Multiplayer Crashes every time -HELP

Hello all, I have been trying for months to play multiplayer but every single time I join a server it crashes before I even get in the cockpit. I have looked all over the Internet for solutions but have come up empty-handed. I seem to be able to get into a server if it only has one or two people in it but anything more causes an immediate crash of the game. Please help pls pls pls its driving me nuts.

I have tried:

Repairing both the main and beta versions multiple times

Turning off my firewall

Uninstalling and reinstalling the Beta

Putting both games on my SSD

Running as Admin

Hi. It looks like your system specs are too low or you have DCS installed on a slow drive.

If you have only 8 gigs of RAM or less than 4 gigs of video memory, then you will have problems with that. 16 gigs of RAM and more is highly recomended. Also do not install DCS on external drives. They are too slow. Only when it is SSD or have 7200 and more RPM. But there can be much more reasons why. Like bad drivers of disk controller e.t.c.

I experience the same issues. Haven't been able to play online in months.

Stop saying its a hardware problem. It's not. I have 24 GB RAM, 8 GB VRAM, 3.4 GHz quad core, 40 Mbps download 10 Mbps upload, 80ms ping (to the 104th, the only place I want to join) and play everything on the lowest settings. I still cannot load my aircraft on MP.

This problem needs to be addressed

Hi. It looks like your system specs are too low or you have DCS installed on a slow drive.

If you have only 8 gigs of RAM or less than 4 gigs of video memory, then you will have problems with that. 16 gigs of RAM and more is highly recomended. Also do not install DCS on external drives. They are too slow. Only when it is SSD or have 7200 and more RPM. But there can be much more reasons why. Like bad drivers of disk controller e.t.c.

Even if he has 8GB of ram and 2GB of Video Memory he would still meet system specs on the low end and should not run into these problems unless he is putting his graphics to high.

I suggest trying to go into the graphics tab and select "Low" for graphics and see what happens.

Also please attach your DCS Logs so Mods,ED and other members can see what is going on. This will help others pinpoint your problems and try to help you. It will also show if there is a problem or bug that ED might have to correct with a patch.

attached is a copy of my recent log.

On this occasion I

-I selected to join the 104th server

-It loaded with the standard wallpaper (no load bar, but it said loading on the bottom)

-I appear in the server in the aircraft selection window. But I could not select just yet as it seemed to be still loading/thinking.

-The aircraft selection window got blurry (the entire game screen was actually blurry, my mouse icon was not blurred)

-after a minute or so the game screen went black. I checked my RAM/CPU etc. Nothing was topped out or close to it.

Was forced to restart DCS, as nothing was happening. (no audio, no video)

LOG.txt

guys Im starting to narrow this down.

Main findings.

1. The reason we cant fly in MP is network dropout.

2. The reason for the dropout is that our own games are taking too long to load the mission.

3. The reason for the long load times is that the game keeps searching for objects/data that it cannot find.

What I tried.

I downloaded the 104th mission. Started deleting objects and triggers unit type by unit type.

What I found was that the time it took to load the mission in SP was the same when the mission was loaded with 2000+ units as it did when it only had 60 units. What this tells me is that its not a memory issue, but an issue loading certain data into the memory.

my LOG file above shows that the game couldn't find a number of different units. I'm wondering it this causes the delay in loading that ends up dropping us out of MP games.

Ok so it took my computer 8 minutes or so to load the attached mission in SP.

The mission is a thinned out copy of the 104th's mission and only has 70 units.

8 minutes to load the map and 70 units...

Meanwhile I can load the F/A-18 training missions which have a good number of units on the same map in less than 40 seconds.

BTW im running everything on the lowest settings. Even the map and plane textures are on low.

Attached is the log for loading this mission as well.

I've loaded other "object=client" based missions in SP with even less objects (like 15) and it seems to take longer than "object=player" based missions in SP.

f-18 only mp test.miz

log2.txt

Anyone thought of looking into this yet? Multiplayer is DCS for me. Learn module basics then TTI server from then on. Some nights I can play, other nights multiple crashes, awful loading times, timeouts etc

Looking at your log2.txt i see this:

2018-06-23 21:11:17.389 ERROR Lua::Config: load error C:\Users\James\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\KNEEBOARD/001-caucasus-navbeacons-003.l

ua:can't open './Mods/terrains/CaucasusBase/beacons.lua'.

2018-06-23 21:18:22.409 ERROR Lua::Config: load error C:\Users\James\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\KNEEBOARD/002-missionbriefing-002.lua:t

able overflow.

If i read the timestamps correctly, there is a gap of approx. 7 minutes.

Members with more experience than me can probably tell what

"KNEEBOARD/002-missionbriefing-002.lua" should be or where to find it?!

Just to pitch in i'm having the same issue where loading into say the blueflag server its loads in the lobby where you select airfield/aircraft and then the screen goes black and dcs is not responsive. I'm running DCS on ssd , 16gb ram and 8gb vram.

Do this guys, set your pagefile to custom 16384 - 16384 and you should be able to enter any server and fly for hours.

Hi Mustang. Just tried that and still the same issue :( thanks anyway. This personally has happened since 2.5 was introduced. All drivers are up to date recently did from chipset to graphics and everything between.

Won't load Openbeta...

Mine used to time out and inform me I cannot play on multi player but that I have authorized it to play off line. Now it will not even load, just keeps searching for updates.

I'm guessing DCS is working on it now eh?:helpsmilie:

Looks like I'm not alone.

I have a mega machine too!

Gents,

How can I find the pagefile ? :smilewink:

Thx

Chris

Hi Razor...

https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-manage-virtual-memory-pagefile-in-windows-10.2496510/

Hi Razor...

 

https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-manage-virtual-memory-pagefile-in-windows-10.2496510/

Thxxxxx

Chris

how do you know what your min and max size are?

Does it matter if DCS is installed on a seperate drive? I've got Windows on C and DCS on D.

I have 64GB of RAM installed, are you saying that I need a 64GB pagefile?

Mine refuses to load sometimes as well, and I can't fathom why it can allocate 32GB in a 16GB RAM + 16GB Swap config, but not a 32GB straight-to-RAM situation? Or am I misunderstanding the advice?

Hello,

Since re-install of DCS release, i'm not able to connect any multiplayer server.

I can't figure it out...

See log attached.

I can get to servers but when i tried to connect i'm back on Windows desktop without any message.

If anybody can help, it would be great.

thanks

dcs.log

Hi Mitchos,

Here's why you crash:

2020-07-19 21:12:40.413 ALERT DCS: Unhandled exception: Descriptor not found weapons.shells.M61_20_AP

2020-07-19 21:12:40.433 INFO EDCORE: signal caught: 'Abnormal termination'

2020-07-19 21:12:40.433 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information

2020-07-19 21:12:40.437 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20200719-211240 --------------

2020-07-19 21:12:40.442 INFO EDCORE: DCS/2.5.6.49798 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.18363)

2020-07-19 21:12:40.442 INFO EDCORE: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll

2020-07-19 21:12:40.443 INFO EDCORE: # 00000000 STATUS_SUCCESS at 1E4EA799 00:00000000

2020-07-19 21:12:40.444 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'mitch'

2020-07-19 21:12:40.445 INFO EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.18363 () 0x300-0x1

You might want to check your \Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\ folder as well. It doesn't seem tied to your crash, but I see a lot of debug errors in here. The game says it can't find our .diff.lua scritps. Those contain your custom controls bindings. Check the folder/file permission. Are you even able to change a binding in the game options? You should give it a try.

2020-07-19 21:11:46.273 DEBUG LuaGUI: removing C:\Users\mitch\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz

2020-07-19 21:11:46.280 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/keyboard/Keyboard.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.281 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/keyboard/Keyboard.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.282 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Joystick - HOTAS Warthog.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.282 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Joystick - HOTAS Warthog {385B0F10-D8B6-11e9-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.283 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Joystick - HOTAS Warthog.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.283 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 2.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.284 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 2 {94E12690-53DE-11ea-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.284 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 2.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.284 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836 Interface.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.285 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836 Interface {503CCCA0-B4BA-11ea-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.285 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836 Interface.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.285 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Thrustmaster Combined.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.286 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Thrustmaster Combined {15A31860-D8D3-11e9-8002-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.286 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Thrustmaster Combined.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.286 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/T-Rudder.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.287 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/T-Rudder {74894C70-EBAF-11e9-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.287 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/T-Rudder.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.288 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836X Interface.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.288 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836X Interface {25B9CD00-A503-11ea-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.289 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836X Interface.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.289 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 1.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.289 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 1 {B6A7D3B0-3178-11ea-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.290 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 1.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.290 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Throttle - HOTAS Warthog.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.291 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Throttle - HOTAS Warthog {385B5D30-D8B6-11e9-8002-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.291 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Throttle - HOTAS Warthog.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.291 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 3.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.292 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open 'C:\Users\mitch\Saved Games\DCS\Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 3 {51789C60-53E0-11ea-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.292 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 3.diff.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.292 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile [uI Layer] cannot load device [TrackIR] default profile! Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/trackir/

Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/trackir/

2020-07-19 21:11:46.292 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile [uI Layer] cannot load device [TrackIR] profile! Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/trackir/

Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/trackir/

2020-07-19 21:11:46.292 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile [uI Layer] cannot load device [Mouse] default profile! Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/mouse/

Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/mouse/

2020-07-19 21:11:46.292 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile [uI Layer] cannot load device [Mouse] profile! Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/mouse/

Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/mouse/

2020-07-19 21:11:46.293 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile[uI Layer] key command[Load camera position from clipboard] for device[Keyboard] has different name from command[unload camera position to clipboard] for device[Keyboard]

2020-07-19 21:11:46.294 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/keyboard/Keyboard.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.294 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Joystick - HOTAS Warthog.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.295 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 2.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.297 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836 Interface.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.298 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Thrustmaster Combined.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.299 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/T-Rudder.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.300 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/BU0836X Interface.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.300 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 1.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.301 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/Throttle - HOTAS Warthog.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.302 DEBUG LuaGUI: can't open './Config/Input/UiLayer/joystick/F16 MFD 3.lua'

2020-07-19 21:11:46.303 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile [uI Layer] cannot load device [TrackIR] default profile! Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/trackir/

Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/trackir/

2020-07-19 21:11:46.303 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile [uI Layer] cannot load device [Mouse] default profile! Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/mouse/

Cant find folder ./Config/Input/UiLayer/mouse/

2020-07-19 21:11:46.303 DEBUG LuaGUI: Input: Profile[uI Layer] key command[Load camera position from clipboard] for device[Keyboard] has different name from command[unload camera position to clipboard] for device[Keyboard]

Hi Mitchos,

 

Here's why you crash:

I think some of your game files are corrupted or missing. You sould definitely try the Cleanup and Repair procedure.

 

 

 

You might want to check your \Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\ folder as well. It doesn't seem tied to your crash, but I see a lot of debug errors in here. The game says it can't find our .diff.lua scritps. Those contain your custom controls bindings. Check the folder/file permission. Are you even able to change a binding in the game options? You should give it a try.

Thanks for answering. I'll check right after work.

I'll let you know when I'm good ????????

Hi Mitchos,

 

Here's why you crash:

I think some of your game files are corrupted or missing. You sould definitely try the Cleanup and Repair procedure.

 

 

 

You might want to check your \Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\ folder as well. It doesn't seem tied to your crash, but I see a lot of debug errors in here. The game says it can't find our .diff.lua scritps. Those contain your custom controls bindings. Check the folder/file permission. Are you even able to change a binding in the game options? You should give it a try.

Hello,

thanks for your advice.

I did twice because of my inputs I wasn't ready to loose.

The second time I left it clean and that's working now. I still have an ALERT but it's not the same as the log I posted, but it's working

Thank you again