Crash after update to 2.9.8.1107

[Crash Master]

After updating today, I attempted to open DCS and was able to get as far as Main Menu and began an instant mission but crashed before mission completed loading.  Malwarebytes did not like World\bin-mt\DCS .exe so I put it in the Safe Files list (never happened before today).  Upon attempting DCS restart, I get to the "15 Years of DCS" splash screen, then crash. Tried slow and fast repairs to no avail.   Most recent log attached.

dcs.log-20240930-235308.zip

[sleighzy]

Download and install this (or repair option) https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

It's from here and is a known issue with DCS (a Windows problem and not a DCS problem per se other than causing DCS to crash)

 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

3 hours ago, Crash Master said:

Malwarebytes did not like World\bin-mt\DCS .exe so I put it in the Safe Files list

Malwarebytes is also not the greatest, the default Windows Defender is more than enough. Don't exclude just that one file, exclude the entire DCS installation directory as your AV may be quarantining / deleting other DCS files as well.

[Crash Master]

Thanks for the suggestion, but that does not seem to have resolved the issue.  I also removed Malwarebytes from my PC as a precaution.  Here is the latest log file:

dcs.log-20241001-160735.zip

[sleighzy]

I've dropped your crash log into the DCS log analyzer which has the attached output. My reference to installing the above files was from the VCRUNTIME error. Try the removal of the RAM overclocking first. Failing that, try the other options listed further down in that screenshot.

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4 hours ago, Crash Master said:

I also removed Malwarebytes from my PC as a precaution

Cool, make sure you add the exclusions to Windows Defender as well and restart your PC before running a repair if/when you need to.

[rapid]

19 hours ago, sleighzy said:

Download and install this (or repair option) https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

It's from here and is a known issue with DCS (a Windows problem and not a DCS problem per se other than causing DCS to crash)

 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Malwarebytes is also not the greatest, the default Windows Defender is more than enough. Don't exclude just that one file, exclude the entire DCS installation directory as your AV may be quarantining / deleting other DCS files as well.

Cheers that download fixed my Crash too..

 

Many thanks.

[BeefSupreme]

On 9/30/2024 at 10:57 PM, sleighzy said:

Download and install this (or repair option) https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

It's from here and is a known issue with DCS (a Windows problem and not a DCS problem per se other than causing DCS to crash)

 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Malwarebytes is also not the greatest, the default Windows Defender is more than enough. Don't exclude just that one file, exclude the entire DCS installation directory as your AV may be quarantining / deleting other DCS files as well.

This also solved my issue with not logging in. Muchas gracias

[Crash Master]

Thank you sleighzy - deleting the metashaders2 folder seems to have worked.  What is that all about? 

[sleighzy]

7 hours ago, Crash Master said:

Thank you sleighzy - deleting the metashaders2 folder seems to have worked.  What is that all about? 

When the game starts it will compile all the textures/shaders it requires. This is a slow process so as it does this it caches them in that directory so it doesn’t need to repeat it each time. This is why you should delete those directories after an upgrade so it can rebuild them using the latest textures (and other stuff) from the new version. I believe sometimes this can cause a crash if not done so when it’s trying to use older cached textures with newer files. 

Edited October 2, 2024 by sleighzy