DCS runs smoothly for 2-5 mins. Then game freezes and no more frames display. (If I open the menu I sometimes get 2-3 FPS))

[duckradiation]

See title. I've already cleared fxo and metashader folders before this mission.

DCS log attached.

Any help would be much appreciated. It's so annoying to pay for a module only to see it as a slideshow in game...

dcs.log

Edited June 28, 2024 by duckradiation

[duckradiation]

Sorry just to add. I wonder whether this line in the log is important, it matches when the stuttering happened.

2024-06-28 21:49:36.647 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED

 

[The_Nephilim]

Well thank you for the log, but what are your Laptop specs besides the 3050 GPU and 16GB Ram plus a 3000mb pagefile is a little to be desired.?? is this even a 64bit Laptop? dxdiag would be helpful but I can bet your Laptop is not upto the task..

 

Also are you playing online or is this a mission trk file would be good as well..

Edited June 28, 2024 by The_Nephilim

[duckradiation]

@The_Nephilim

 

Thanks for replying. I have a Inspiron 14 Plus7430 purchased this year. I'd like to think it is up to the task. Definitely 64 bit. Pagefile seems low (3000mb is ~ 3GB surely should be more like 16gb or 32 gb) iirc you can manually change this. Do you think that might help?

I'm playing the built in F-18 Airfield VFR Landing mission.

I've attached a dxdiag(slightly redacted)

DxDiag.txt

 

[The_Nephilim]

well I see it is a 13500CPU that should be good but I was wondering it appears you also have a built in GPU the intel one are you sure your using the discreet GPU the 3050RTX?? the pagefile might help but as long as you hae the drive space for it..

 

I would check to see if you are using the 3050 and not the built in one.. and another thing you are using the single thread exe try using the multicore DCS.exe in the Bin/MT folder..

Edited June 28, 2024 by The_Nephilim

[duckradiation]

I'm pretty sure that I'm using the discreet GPU, task manager shows only the RTX having load on it (It also shows 3050 at 100% usage which I find suspicious. Before the crash it wasn't at 100).

I'll try MT exe again but last time I tried it I just got constant stutters.

I'll also increase the page file and reply letting you know how that went.

Thanks for all the help

 

[The_Nephilim]

hey I rechecked your DCS.log and noticed this line:

 

['maxFPS'] = 50;

 

maybe try and max out your FPS as it said your screens refresh rate was 90hz.. also check and make sure you dont have vsync on or similar, I checked the dxdiag and it stated all that was off just be sure it is..

Edited June 29, 2024 by The_Nephilim

[duckradiation]

Cheers @The_Nephilim

I've tried increasing max fps to 90, set pagefile to 16GB and double checked my rtx is being used. Still having this problem. Do you (or anyone for that matter) have other options I can try to get it working?

Edit: Just tried again and got this weird behaviour in a log file:

2024-06-29 22:11:57.386 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [2560, 1600]
2024-06-29 22:12:00.550 DEBUG   LuaGUI (Main): ----onSimulationResume---
2024-06-29 22:12:00.802 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED
2024-06-29 22:12:09.299 WARNING LOG (4896): 34 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-06-29 22:12:09.299 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-06-29 22:12:09.305 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED
2024-06-29 22:12:09.586 DEBUG   Scripting (Main): make: country: 	0
2024-06-29 22:12:09.587 DEBUG   Scripting (Main): Phrases make : key = 4261
2024-06-29 22:12:09.745 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED
2024-06-29 22:12:13.624 WARNING LOG (4896): 16 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-06-29 22:12:13.624 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [2560, 1600]
2024-06-29 22:12:13.639 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED
2024-06-29 22:12:18.220 WARNING LOG (4896): 18 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-06-29 22:12:18.220 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [0, 0]
2024-06-29 22:12:18.236 WARNING WORLD (Main): ModelTimeQuantizer: ANTIFREEZE ENABLED
2024-06-29 22:12:19.947 WARNING LOG (4896): 5 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2024-06-29 22:12:19.947 INFO    DXGUI_WIN_ADAPTER (Main): resize main window to [2560, 1600]

Why is my window constantly resizing?

Edited June 29, 2024 by duckradiation

[The_Nephilim]

Well it also could be anything between the antifreeze or a million other things.. you say it is rezising does it do it on the monitor as well or just in the log file? are you running any mods or tacview?