Aqua_HeaD Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Updated my BIOS today and now when I try to start the game it will start in a small window and that window just become black. Nothing more will happened. I have tried to repair the game without any progress and I have to quit the game in the task manager. It seems strange that the game has been corrupt or whatever just after a BIOS update. Anobody else that have had the same problem? I have ASUS Z390-a motherboard together with an i9900K CPU and 32Gb of RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbot Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Do other games work normally or is it a general problem when graphics are switching from 2D to 3D? What's that F/A-18 cockpit in the background? Is that your wallpaper or do you get into the cockpit-view, before DCS stops reacting? Edited September 9, 2019 by norbot A-10A, A-10C, A-10C II, AV-8B, F-5E, F-16C, F/A-18C, F-86F, Yak-52, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria, Supercarrier, Combined Arms, FW 190 A-8, FW 190 D-9, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, Normandy + WWII Assets Pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Do other games work normally or is it a general problem when graphics are switching from 2D to 3D? Other games seems to work fine. I Think I know whats wrong now. I used CCleaner today to uninstall ASUS Aura and I also let that program take care of all the "unnessecary" register files. Probably it deleted some important files for the game? I also had to log in to my game account again the first time I starded after that cleaning operation. Bad luck I guess Tha Picture in the background are my wallpaper Edited September 9, 2019 by Aqua_HeaD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesjet Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 That appears to be a GPU monitoring overlay program running in that large window. Is that something you used before, but is now non-functional? If so, try without it. Is that GPU monitor new? If so, reboot and go into BIOS and see if you can disable it. Failing that, the motherboard may have pushed it to Windows, as some Asus boards can do with drivers. Check your Programs list in Windows for new entries installed on that day that appear to along that line of a monitoring application and test uninstalling them. Edit: this is based on the dialog saying “Powered by GPU Tweak II”. My Rig: CPU: i9-9900k - Corsair H150 Cooler. RAM: 32GB, 3200Mhz. Mobo: Asus MAXIMUS Formula XI - Main Drive: 512GB NvME SSD DCS Drive: 512GB NvME SSD - Graphics: GTX 1070 Ti. Display: 23" 1080p LG LCD. Input: Razer Naga & Blackwidow Ultimate, TrackIR 5, HOTAS Warthog & MFDs (x4), Saitek Rudder Pedals, TurtleBeach PX22 Headset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) That appears to be a GPU monitoring overlay program running in that large window. Is that something you used before, but is now non-functional? If so, try without it. Is that GPU monitor new? If so, reboot and go into BIOS and see if you can disable it. Failing that, the motherboard may have pushed it to Windows, as some Asus boards can do with drivers. Check your Programs list in Windows for new entries installed on that day that appear to along that line of a monitoring application and test uninstalling them. Edit: this is based on the dialog saying “Powered by GPU Tweak II”. That program are just my monitoring software. I have used it all the time and I have that overlay in all my games so it is not anything new that have appeared. Everything looks ok before the window become black. The game are searhing for updates and so on. But then nothing happened. It would be great if I could get into options so that I could change the resolution and screen size. Edited September 9, 2019 by Aqua_HeaD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Usually, after any Bios update, and I had about 2 dozen really with this board, there were things that had to be "re-done" after each and every update. Login Info for ED/DCS was nulled, need to log in again when starting the game. GFExperience nulled my login ( not using GFE anymore, but back then thats how it went ) and a few other crdentials that got wiped likely to a changed system fingerprint maybe that gives you some direction. BTW, Asus has an Aura Cleaner, it aint easy by hand. Edited September 9, 2019 by BitMaster Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Usually, after any Bios update, and I had about 2 dozen really with this board, there were things that had to be "re-done" after each and every update. Login Info for ED/DCS was nulled, need to log in again when starting the game. GFExperience nulled my login ( not using GFE anymore, but back then thats how it went ) and a few other crdentials that got wiped likely to a changed system fingerprint maybe that gives you some direction. BTW, Asus has an Aura Cleaner, it aint easy by hand. Thanks for your answer. Then I have to reinstall the game again and configure my Warthog HOTAS again. I also used that Aura Cleaner but still have problem with that program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discwalker Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 The big question is: Is you left DCS before BIOS upgrade in offline mode? GTX 1070 8GB, 16GB DDR3, W8.1 on SSD, DCS on another SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 The big question is: Is you left DCS before BIOS upgrade in offline mode? DCS was not in offline mode. I have never tried it by the way. One question I have is that how I shall deactivate all my licenses before uninstalling the game? Is it possible to do that outside the game since I cant start it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted September 9, 2019 ED Team Share Posted September 9, 2019 Hi please attach your dcs.log it should give us all the clues we need to help thanks Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 Hi please attach your dcs.log it should give us all the clues we need to help thanks Here is the log file. I could se one interesting string but I cant tell if thats is where the problem start. 2019-09-10 06:06:41.001 ALERT Dispatcher: Error starting Game GUI: [string "./MissionEditor/modules/TableUtils.lua"]:3: assertion failed!dcs.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted September 10, 2019 ED Team Share Posted September 10, 2019 Hi Can you rename your saved games folder, keep it as a backup C:\Users\Jerker\Saved Games\DCS to C:\Users\Jerker\Saved Games\DCSbackup then run a cleanup and repair of DCS ( if you are steam verify games cache ) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/709/ after that restart DCS and redo your settings and login Let us know if it helps Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 (edited) Hi Can you rename your saved games folder, keep it as a backup C:\Users\Jerker\Saved Games\DCS to C:\Users\Jerker\Saved Games\DCSbackup then run a cleanup and repair of DCS ( if you are steam verify games cache ) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/709/ after that restart DCS and redo your settings and login Let us know if it helps I made an clean and an repair but the problem resist. I send you the new logfile. EDIT: I had forgotten to delete the earlier DCS folder and when I did the game started. I will check that everything looks fine now and I will write back later.dcs.rar Edited September 10, 2019 by Aqua_HeaD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted September 10, 2019 ED Team Share Posted September 10, 2019 Thanks Odd it is still doing it if the saved games is fresh and a cleanup and repair has been carried out. Can you go to the DCS root folder and delete TableUtils.lua MissionEditor/modules/TableUtils.lua then run a cleanup and repair and retry dcs If that does not help please contact support directly https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/ Link this thread in the report and explain to the team what is going on. Thanks Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua_HeaD Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 Thanks Odd it is still doing it if the saved games is fresh and a cleanup and repair has been carried out. Can you go to the DCS root folder and delete TableUtils.lua MissionEditor/modules/TableUtils.lua then run a cleanup and repair and retry dcs If that does not help please contact support directly https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/ Link this thread in the report and explain to the team what is going on. Thanks Everything went fine except that I had to copy my old input folder and put it back in to the config folder. I also had to copy my own missions and put them back in the mission folder. Before this problem I had some own loadouts for the F18 but they seems to have been gone and I dont know where to find them. Thank you so much for your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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