solved Mouse interaction has serious lag | then CTD

[Tango777]

It started with Windows Defender seeing the F-14 as a Trojan virus. So I simply made the DCS folder as an exclusion in Windows Defender, and the F-14 error message went away upon DCS startup. However, when I ran DCS Repair in "Check all files" mode it found that the F-14 file was a 0 byte file, so I clicked on the option of deleting it. Problem might be solved, but don't know if I can fly it or any other aircraft, because:

In DCS, when I move the mouse to Instant Action, Mission, or Settings (etc.) for example, it takes DCS almost 5 seconds to acknowledge that I am pointing at it. I then click on it and it takes another 5 seconds for DCS to acknowledge the actual mouse click. Then, after that, DCS crashed to the desktop.

My NVidia driver is 572.42.

I know other users are experiencing the same problem in the forums regarding the F-14 issue, but I could not find a post like this one.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[Czar66]

17 minutes ago, Tango777 said:

I know other users are experiencing the same problem in the forums regarding the F-14 issue, but I could not find a post like this one.

There are a few threads open about this on this forum section.

Remove all your mods and see if the problem resolves. Rename your DCS folder in 'saved games' to DCS_Old and try to access the menu and launch a mission. If it is resolved with this, it is some of the mods you're using.

I have only the A-4 mod and Tacview so I know those two are not causing it. I saw some post talking about the Su-30 mod.

Best of luck. Hopefully it is an easy fix with removing mods for the time being.

[Tango777]

1 hour ago, Czar66 said:

There are a few threads open about this on this forum section.

Remove all your mods and see if the problem resolves. Rename your DCS folder in 'saved games' to DCS_Old and try to access the menu and launch a mission. If it is resolved with this, it is some of the mods you're using.

I have only the A-4 mod and Tacview so I know those two are not causing it. I saw some post talking about the Su-30 mod.

Best of luck. Hopefully it is an easy fix with removing mods for the time being.

Thank you for the response but I do not have any mods.

[sleighzy]

45 minutes ago, Tango777 said:

Thank you for the response but I do not have any mods.

Repeat the crash and then attach your DCS logs. You may have a dcs-<timestamp>.zip file from the crash, attach that as well. And when you say crash to desktop did DCS display a message that it crashed, or Windows just closed it? If Windows just closed it then run the Windows DxDiag tool, save the report, and attach that here as well. 

[Tango777]

On 3/23/2025 at 12:09 AM, sleighzy said:

Repeat the crash and then attach your DCS logs. You may have a dcs-<timestamp>.zip file from the crash, attach that as well. And when you say crash to desktop did DCS display a message that it crashed, or Windows just closed it? If Windows just closed it then run the Windows DxDiag tool, save the report, and attach that here as well. 

I figured out what the problem was. The NVidia driver was updated and now everything runs as it should.