Crash

[flavnet]

Hello everyone.
The game is updated to version 2.9.20.15384 (24/09/2025).
I launch the game and try a mission I created with the new "Mig-29A Fulcrum." After a very long wait, a Windows window appears saying the game has stopped working.
Obviously, the game worked perfectly until yesterday, and I haven't done anything new on my PC since yesterday.
I'm attaching the log file.
However, since I updated the game to the latest version, the loading times to get into action have gotten much longer (well over 5 minutes), so much so that, just before the game crashes, a very long wait seems "normal" to me, and then... everything freezes!!!!!

dcs.log

[sleighzy]

2 hours ago, flavnet said:

Hello everyone.
The game is updated to version 2.9.20.15384 (24/09/2025).
I launch the game and try a mission I created with the new "Mig-29A Fulcrum." After a very long wait, a Windows window appears saying the game has stopped working.
Obviously, the game worked perfectly until yesterday, and I haven't done anything new on my PC since yesterday.
I'm attaching the log file.
However, since I updated the game to the latest version, the loading times to get into action have gotten much longer (well over 5 minutes), so much so that, just before the game crashes, a very long wait seems "normal" to me, and then... everything freezes!!!!!

dcs.log 79.68 kB · 3 downloads

Looks like there's a 4 minute gap here around terrain and completed loading of the F15C. You running on a fast internal SSD?

2025-10-03 17:27:34.912 INFO    Dispatcher (Main): load terrain done
2025-10-03 17:27:34.913 INFO    LUA-TERRAIN (Main): Init done
2025-10-03 17:27:34.913 INFO    INTER (Main): ITerrainGraphicsEntryPoint::close()
2025-10-03 17:27:34.913 INFO    INTER (Main): ITerrainGraphicsEntryPoint::createTerrainGraphics()
2025-10-03 17:31:36.419 INFO    EDCORE (24528): Loaded J:/DCS World/Mods/aircraft/F-15C/bin/F15.dll
2025-10-03 17:31:36.419 INFO    WorldPlugIns (24528): loading "F-15C": 256.909

Ran your DCS log through the DCS log analyzer which highlighted a few things.

• You have heaps of mods. Can you try removing those and delete your Saved Games\DCS\fxo and metashaders2 caches. You can put them back afterwards, but lets at least rule out any issues there.
• You have core parking enabled. You can use the ParkControl software to disable core parking for your power management profiles.
• Drop your preload radius down to 60000. It's currently 100000, this will save some of the load time along with reducing VRAM and RAM usage.

If you haven't already then you can also add a folder exclusion to your anti-virus software, e.g. Windows Defender, for the entire DCS installation folder, and then restart your PC. This may help if it's scanning the DLLs while loading.

[flavnet]

Sleighzy, first of all, I have to thank you for your kind reply.
I have 5 mods installed, and I don't know if that's a lot. Maybe not a lot.
I actually didn't know you could delete the fxo and metashaders2 cache files. I did that anyway.
The ParkControl program was also a great tip. Thanks!
I'm reducing the preload radius to 60,000.
I excluded DCS from antivirus monitoring a while ago.
Thanks again.

[sleighzy]

No worries  All good now?

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I have 5 mods installed, and I don't know if that's a lot. Maybe not a lot.

Shouldn't be a lot. Some mods can cause issues though so a good troubleshooting start is to always remove them and run a repair just in case.

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I actually didn't know you could delete the fxo and metashaders2 cache files. I did that anyway.

Yeah this cleans up the shader caches. These can grow over time, and end up containing a bunch of redundant stuff which can still all be loaded. You should always delete them after any DCS upgrades as well to make sure all the cruft is removed and they're nice and clean. There's a handy screen for it in the DCS launcher as well under Files > Cleanup > Shader caches.

[flavnet]

Everything is fine now, and loading times have decreased. I believe the reduction in the preload radius and the elimination of the cache were decisive. I can't assess the impact of Park Control, since the game runs just as smoothly as before.