Random CDS Crash with Homemade Mission

[MikeSinn]

I just started working with the mission editor a couple weeks back and am enjoying learning how to use it. This past weekend, I put together a simple mission to test various editor functions such as random group activations, flags and zones.

 

The problem however is that about 50% of the time I fly the mission, DCS crashes when executing a specific trigger. The other 50% of the time however, it works perfectly and I can continue the mission. The trigger is named "Convoy Activate" and simply activates an enemy truck convoy and publishes a message to the player.

 

I've attached both the crash dump and log files from the last failure as well as the mission itself. If this trigger crashed the game every time it fired, it would at least make some sense but for the life of me I can't determine why it works some times and blows DCS out of the water on other occasions.

 

Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks

Crash.zip

Operation SoCo - Weapons Training.miz

[MikeSinn]

I had some time for additional testing this evening and found that if I fired the "Convoy Activate" shortly after take off, it would work correctly each time (well, at least not crash DCS). You can do this by simply flying a few hundred yards from the airport and then return.

 

However, if you play the mission out as I anticipate by going to the target range, blowing up some targets and returning, DCS crashes every time that trigger fires. Almost seems like a memory exception error but have no idea how to read the crash dump file.

 

I've attached the most recent crash dump. Short of breaking the mission up into two missions, I would appreciate any insight or thoughts the community or developers could provide in avoiding these crashes

Crash2.zip

[fable2omg]

Many things like that happens to me too, I used to make custom KA-50 missions fighting insurgents but every single time I couldn't complete the mission because it crashed. First it was the fuel tanks on the KA-50 (gained +30 minutes of flight) Then it was a group of infantry that I found by process of elimination, then it was a Mi-24 flight, and only then I could fly the mission without crashing.

 

Worse, now that I have DCS Combined arms, it's whenever I make an AI flight start it's engines, whenever a manpad launches a SAM, I followed each basic steps to "fix the issue" including fresh direct-X, reinstalling the whole Microsoft Visual C++ thing, I can't even run DCS on windows 7 I have to set the compatibility mode to Vista..

Eagle Dynamics really should fix those issues because I'm about to give up now.

[johnnyxtheman]

I have same problem. I made a mission whit all ships available on the cost near by, made them Russian , myself USA, and when I come close up to fire gun or some rockeds , it crashes....