PC crashed (blue screen) when saving a mission (Cold War Germany map)

[609_Relentov]

I attempted to save a mission using the Cold War Germany map, and while in the past I've had issues where DCS would crash, this was the first time I got a blue screen which caused a reboot.

Interestingly, the last thing noted in the log (attached) was "not enough memory" issues:

2025-05-08 16:05:36.263 INFO    APP (Main): try to write track file
2025-05-08 16:05:36.280 ERROR   EDCORE (Main): More out of memory in ed_malloc for 2852520 bytes.
2025-05-08 16:05:36.280 ERROR   EDCORE (Main): More out of memory in SharedBuffer for 2852488 bytes.
2025-05-08 16:05:36.280 ERROR   EDCORE (Main): Not enough memory to decompress: mission
 

This seems odd as I've got 64GB of RAM, and due to playability issues (i.e. huge reduction of FPS) on CWG map, my paging/swap file is also 64GB (a large swap file seems to be needed for playability on this map, for now).

 

 

dcs.log

[silverdevil]

3 hours ago, 609_Relentov said:

I attempted to save a mission using the Cold War Germany map, and while in the past I've had issues where DCS would crash, this was the first time I got a blue screen which caused a reboot.

Interestingly, the last thing noted in the log (attached) was "not enough memory" issues:

2025-05-08 16:05:36.263 INFO    APP (Main): try to write track file
2025-05-08 16:05:36.280 ERROR   EDCORE (Main): More out of memory in ed_malloc for 2852520 bytes.
2025-05-08 16:05:36.280 ERROR   EDCORE (Main): More out of memory in SharedBuffer for 2852488 bytes.
2025-05-08 16:05:36.280 ERROR   EDCORE (Main): Not enough memory to decompress: mission
 

This seems odd as I've got 64GB of RAM, and due to playability issues (i.e. huge reduction of FPS) on CWG map, my paging/swap file is also 64GB (a large swap file seems to be needed for playability on this map, for now).

hello Rel

i dropped your log in the discord analyzer and looks like there ar custom LUAs at work. try to go without these files as a test.

Errors

Error
attempt to index a nil value
Line
1792
Script
l10n/DEFAULT/BluForAC.lua
Error
in function 'add_to_string'
Line
141
Script
./Scripts/Serializer.lua
Error
attempt to index a nil value
Line
1794
Script
l10n/DEFAULT/OpForAC.lua
Your System ran out of Memory
Increase RAM or !pagefile.
If the above errors point to DCS internal files, please conduct a !repair.
Otherwise remove the respective unofficial mod.

Advice

If you have stability or performance issues pointing to your GPU, rollback the GPU driver to version 566.36
Verify that this is configured correctly in Windows:
Game Mode disabled
Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling disabled

Tuning Tips

If you have FPS issues, try turning off VSYNC in graphics settings.
Set Water to Low.
Consider using DLAA.
Tuning tips are recommendations for better FPS based on your CPU, GPU and RAM.
They might result in slightly decreased display quality.

[609_Relentov]

Thanks SD - yeah I’ve got a couple scripts that I need to clean up/fix that nil value issue.  Also for the additional tips.