Chinese characters in launcher when English selected

[Kirk66]

After the latest update to 2.9.18.12722, the Launches shows modules that I did not purchase as being available for download, with module info in Chinese (i think). Have done full clean & repair, logged out and in to account, reboot PC, etc but still present. Game appears to work correctly, unless I download the modules/campaigns in question, then DCS forces me to stand-alone 24 hr mode. Fixed by deleting the module and campaigns in question. .Note that I have not purchased the module (F-5E FC?) or campaigns in question.

Edited Saturday at 05:46 PM by Kirk66

[BluesRocket]

same problem and complete reinstall not fixing it. Frustrating.

[BluesRocket]

After either the latest fix or hot fix this week, my DCS game is unusable.

First thing I noticed, in the Launcher, is the appearance of Chinese characters in module names for aircraft and terrain. That's new. Tried a complete repair and cleanup. No help.

Reinstalled the complete game twice. Didn't fix that.

Minimal install the last time, no paid modules. Su-25 is missing, tried Instant Action with the TF-51. When the briefing screen comes up, I can see my head movements (TrackIR) behind the briefing screen. But when I choose the "Fly" button. Everything freezes.

I am completely baffled. Latest updates for Windows and my nVidia 4080 Super card. Log attached.

dcs.log

[sleighzy]

Reinstall doesn't touch Saved Games\DCS folder, where the problem lies. Backup your Saved Games\DCS\launcher.sqlite3 file and then remove the original. DCS will recreate this when it starts up. Failing that rename Saved Games\DCS to DCS.old (rename, don't delete, so that you can copy back your bindings from the Config\Input folder) and start DCS.

[sleighzy]

Issues with the launcher will likely be due to some files in the Saved Games\DCS folder. This won't be touched when reinstallng the game. Backup your Saved Games\DCS\launcher.sqlite3 file and then remove the original. DCS will recreate this when it starts up. Failing that rename Saved Games\DCS to DCS.old (rename, don't delete, so that you can copy back your bindings from the Config\Input folder) and start DCS.

You mentioned "cleanup" but I don't know entirely what that entailed. You should delete your Saved Games\DCS\fxo and metashaders2 folders after updates.

In addition to this your log file shows you running DCS from the bin-mt folder. This will be removed in the future. Run DCS from the bin folder. If using the standard shortcuts use the non-MT one, they are identical now.

Edited 23 hours ago by sleighzy

[silverdevil]

12 hours ago, BluesRocket said:

After either the latest fix or hot fix this week, my DCS game is unusable.

First thing I noticed, in the Launcher, is the appearance of Chinese characters in module names for aircraft and terrain. That's new. Tried a complete repair and cleanup. No help.

Reinstalled the complete game twice. Didn't fix that.

Minimal install the last time, no paid modules. Su-25 is missing, tried Instant Action with the TF-51. When the briefing screen comes up, I can see my head movements (TrackIR) behind the briefing screen. But when I choose the "Fly" button. Everything freezes.

I am completely baffled. Latest updates for Windows and my nVidia 4080 Super card. Log attached.

to add to what @sleighzy posted, the log you shared shows where your Saved Games folder is; c:/users/jwbos/saved games/dcs rename dcs to dcs.bak.

PS. i saw that @BIGNEWY posted in another topic that talks about the chinese characters

 

Edited 17 hours ago by silverdevil

[NBee]

Why is the language under my Files in a strange language what happened to the English descriptions? The rest of the DCS is in English?

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[BIGNEWY]

Hi, 

please go to saved games, dcs folder 

find launcher.sqlite3

delete

restart dcs and test 

let me know if it helps

[BIGNEWY]

threads merged 

let me know if it helps 

[silverdevil]

On 7/26/2025 at 1:45 PM, Kirk66 said:

After the latest update to 2.9.18.12722, the Launches shows modules that I did not purchase as being available for download, with module info in Chinese (i think). Have done full clean & repair, logged out and in to account, reboot PC, etc but still present. Game appears to work correctly, unless I download the modules/campaigns in question, then DCS forces me to stand-alone 24 hr mode. Fixed by deleting the module and campaigns in question. 

 

13 hours ago, BluesRocket said:

same problem and complete reinstall not fixing it. Frustrating.

hello

@BIGNEWY mentioned the chinese characters in this post.

 

[NBee]

Thanks for the fast respons.

Deleting file launcher.sqlite3 in my saved games folder have solved the problem

[BluesRocket]

Ok, thanks for the feedback.

1. Deleting the launcher.sqlite3 file fixed the odd characters in module names. Thanks.

2. I've changed to the non-MT binary. Will be testing throughout the week.

3. I did a COMPLETE reinstall while saving a copy of my Saved Games folders. Added back in Voice Attack. No issues and everything was splendid. Then SRS. Works like a charm. SimAppPro for WinWing stuff and NF8 Haptic pad plus the SimShaker software. I'm gold. Then TacView. It all went to crap. Total freezes. Left it sitting 15 minutes. No help. Delete the program, it all goes away. Something is amiss as I would think my system could handle it. Perhaps I'm configuring it wrong. I'll look into that later but for now I just want my sim time back.

I appreciate all the insights. I'm  on the latest Win11 updates, nVIdia updates and the system passed all hardware checks. Life is always twitchy, never perfect.

Good flight fellas...

4 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

threads merged 

let me know if it helps 

Deleting the sqllite db did it. Thanks. TacView crushed DCS and freezes everything without recovery.