Tasks not loading/causing the mission to automatically quit

[kb1701]

I have noticed a tendency of the mission to automatically shut down when attempting to load "tasks". It doesn't happen every time but it forces me to restart from the very beginning of the mission. It happened to me twice during event 2 although I eventually got through the mission, but has now happened twice in a row on event 3. Has anyone else experienced this? Attached is a screen shot of the post mission menu it crashed me to. 

[Reflected]

It's a core DCS bug that rarely happens but it does. Can you post this screenshot along with your dcs.log file here?

https://forum.dcs.world/forum/815-mission-editor-bugs/

 

In the meantime you can just directly open the next mission file, outside of the campaign menu. When complete, just skip mission in the campaign menu. Which mission / part was this?

 

[kb1701]

I posted there, the screen shot is from the second 1v1 mission when loading the first task. I also encountered this twice on the first 1v1, but eventually got through it. It happened first when loading the pure pursuit task and then when loading the butterfly set after the lag roll. Thanks for your help, the campaign is great but I get that DCS can be tough to work with.  

[Reflected]

@[ED]Ben what file do you need in case anyone encounters this problem? dcs.log?

[Reflected]

Also, if anyone sees this please let me know EXACTLY which mission file it was and whether you chose load next or repeat task. "event 3" has 4 files, each with 2 choices.

[RightYouAreKen]

I just had this happen to me in mission file MiG Killers - 02d - Lag Roll.miz.  I completed the lag roll once but wanted to try it again, so I chose repeat task.  It exited me out to the mission complete screen where clicking End Mission did nothing.  I had to chose Close.

Interestingly, on the previous mission file, 02c - Lag Pursuit.miz, I did repeat task 3 times without issue.

Hope this helps.  REALLY enjoying this campaign so far, your best yet!  Thanks for all of your effort on it.  I REALLY like the interactive checklist on this one, where performing the checklist item moves the checklist to the next step.  Really slick and immersive.  That along with the improved scripting of Jester to automatically increment waypoints, select radio channels, etc lets me focus on flying the mission rather than micromanaging Jester.  And when working, the ability to repeat a task is a huge help in polishing the skills being taught.

Edited August 18, 2024 by RightYouAreKen

[Reflected]

2 hours ago, RightYouAreKen said:

I just had this happen to me in mission file MiG Killers - 02d - Lag Roll.miz.  I completed the lag roll once but wanted to try it again, so I chose repeat task.  It exited me out to the mission complete screen where clicking End Mission did nothing.  I had to chose Close.

Interestingly, on the previous mission file, 02c - Lag Pursuit.miz, I did repeat task 3 times without issue.

Hope this helps.  REALLY enjoying this campaign so far, your best yet!  Thanks for all of your effort on it.  I REALLY like the interactive checklist on this one, where performing the checklist item moves the checklist to the next step.  Really slick and immersive.  That along with the improved scripting of Jester to automatically increment waypoints, select radio channels, etc lets me focus on flying the mission rather than micromanaging Jester.  And when working, the ability to repeat a task is a huge help in polishing the skills being taught.

 

Lag roll - repeat is my mistake that one will be fixed easily. 

[xflyer]

Oh phew - glad the lag roll repeat bug is known. I got dumped out to the debrief screen on my first play-through when loading the first task. Then I uninstalled all of my beloved mods except SRS and the A-4 and tried again. Got though three repeats of lag pursuit, did the lag roll and decided to try one more time. Got dumped out again. I was starting to get frustrated that this might keep happening, but glad to know I triggered the one known instance of this being bugged.