Patch discussion July 2024

[tobyeez]

Since todays patch, 7/12/24, I noticed an issue in tgp (A10C II) where targets are not seen until you get real close.   Ghost targets.

[scommander2]

Not sure the issue is ED or HB about the mirrors do not show correctly:

 

I am no longer to see my helmet rather than seeing the mirror mountings?!

EDIT: The issue is happened in ST and MT works fine.

Edited July 13, 2024 by scommander2

[scommander2]

For AH-64D, am I not allowed to have the collective to be bound with HOTAS throttle?

Why I have the exclamation mark for the collective?  It was used to work prior to the July patch.

EDIT: The issue is happened in ST and MT works fine.  After Switching back to ST, it works again (Resolved).

 

Edited July 13, 2024 by scommander2

[Vinggui]

Did anyone with Quest 2 or 3 notice that the controllers are not working anymore? (both quest and DCS updated...)
However, hands are now working, but it is really not good yet.

[Slippa]

7 hours ago, hairbear29 said:

Careful slippa when I do that I end up making adjustments and wake up in the morning having forgotten what adjustments I made!

No, can’t say I’ve ever done that no, nothing of the sort. Perish the thought, wouldn’t dream of…. Ahhhh, err, well erm.. might have. 

31 minutes ago, scommander2 said:

For AH-64D, am I not allowed to have the collective to be bound with HOTAS throttle. Why I have the exclamation mark for the collective?  It was used to work prior to the July patch.

 

Clear it, then save profile. Restart DCS. Go back to what you just cleared and try to re-assign your axis binding. If it works, save the profile.

I’ve had it on many modules and have spent hours fixing mine. - Haven’t checked my AH-64 yet, will have to remember to.

good luck with it.

[scommander2]

1 hour ago, Slippa said:

Clear it, then save profile. Restart DCS. Go back to what you just cleared and try to re-assign your axis binding. If it works, save the profile.

I’ve had it on many modules and have spent hours fixing mine. - Haven’t checked my AH-64 yet, will have to remember to.

Thanks.... I found the issue is happened in ST and MT works fine. Switching back ST, it works suddenly (not sure why and it is just about AH-64D only). 

Edited July 13, 2024 by scommander2

[jurinko]

Lost few controls but performance is back before the F4 patch. South Atlantic looks awesome. Parts of Afghan as well. 

[Lace]

It feels like I'm going against the grain somewhat, but a good update for me.  No performance issues, VR issues, or lost bindings (not checked every module yet).  Overall I'd say FPS was unchanged or better, certainly no worse.  

The VR/Pancake option in the launcher is very useful as I no longer have to unplug the headset when doing mission creation.

Skimming the thread I think the main problems people have is unofficial mods or performance tweaks.  For anyone running vanilla DCS the update works fine, so ignore the negativity and enjoy the update!

[speed-of-heat]

BZ on the Canopy Reflections slider... well done 

[Ahdidaas]

23 hours ago, Crowman said:

Hi All,

after updating a minimul version of DS World I am using to test the updates, I attempted to use it offline due to internet connection issues only to receive a message which goes something like this "Unable to activate offline mode error code 500" any suggestions???

 

23 hours ago, Art-J said:

Does the game launch otherwise (in online mode that is)? Error 500 is usually computer time-and-date related, are they set properly on your PC?

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/255827-error-code-is-500/

 

I'm having the same problem.  Appears to be an issue w/ 2.9.6 -- I bet related to the fact that the launch flow now includes a new step.  Kinda a pain as I don't have internet this weekend.

Here's a link to another thread about it: 

 

/yes date and time are fine.. 

I found a fix for Quad-Views in VR of those that are still having issues w/ 2.9.6:

 

Works easily!

[Art-J]

Edit miscellaneous section of options.lua to disable the launcher then (["launcher"] = false). If it's the launcher that creates this offline mode issue, maybe bypassing it will help? Worth giving a try.

[Kang]

So, re: no issues at all.

Any mission I try to start just boots me back to the desktop with this version, no error message, no entry into the log files either. Anybody else? Or is that just a sign that I should give DCS a rest for now?

[unltd]

Good update for me after dealing with the mouse polling issue and the Quest 3 controller binding issue.  Definitely freaked me out a bit but a few quick querries brought solutions immediately.  Thanks for all the hard work Eagle!  Keep moving forward!

[koen330]

28 minutes ago, unltd said:

Good update for me after dealing with the mouse polling issue and the Quest 3 controller binding issue.  Definitely freaked me out a bit but a few quick querries brought solutions immediately.  Thanks for all the hard work Eagle!  Keep moving forward!

How did you fix the Quest 3 controller issue?

[Art-J]

55 minutes ago, Kang said:

So, re: no issues at all.

Any mission I try to start just boots me back to the desktop with this version, no error message, no entry into the log files either. Anybody else? Or is that just a sign that I should give DCS a rest for now?

No crashes here (so far). That being said, I only tried a handful of simple warbird and Phantom missions on Caucasus and Normandy.

I gather you tried all the usual stuff so far (clean and empty Saved Games folder, repair and cleanup, new gfx drivers)?

[T.Power]

Some mods were broke by the update, VPC and possibly CAM.

[Rudel_chw]

14 minutes ago, T.Power said:

Some mods were broke by the update, VPC and possibly CAM.

 

VPC works if you apply a tiny fix:

 

 

and CAM seems to work fine for me:

 

 

 

 

[Mike_CK]

How big was this update? I had 180gb free on my 1TB SSD. This downloaded on Steam and I’m getting a red “disk read error”. When I check my SSD, it has 62gb free!!! I even tried uninstalling stuff but it won’t budge

 

Edited July 13, 2024 by Mike_CK

[Morat]

I had some double bound axes on the F16 and VR is tricky because you have to hold your head(set) completely still while selecting a role/hitting fly on an MP server or the screen blacks out until it can redraw which is about 5-10s.

 

But otherwise I love this update so far. VR when actually flying seems smoother and I am hitting 90 FPS (my limit) most of the time unless I'm down very low. One thing I find interesting is that I'm now showing as CPU bound instead of GPU bound. I haven't changed any settings, although maybe the patch did? It seems that moving some AI to a separate thread has helped out. I might try overclocking!

13700k/32Gb/4080/Reverb G2.

[T.Power]

1 hour ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

VPC works if you apply a tiny fix:

 

 

and CAM seems to work fine for me:

 

 

 

 

Yeh I found the fix but thanks anyway, same here CAM is fine but someone reported issues, possibly a misidentification, we've all done it, at least I have.

[Kang]

3 hours ago, Art-J said:

No crashes here (so far). That being said, I only tried a handful of simple warbird and Phantom missions on Caucasus and Normandy.

I gather you tried all the usual stuff so far (clean and empty Saved Games folder, repair and cleanup, new gfx drivers)?

Thanks for chiming in. I've redone those and at least the launcher has suffered a tiny bit. The shortcuts to DCS are all inoperable now - well no big deal, just got to manually redo one - but in the launcher when I click on 'Repair' it now informs me it has to close the launcher for that, but never does anything anymore. That launcher is sure being helpful. Who doesn't love to hark back to their Win98 days once in a while...

[Sindar]

2 часа назад, Morat сказал:

I had some double bound axes on the F16 and VR is tricky because you have to hold your head(set) completely still while selecting a role/hitting fly on an MP server or the screen blacks out until it can redraw which is about 5-10s.

Playing on the MP servers has become horrible. Select a role - wait 30-40 seconds. "ESC" - "role selection" - game crash. Although the FPS does not fall below 60. Memory leakage is catastrophic. They broke something in MP game that was impossible to break. And for what? It didn't get any better.

[rob10]

3 hours ago, Mike_CK said:

How big was this update? I had 180gb free on my 1TB SSD. This downloaded on Steam and I’m getting a red “disk read error”. When I check my SSD, it has 62gb free!!! I even tried uninstalling stuff but it won’t budge

That seriously sound like you have a hardware issue with your drive rather than an update issue.

[Mike_CK]

Ugh. I uninstalled DCs and am reinstalling now. Hopefully it works 

[=DROOPY=]

I'm not sure exactly why my situation is different based on all of the comments, but I'm willing to help if able.

I am exclusively VR/SP

When I installed the update this morning at approx 0730CST, I had zero mods installed, and even removed all downloaded skins. I updated into a completely 'vanilla' MT DCS folder. Other than a bit of shimmering on some structures in Afghanistan, ,y experience has been although *not* trouble free, I will say it has been overwhelmingly positive. The only true issues came up when I re-installed the Community A-4E-C. The first mission a 2v2 in a Tomcat, it froze, but eventually, the problem sorted itself out. Which is good, because I've been drinking. 

Pimax Crystal 

OPXTK

PimaxXr Control Center

QuadViews

 

Edited July 14, 2024 by =DROOPY=
Clarification