Freezes for multiple seconds at a time

[_picon]

dcs.log

 

 

 

I'm experiencing some fairly hard freezes while playing DCS, rendering it unusable. Attaching a video, and DCS log (but not from the same run).

It is not limited to the Hornet module, it seems. It is only DCS that freezes, while DCS is frozen, sound is happening, and I'm also able to alt-tab to another application.

 

I did try removing all the plugins mentioned in .../Saved Gamex/DCS/Export.lua, no difference.

If needed, I can share an ETL file (captured with gpuview/xperf), but it is a bit too big to go here.

 

Other ideas welcome.

 

Unfortunately, I don't really know when this started (haven't played for a while)

[Rudel_chw]

29 minutes ago, _picon said:

Other ideas welcome.

have you excluded the dcs folder from antivirus action? Its periodic scanning may be interfering with dcs

[_picon]

It is indeed excluded.

In fact, during the freeze period, DCS CPU usage goes way down

[silverdevil]

10 hours ago, _picon said:

I'm experiencing some fairly hard freezes while playing DCS, rendering it unusable. Attaching a video, and DCS log (but not from the same run).

i see two lines in log

2025-09-05 10:07:13.664 WARNING EDCORE (Main): CPU HAS PARKED LOGICAL CORES (this can be source of stuttering and reduced performance especially on hybrid CPUs with P/E-cores)

2025-09-05 10:07:15.396 INFO    APP (Main): CPU cores: 10, threads: 16, System RAM: 32509 MB, Pagefile: 4864 MB

you should either get more ram or make a static pagefile of 32 GB. try those two suggestions and come back if you still have issues.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-manage-virtual-memory-on-windows-11

Edited 2 hours ago by silverdevil