Bitdefender 2019 and DCS world ...

Those who use bitdefender 2019, may experience STUTTER issues with the sim in an active gaming session!

It was driving me crazy, so I started to search for the root cause!

You notice that during game play, the following lines appear in your dcs.log on regular intervals:

[color=#839496][font=Consolas]2018-09-21 15:00:50.585 INFO    INPUT: Device [Keyboard] created deviceId = -1[/font][/color]
[color=#839496][font=Consolas]2018-09-21 15:00:50.764 INFO    INPUT: Device [T.16000M {5A2D3E80-A64C-11e8-8001-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1[/font][/color]
[color=#839496][font=Consolas]2018-09-21 15:00:50.764 INFO    INPUT: Joystick created[T.16000M {5A2D3E80-A64C-11e8-8001-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no[/font][/color]

It will show this regularly, and the sim will STUTTER, for about a few seconds, making a fluid simulation impossible!

The root cause of this issue is bitdefender 2019. BD2019 is causing due to a bug the USB devices to be rescanned at certain time intervals (with my every minute), causing these messages to appear and a heavy stutter as a result. BD2019 is causing DCS World to believe that ALL usb devices are plugged into the machine, on a regular basis.

The bitdefender team is aware of the issue though, please consult the following:

https://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?/topic/79745-usb-sticks-going-crazy-after-2019-update/&_fromLogin=1

There is a workaround available, which is executing the following commands (quote out of the BD forum post):

So for now, the "net stop winmgmt" and then "net start winmgmt" workaround works for me. Hope they fix it soon though.

Or uninstall BD219..., which is what I did ...

kind regards,

Sven

Thanks for that !