Game crashes / freezing when loading

[-Scrat-]

Hi,

I have been experiencing for a few days a lot of game crashes and freezing when loading from the mission editor or when to start the game.

Please find enclosed the DCS.log

Any clue ?

Thx for your help.

Scrat

dcs.log

[MAXsenna]

Hi,
I have been experiencing for a few days a lot of game crashes and freezing when loading from the mission editor or when to start the game.
Please find enclosed the DCS.log
Any clue ?
Thx for your help.
Scrat
dcs.log

Uninstall mods, also from Saved Games. There are numerous reports of mods messing with DCS since the last patch. Also perform a full repair to see if it helps.
Cheers!

Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk

[-Scrat-]

8 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Uninstall mods, also from Saved Games. There are numerous reports of mods messing with DCS since the last patch. Also perform a full repair to see if it helps.
Cheers!

Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
 

Thx for your reply. I don't have any MOD installed on DCS. For the rest, I have done this already but still crashing.  

[hornblower793]

Do you have hot plug enabled for USB devices on the botton of the Controls tab (the button will say Disable hot plug if you do)? If so, it is generally advised to turn this off.

The reason for asking is that your log has a series of Plug / Unplug events for audio devices when starting the mission, followed by a whole load of sound errors for the F-4E. Having checked my last log file (which was also an F-4E flight) I don;t have these. The log entries I am looking at are:

2025-03-22 18:48:32.675 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [SWD] Haut-parleurs (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.680 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [SWD] Microphone (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.686 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:32.690 WARNING LOG (24460): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2025-03-22 18:48:32.690 ERROR   ED_SOUND (23168): IAudioClient::GetCurrentPadding failed: 0x88890004 (AUDCLNT_E_DEVICE_INVALIDATED)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Opening audio device "{0.0.0.00000000}.{39540191-9abc-4c61-8556-db0f58c7f29b}"
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Speaker layout: forced_stereo
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 ERROR   ED_SOUND (Main): Failed to init IAudioClient on device: 0x88890004 (AUDCLNT_E_DEVICE_INVALIDATED)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Opening default audio device.
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Speaker layout: forced_stereo
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Driver reports 8 channels with mask 0x63F
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Using 2 channels at 44100 Hz
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Channel layout: Headphones/Stereo
2025-03-22 18:48:32.724 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:32.732 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [HID] HID-compliant consumer control device
2025-03-22 18:48:32.736 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [HID] HID-compliant vendor-defined device
2025-03-22 18:48:32.743 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] USB Composite Device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.119 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [USB] USB Composite Device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.212 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:36.241 WARNING LOG (24460): 3 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2025-03-22 18:48:36.241 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:36.248 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [HID] HID-compliant consumer control device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.257 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [HID] HID-compliant vendor-defined device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.264 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [SWD] Microphone (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)
2025-03-22 18:48:36.273 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [SWD] Haut-parleurs (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)

Edited March 23 by hornblower793
Added recommendation to turn hot plug off

[-Scrat-]

4 hours ago, hornblower793 said:

Do you have hot plug enabled for USB devices on the botton of the Controls tab (the button will say Disable hot plug if you do)? If so, it is generally advised to turn this off.

The reason for asking is that your log has a series of Plug / Unplug events for audio devices when starting the mission, followed by a whole load of sound errors for the F-4E. Having checked my last log file (which was also an F-4E flight) I don;t have these. The log entries I am looking at are:

2025-03-22 18:48:32.675 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [SWD] Haut-parleurs (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.680 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [SWD] Microphone (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.686 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:32.690 WARNING LOG (24460): 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2025-03-22 18:48:32.690 ERROR   ED_SOUND (23168): IAudioClient::GetCurrentPadding failed: 0x88890004 (AUDCLNT_E_DEVICE_INVALIDATED)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Opening audio device "{0.0.0.00000000}.{39540191-9abc-4c61-8556-db0f58c7f29b}"
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Speaker layout: forced_stereo
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 ERROR   ED_SOUND (Main): Failed to init IAudioClient on device: 0x88890004 (AUDCLNT_E_DEVICE_INVALIDATED)
2025-03-22 18:48:32.719 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Opening default audio device.
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Speaker layout: forced_stereo
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Driver reports 8 channels with mask 0x63F
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Using 2 channels at 44100 Hz
2025-03-22 18:48:32.720 INFO    ED_SOUND (Main): Channel layout: Headphones/Stereo
2025-03-22 18:48:32.724 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:32.732 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [HID] HID-compliant consumer control device
2025-03-22 18:48:32.736 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [HID] HID-compliant vendor-defined device
2025-03-22 18:48:32.743 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] USB Composite Device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.119 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [USB] USB Composite Device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.212 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:36.241 WARNING LOG (24460): 3 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2025-03-22 18:48:36.241 INFO    APP (Main): Device unplugged: [USB] Logitech Wireless Headset
2025-03-22 18:48:36.248 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [HID] HID-compliant consumer control device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.257 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [HID] HID-compliant vendor-defined device
2025-03-22 18:48:36.264 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [SWD] Microphone (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)
2025-03-22 18:48:36.273 INFO    APP (Main): Device plugged: [SWD] Haut-parleurs (2- Logitech Wireless Headset)

Thx for your reply.

I have also placed the autoexec.cfg with "no_device_hotplug = true". No change, it keeps crashing all the time. Either at start or when in main menu or when loading a mission.

I even tried to fully uninstall and reinstall the game. No change....

Please find enclosed 2 others DCS.log

I am desperate..

Scrat

dcs1.log dcs2.log

[BJ55]

Windows event viewer is reporting something?

[-Scrat-]

Finally, I have found the issue !

It was coming from my loudspeaker (Logitech G560) it was plugged in USB on my motherboard. I have plugged it now, on my USB powered hub and no more issues.

Anyway thx for your help.