What settings needed to launch a mission in Afghanistan?

[Ripcord]

Still unable to actually get into a mission in game in this theatre.  Several attempts.

Now I am testing the other terrains as well, just to confirm there is not something really wrong afoot here.  I just updated to the DCS version 2.9.6.58056 today, the one that installs the launcher thing, and so I wonder if something is goofed up with that (for my install).

What settings are required/recommended to run this terrain?  Maybe that's the issue here, do I not have enough computer?  Mind you, I have each of the other terrains, and they were fine.

Or maybe since I just updated to this current version of DCS I need to make some adjustments to the settings?

Edited July 27, 2024 by Ripcord

[Ripcord]

Update - was able to launch & fly the 15C mission.  

And now I can load a simple mission that I made for testing (just Combined Arms for now)... but it takes 5 minutes or longer for ground textures to load, even after the mission starts.  So again, I think I must have changed or disrupted some settings here.

Edited July 27, 2024 by Ripcord

[Ironhand]

FWIW, I made no changes to my settings before using the map. No problems here. OTOH. the first thing I did was disable the Launcher.

[Ripcord]

Ironhand I will certainly test this.  Thanks

[Ironhand]

The other thing I do is delete the “fxo” and “metashaders2” folders in Saved Games whenever I update the sim or my graphics drivers. Otherwise I sometimes have extremely long load times. The first load time after that can be long because the shaders have to be recompiled but subsequent load times go quickly.

Edited July 31, 2024 by Ironhand