DCS World hangs at start

[Ssnake51]

Interesting problem here. Installed program last night and ran one training mission for the P51-D. Closed program and shortly thereafter experienced the dreaded BSOD. This morning I tried to start DCS World but it hangs at 53%.

 

Everything seemed to go smoothly with the initial download and install. Is there something else I can do or is an uninstall and re-installation the only option at this point?

 

 

Just an update:

Uninstalled, re-downloaded and reinstalled. Unfortunately am still unable to start DCSWorld. It still hangs at about 53%. I've attached the dxdiag file.

DxDiag.txt

Edited May 2, 2012 by Ssnake51
Updated information

[Ssnake51]

Forgot to attach log files. Here they are.

debrief.zip

[Nate--IRL--]

Odd - seems to be a problem with DirectX according to the logs - did you install DX on install? If not install the specific directX in my sig.

 

Nate

[Ssnake51]

Odd - seems to be a problem with DirectX according to the logs - did you install DX on install? If not install the specific directX in my sig.

 

Nate

 

I didn't installDirectX on my first installation attempt because the DirectX box was not selected, but I did on my second installation attempt.

 

Went ahead and installed DirectX you linked to. Still have the problem. DCSWorld hangs at 53% and then I get the message - "DCS (Beta) has stopped working."

 

Don't know if this helps but the detailed problem report in that message says:

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: Launcher.exe_DCS (BETA)

Application Version: 1.1.2.0

Application Timestamp: 4f98ee92

Fault Module Name: DXRenderer.dll

Fault Module Version: 1.1.2.0

Fault Module Timestamp: 4f98ed20

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 000000000002acfb

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 666c

Additional Information 2: 666ce2a65518efcfa15899bbf46512d1

Additional Information 3: 031e

Additional Information 4: 031e7ae1ca1960134d1032f849f1a90b

 

 

Really seems strange. Have no other problems with my system I am aware of. All my other sims and programs run fine. The blue screen that popped up after exiting the program when I played the training video was the first blue screen I've seen since I installed Windows 7.

[Nate--IRL--]

Ok that is really odd - delete (back up if required) C:\Users\<User Name>\Saved Games\DCS and try DCS again - failing that try a new graphics driver maybe?

 

Nate

[Ssnake51]

Ok that is really odd - delete (back up if required) C:\Users\<User Name>\Saved Games\DCS and try DCS again - failing that try a new graphics driver maybe?

 

Nate

 

Deleting the contents of the Saved Games folder did the trick. Thanks. Was able to open DCS World and run a training track. No blue screens.

 

For the record, I am using Nvidia beta driver 301.24. Am reluctant to uninstall it at this point because it does make a big difference in FSX performance.

[Nate--IRL--]

Glad it is working for you - it sounds like the Blue screen corrupted something in that folder.

 

Nate