solved DCS freezing

[Flia]

Greetings

I noticed that since the last patch released 0.04.2024 my DCS started crashing very often. Sometimes even twice a day. I never had such crashes when flying DCS and so often. On the contrary, I have always considered DCS to be a very stable sim.

I don't know what to do and I ask for help. Here is my log.

 

dcs.log

Edited April 22, 2024 by Flia

[Flappie]

Can you confirm the freeze happened while you were performing AAR?

2024-04-22 12:03:32.978 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: SAME MODEL TIME
2024-04-22 12:11:09.233 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 690, CPU load: 0.4%, Mem: 521.3 MB
2024-04-22 12:11:15.472 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 690, CPU load: 1.3%, Mem: 530.6 MB
2024-04-22 12:11:47.260 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 690, CPU load: 0.4%, Mem: 532.3 MB
2024-04-22 12:15:19.294 INFO    Dispatcher (Main): Stop
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 INFO    APP (Main): wcTanker::onEvent:5
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (wcTanker::Channel)enterToState_:6
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 WARNING LOG (19264): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (wcTanker)enterToState_:3
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 INFO    APP (Main): wcTanker::onEvent:5
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (wcTanker::Channel)enterToState_:6
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 WARNING LOG (19264): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-04-22 12:15:19.694 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (wcTanker)enterToState_:3

 

[Flia]

Negative. 

I don't remember ever having a single freeze when I was in AAR

Edited April 22, 2024 by Flia

[Flappie]

I've just found this in your log:

2024-04-22 08:59:25.731 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 09:00:21.679 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 683, CPU load: 0.4%, Mem: 525.6 MB
2024-04-22 09:00:23.304 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 09:08:55.525 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [PCI] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
2024-04-22 09:08:56.255 WARNING LOG (19264): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-04-22 09:08:56.255 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [PCI] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
2024-04-22 09:08:56.317 INFO    INPUT (Main): created [TrackIR]
2024-04-22 09:08:56.819 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [PCI] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
2024-04-22 09:10:16.641 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [PCI] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
2024-04-22 09:10:22.279 WARNING LOG (19264): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-04-22 09:10:22.279 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [PCI] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
2024-04-22 09:10:22.345 INFO    INPUT (Main): created [TrackIR]
2024-04-22 09:10:22.808 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [PCI] Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
2024-04-22 09:11:25.045 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 09:11:38.752 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 683, CPU load: 0.4%, Mem: 475.6 MB
2024-04-22 09:13:34.523 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 09:13:44.123 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]

Were you unplugging/plugging your Ethernet cable or is it something with your PC?

I also see a lot of Alt+Tabbing here:

2024-04-22 07:51:26.218 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED
2024-04-22 07:52:32.068 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 07:52:38.720 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 07:53:32.898 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 07:53:34.557 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 07:55:04.017 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 683, CPU load: 0.4%, Mem: 477.7 MB
2024-04-22 07:56:56.394 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 07:57:25.399 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 07:58:14.017 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 07:58:31.345 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 07:58:31.662 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: SAME MODEL TIME
2024-04-22 08:07:52.125 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:07:58.509 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:10:44.962 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:11:18.241 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:13:32.003 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:13:43.818 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:13:43.833 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: SAME MODEL TIME
2024-04-22 08:13:55.042 INFO    LUA (Main): Lua: States: 683, CPU load: 0.4%, Mem: 493.7 MB
2024-04-22 08:13:59.255 INFO    INPUT (Main): created [TrackIR]
2024-04-22 08:17:52.666 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:17:54.932 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:19:22.339 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:19:24.156 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:24:42.276 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:26:16.902 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:27:28.294 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:27:29.345 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:29:54.220 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:30:00.916 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:30:01.157 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: SAME MODEL TIME
2024-04-22 08:31:32.961 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:31:55.512 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]
2024-04-22 08:32:37.907 INFO    APP (Main): wcTanker::onEvent:0
2024-04-22 08:32:37.917 INFO    EDCORE (Main): (wcTanker)enterToState_:2
2024-04-22 08:33:57.722 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-04-22 08:33:58.840 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [3440, 1440]

Was it you?

[Flia]

Today we have problem with internet in our house. Someone accidentally blew the fuses in the whole barracks and the whole house's internet didn't work for several hours. But this is the first time this has happened in a very long time. I've experienced crashes even when there were no such internet outages

As for alt tabs, yes I do that quite often. For example when I edit a profile in the trackir or reply to messages in discord. I didn't know that alt tabbing can somehow cause problems in DCS.

 

Edited April 22, 2024 by Flia

[Flappie]

On 4/22/2024 at 10:19 PM, Flia said:

I didn't know that alt tabbing can somehow cause problems in DCS.

No, it doesn't. I asked because I wanted to be sure Alt+Tabbing was from your initiative, not from some program. Another user is seeing fast Alt+Tabbing in DCS and he does not know what causes them (and I have no idea either).

Pleas ensure your Windows power plan is not set to an eco mode. Choose normal or high/ultimate power plan and see if things improve.

[Flia]

Roger

My Windows power plan was set on Balanced when freezes happens . Now I'm setting it to high power mode.

Edited April 24, 2024 by Flia

[Flia]

I'd like to report. I have been flying with Windows power plan set to high power mode for 4 days now and so far not a single DCS freeze has happened. It looks like it solved my problems completely.

Edited April 27, 2024 by Flia

[Flappie]

Thanks for your feedback.

[Flia]

Thank you for this solution