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thankyou

Is it possible to run DCS on a local server without internet access? I know the clients need to check in occasionally for licensing permissions, but can you multiplayer if you're running a local server and two local clients over a local network? Also I assume the server doesn't need to be amazing spec, i.e no powerful graphics card because the clients are running the graphics, not the server. Or am I wrong?

I had this same error. Run a clean and then a repair; fixed it for me.

Edited: fixed/fixing it

I fixed this issue myself. It won't work unless the Saved Games folder is on the C drive.

Did you resolve this - I have the same issue.

Edited, fixed it myself.

So far this would seem to be fixed here too. Good work ED devs.

The Win7/8 Comp mode seems to work for us too, but honestly it's too much of a PITA to do. It's actually quicker just to exit the sim after each mission and reload DCS from the desktop than it is to wait for the extended loading times that occur with Comp mode turned on. However, at this point I'm just going to bite the bullet and reinstall 2.5 on all three machines until this is fixed.

Well, I spoke too soon. The R9 has still not crashed. But one of our R5s is now back to crashing on second mission load. The other R5 will run and run and run, no problem; they are both identical machines, same DCS, same Win version, same everything. The only difference now is that the machine that isn't crashing had a fresh install of 2.7 and then upgrades to the current beta - the machine that is crashing had an upgrade from 2.5 to 2.7.

Well, it's been several days and a shedload of missions since my last post, reboots, and neither my R9 rig nor either of our R5 rigs has crashed since installing the latest beta update. So, I have to say that I think this is fixed for us, but we didn't do anything other than install the latest update. I know we definitely are NOT running the latest NVIDIA drivers because I am firmly of the opinion that if something isn't broken, don't f*** with it where software is concerned. We are running a few mods, we run multiple modules, multiplayer, single player, custom missions, standard missions, instant action ... nothing seems to break it or make it crash now; it's been 'stable' since the most recent beta update, with or without any of the fullscreen on/off malarkey. Our specs for the record, all running 2.7.0.5659 1 x Ryzen 9 3900X / 2080Ti / 32GB / Strix X570-F / W10 Pro 2 x Ryzen 5 3600X / 3060Ti / 32GB / Strix B550-F / W10 Pro

Oddly, since my last post and despite no changes, we have had no more crashes on any of the three installations, despite multiple missions/reboots etc. Nothing at all. In fact, this morning we ran a series of missions with a well-known YouTube channel, all running the latest 2.7 beta, and the whole lot was filmed and the whole time I was thinking "It's going to crash in a second", and it went without a hitch. So, for us, for the time being, it would appear to be solved, but I haven't done anything to fix it other than install the latest patch. There was one crash on both our R9/2080ti and one crash on one R5/3060ti, and nothing since - no Win10 updates, no other software updates that I have noticed. I expect that's across 20-30 missions loaded, been in the ME a bunch of times ... zip.

We have three machines running DCS 2.7: Ryzen 9 / 2080Ti / 2.7.0.5659 - crashes at second load Ryzen 5 / 3060Ti / 2.7.0.5659 - crashes at second load Ryzen 5 / 3060Ti / 2.7.0.5659 - has never crashed on 2.7 second mission load. Both the R5's are identical in every respect. The only difference between the three machines is that the R9 and the R5 that crash both had 2.7 complete installs. The R5 that does not crash simply took the update, rather than the entire download of 2.7. I don't know if there's anything in that, but it is what it is.

HI folks. I was an avid flight simmer in my youth, but as with many of us, family and life got in the way and I had a long time away from flight sim until lockdown last year gave me time to kill and kickstart an old love. As such, I found myself getting into DCS last summer in a big way. At the same time, i was also looking for a new business venture, and I decided to dive into offering a simulation experience commercially. Last month, we obtained a commercial licence from ED to operate two DCS installs commercially, at our premises near Cambridge in the UK. We have two motion simulators running DCS and a race car sim (Assetto Corsa, if you're interested), that work off a 4DOF motion simulator, coupled with either 43" screens or, more importantly for immersion, VR. I'm not blowing our own trumpet, but we think it's pretty amazing. The sims can be linked, so a pilot in the Huey gives motion to a gunner in the Huey, for example. We have been open for business in the UK since 12 April, and I'd like to showcase some of our videos here on the site (if this is not allowed, please remove/delete the thread or move it where it's OK - thanks!). We have most DCS modules available to fly including F18, F16, F15, F14, AV8B, Christen Eagle, Yak52, Huey, Gazelle, Spitfire - and terrains including Syria, NTTR, Persian Gulf and Normandy. Operated with a combination of Virpil pedals, Thrustmaster Warthogs and Virpil Warbird bases, along with SimShaker simseats and the latest HP Reverb G2 headsets, if you want to try DCS with full motion simulation please do pay us a visit!! Some videos below, also check out our YT channel as I am adding more every week. Website: https://www.vr-sim.co.uk Comments welcome.

dxdiag attached DxDiag.txt

Just to add to the confusion, I restarted it again, did the ALT+ENTER thing .... and it hasn't crashed since, despite 2-3 more DCS restarts ...

Same result though, CTD on second load. Too big to upload at 7.2mb. Deleted options.lua again, reconfigured graphics, restarted. Loaded several IA missions, no issues, custom missions, no issues. Restarted DCS second time. Loaded IA mission. Loaded custom mission. Crashed. Crash log too big at 7.2mb, emailed at 0922 GMT, can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uR_LFZNqzyrein4Wsh968ex4UcoycDd7/view?usp=sharing

Well, crap. No, tha'ts not normal. I didn't get prompted for an update though? I'll update now and re-test.

See attached; this isn't the latest one, but one from this morning. The last three are all too big to upload (5.8mb, 5.8mb, 7.2mb respectively. dcs.log-20210423-072318.zip

unfortunately no, this does not work. Crash at 'mission load done', right at the end of the progress bar. I don't usually run in full screen anyway as we use DCS commercially and in VR, and there's no need for full screen, but loading any mission on second load still results in a crash. 2.7 is a massive improvement and given the improvement I'd actually rather suffer the CTD after every mission to reap the other benefits 2.7 brings to our customers, BUT our machines load up pretty quickly (32GB, 2 x M.2 drives, high spec AMD CPUs and either 2080Tis or 3060Ti GPUs), so I can go from win start to 'fly' in under 60 seconds typically .... I must have loaded at least 30-40 missions this morning trying to figure this out across a couple of machines but there's nothing I have found so far that doesn't give the crash. Will keep looking today. Mods folders empty btw.

Restarted DCS, loaded another 5-6 missions no problem. And then did another exit/restart of DCS ... second IA mission ... CTD. Mods folder still empty, no other changes made.

I dont know about that, I was busy testing something else whilst you replied. The first time I tried it (above) I had left everything in the Mods folder in Saved Games. I deleted options.lua again and renamed it, restarted, went through graphics config, exited. Deleted all mods in the mods folder, moved to temp folder on desktop. Restarted DCS. Have now reloaded about 20 missions from Instant Action with no CTD, along with several custom missions, ME, etc. So far, no issues - with the Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods folder completely empty.

I deleted "Saved Games\DCS...\Config\Options.lua" in my directory (note it was an uppercase O on Options) and renamed it Options_OLD. DCS recreated the 'options' (lower case o) file as expected on restart and I was able to load several missions without a crash having reconfigured my graphics settings. I then quit DCS and restarted it immediately. Unfortunately on second mission load of any Instant Action, DCS crashes.

Having had to now return two TM Warthog bases due to the 'bulk' issue (and I have tried every single way to fix it on both occassions), I am now considering a Virpil Warbrd base. However I can't see the mounting options; if you have one of these, do you know if it has the same 60mm x 60mm mounting points as the TM grip - I am assuming so as Virpil sell a mounting option for it, but before I go and order a new Virpil base, does anyone have pictures of the bottom of the Warbrd base (without the X factory-fitted feet on it) please, as I need it centrally mounted on a base plate and would need to remove the X-shaped existing feet. Thanks in advance, M actually never mind - shortly after posting this I found the user manual on the virpil website and I can see the base can be removed from the x-shaped plate.

Thanks; I sent a PM to Luiz yesterday.