the log again if you still have issues. 

Currently with a vanilla DCS I am unable to reproduce the replay crash on my machine, I will have others check it also. 

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Please everyone who is experiencing an issue do the same and attach your dcs log from the crash session, keep the feedback constructive for bug reports as it is not helpful otherwise. Our forum rules can be found at the top. 

thanks

 

[CrowDude]

Everyone if you want your replays to work start flying on ST. The server I fly on has a lot of mods and scripts too.

Multiplayer .trks generated while flying on MT become busted somehow.

I get such good fps on MT too.

I was able get working .trks on MT in Nov of 2023 until ED updated it. 

Hey at least I can view .trks made on ST on MT after the fact.

If you cant move the mouse camera on a replay then look for a command called Camera Local input layer Toggle. If anyone wants to get into content creation check out my camera tool here: 

 

Edited March 4, 2024 by CrowDude